SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 40-F
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
| For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 |
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Commission File Number 001-32500 |
TRX GOLD CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
British Columbia, Canada Z4
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
| Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number |
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I.R.S. Employer Identification Number |
| 1041 |
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N/A |
277 Lakeshore Road East, Suite 403
Oakville, Ontario
Canada L6J 1H9
844-364-1830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
National Registered Agents, Inc.
1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-572-3133
(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including
area code) and of agent for service in the United States
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
| Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Shares |
TRX |
NYSE American |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: NONE
For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:
☒ Annual information form ☒
Audited annual financial statements
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or
common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 284,861,895 (as of August 31, 2025).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 2.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S.
GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised
financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.
7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether
the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required
a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery
period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
TRX Gold Corporation ("we", "us",
"our", the "Company", or “Registrant”) is a Canadian corporation that is permitted, under a multijurisdictional
disclosure system adopted by the United States, to prepare this annual report on Form 40-F ("Annual Report") pursuant to Section
13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in accordance with disclosure requirements in effect
in Canada, which are different from those of the United States.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report, including the Exhibits incorporated
by reference into Annual Report, contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation. These forward-looking statements reflect our current view about future
plans, intentions or expectations and include, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects and may be identified
by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “scheduled,” “plan,”
“intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “aim,” “potential,”
or “continue” or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject
to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations are reasonable, we may
not achieve our plans, intentions or expectations.
Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Annual Report are set forth under the caption “Risk Factors”
in our Annual Information Form filed as Exhibit 99.1. We undertake no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after
the date of this Annual Report to conform those statements to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable
law. You should read this Annual Report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements
may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
DIFFERENCES IN UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN REPORTING PRACTICES
The Company is permitted, under a multijurisdictional
disclosure system adopted by the United States, to prepare this Annual Report in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which
are different from those of the United States. The Company prepares its financial statements, which are filed with this Annual Report,
in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Therefore,
they are not comparable in all respects to the financial statements of United States companies that are prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles.
MINERAL RESOURCE AND MINERAL RESERVE ESTIMATES
Unless otherwise indicated, all mineral resource and
mineral reserve estimates included in the documents incorporated by reference into this Annual Report have been prepared in accordance
with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Classification System.
NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian securities administrators, which establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer
makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards, including NI 43-101, differ from the requirements
of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or “Commission”). Accordingly, mineral resource
and mineral reserve estimates, and other scientific and technical information, contained in the documents incorporated by reference into
this Annual Report may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by companies that have mining operations and report information
pursuant SEC regulations.
RESOURCE AND RESERVE ESTIMATES
The terms “mineral reserve”, “proven
mineral reserve” and “probable mineral reserve” are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National Instrument
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), which references the guidelines set out in the
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the “CIM”) – CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and
Mineral Reserves (“CIM Standards”), adopted by the CIM Council, as amended.
Until recently, the CIM Standards differed significantly
from standards in the United States. The SEC adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to modernize the mineral property disclosure requirements
for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act. These amendments became effective February 25, 2019 (the
“SEC Modernization Rules”), with compliance required for the first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. The
SEC Modernization Rules replace the historical disclosure requirements for mining registrants that were included in SEC Industry Guide
7. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of “measured mineral resources”,
“indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources”. In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions
of “proven mineral reserves” and “probable mineral reserves” to be “substantially similar” to the
corresponding definitions under the CIM Standards, as required under NI 43-101.
United States investors are cautioned that while the
above terms are “substantially similar” to the corresponding CIM Definition Standards, there are differences in the definitions
under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral reserves or mineral resources
that the Company may report as “proven mineral reserves”, “probable mineral reserves”, “measured mineral
resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources” under NI 43-101 would be the
same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
United States investors are also cautioned that while
the SEC now recognizes “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources”, investors should not assume
that any part or all of the mineralization in these categories will ever be converted into a higher category of mineral resources or into
mineral reserves. Mineralization described using these terms has a greater amount of uncertainty as to their existence and feasibility
than mineralization that has been characterized as reserves. Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to assume that any “indicated
mineral resources” or “inferred mineral resources” that the Company reports are or will be economically or legally mineable.
Further, “inferred mineral resources” have a greater amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can
be mined legally or economically. Therefore, United States investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of the “inferred
mineral resources” exist. In accordance with Canadian securities laws, estimates of “inferred mineral resources” cannot
form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies, except in limited circumstances permitted under NI 43-101.
