As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2005 Registration No. 333-123216 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 -------------------- POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM SB-2 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------- CAPITAL GOLD CORPORATION (Name of small business issuer in its charter) Nevada 1040 13-3180530 (State or jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number) -------------------- 76 Beaver Street New York, NY 10005 (212) 344-2785 (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices) -------------------- Gifford A. Dieterle, Chief Executive Officer Capital Gold Corporation 76 Beaver Street New York, NY 10005 (212) 344-2785 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) Copies of all communications to: Richard Feiner, Esq. 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1601 New York, New York, 10016 (212) 779-8600 Fax (212) 779-8858 Approximate date of proposed sale to the public: From time to time or at any time after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X| If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. |_| EXPLANATORY NOTE - DEREGISTRATION OF CERTAIN SHARES On March 9, 2005, the registrant filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-123216) which originally registered 27,600,004 shares of common stock and 36,090,640 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and options owned by certain selling stockholders for sale by the selling stockholders named therein. The registrant is filing this post-effective amendment to deregister an aggregate of 325,000 shares of common stock and an aggregate of 4,250,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants and options that have not been sold. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form SB-2 and has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 23rd day of November, 2005. CAPITAL GOLD CORPORATION ------------------------ (Registrant) By: /s/ Gifford A. Dieterle ----------------------------------- Gifford A. Dieterle, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Gifford A. Dieterle President, Treasurer, Principal financial and November 23, 2005 -------------------------------- Accounting officer and Chairman of the Board Gifford A. Dieterle. * Director November 23, 2005 -------------------------------- Jack V. Everett. * Director November 23, 2005 -------------------------------- Robert N. Roningen * Director November 23, 2005 -------------------------------- Roger A. Newell * Director November 23, 2005 -------------------------------- Jeffrey W. Pritchard --------------- * By: /s/ Gifford A. Dieterle --------------------------- Gifford A. Dieterle, Attorney-in-Fact