Accordingly, information contained in this Annual Report
on Form 40-F and the documents incorporated by reference herein containing descriptions of the Company’s mineral deposits may not
be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements under the United
States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS
The following documents are part of, and are hereby incorporated by reference
in, this Annual Report on Form 40-F (“Annual Report”):
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Annual Information Form |
Annual Information Form or the fiscal year ended August
31, 2025, see Exhibit 99.1 to this Annual Report.
| B. |
Audited Annual Financial Statements |
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year
ended August 31, 2025, and notes thereto, together with the report of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon, see Exhibit
99.2 of this Annual Report.
| C. |
Management's Discussion and Analysis |
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, see Exhibit 99.3 of this Annual Report; and
NI 43-101 & 43-101F1 Technical Report titled “Preliminary
Economic Assessment and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate of the Buckreef Gold Mine Project, Tanzania, see Exhibit 99.4 of this Annual
Report.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The required certifications for the Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer are attached as Exhibits 99.5, 99.6, 99.7 and 99.8 to this Annual Report.
| B. |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures. |
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (principal executive officer) and
Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (principal financial officer) evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), as of the
end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based on the evaluation, these officers concluded that as of the end of the period covered
by this Annual Report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that the information required to
be disclosed by the Company in reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time period specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures
designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no
evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within the Company have been detected.
| C. |
Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. |
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and
maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”) for the Company as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)
and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have conducted an evaluation of the design and effectiveness of the Company’s ICFR
as of August 31, 2025. In making this assessment, the Company’s management used the criteria established in Internal Control –
Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO 2013”). This evaluation
included review of the documentation of controls, evaluation of the design and operating effectiveness of controls, and a conclusion on
this evaluation. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded our internal controls over financial reporting
were effective as at August 31, 2025.
Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm, who audited and reported on our consolidated financial statements, has issued an attestation report
on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2025. The attestation report is included within
the consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 40-F.
Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no
evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent
limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error
or mistake.
| D. |
Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
See Exhibit 99.2 of this Annual Report.
| E. |
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. |
Except as disclosed, during the year ended August 31, 2025, there
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely
to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
NOTICES PURSUANT TO REGULATION BTR
The Company was not required by Rule 104 of Regulation
BTR to send any notices to any of its directors or executive officers during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025.
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Following are the members of the Audit Committee:
| Norman Betts (Chair) |
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Independent |
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Financial expert |
| Shubo Rakhit |
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Independent |
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Financially literate |
| Richard Steinberg |
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Independent |
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Financially literate |
The Company’s Board of Directors has determined
that Mr. Norman Betts, Chair of the Audit Committee, is an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of paragraph 8(b) of General
Instruction B of Form 40-F.
An Audit Committee Financial Expert must possess five
attributes: (i) an understanding of IFRS and financial statements; (ii) the ability to assess the general application of such principles
in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; (iii) experience preparing auditing, analyzing or evaluating financial
statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity
of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising
one or more persons engaged in such activities; (iv) an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
(v) an understanding of audit committee functions. Mr. Betts is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University
of New Brunswick and a Fellow Chartered Accountant. The Company believes that all three members of the Audit Committee (Messrs. Betts,
Rakhit and Steinberg) are independent within the meaning of United States and Canadian securities regulations and applicable stock exchange
requirements.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
that applies to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and consultants. In addition, the Company has a Code of Ethical Conduct
for Financial Managers that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller
and other persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and Code of Ethical
Conduct for Financial Managers can be found on its website at www.trxgold.com and is filed as Exhibit 99.9. The Company undertakes to
provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of such code of ethics by contacting Corporate Secretary, TRX Gold Corp., at
www.trxgold.com.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal
years ended August 31, 2024 and 2023 was Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants.
The following summarizes the significant professional
services rendered by Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP for the year ended August 31, 2024 and 2023.
| Financial Year Ending August 31 |
Audit Fees |
Audit Related Fees |
Tax Fees |
All Other Fees |
| 2025 |
C$360,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
C$20,000 |
| 2024 |
C$284,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
C$20,000 |
AUDIT COMMITTEE PRE-APPROVAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Company’s Audit Committee pre-approves all
services provided by its independent auditors. All services and fees described above were reviewed and pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
OFF BALANCE ARRANGEMENTS
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, for
an analysis of material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
The Company does not operate any mines in the United States and has no mine
safety incidents to report for the year ended August 31, 2025.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
None
UNDERTAKING
Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives
to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information
relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report
on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.
CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
The Company has previously filed with the SEC an Appointment
of Agent for Service of Process and Undertaking on Form F-X with respect to the class of securities in relation to which the obligation
to file this Form 40-F arises. Any change to the name or address of the Company's agent for service shall be communicated promptly to
the SEC by amendment to the Form F-X referencing the file number of the Company.
EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
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Description |
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| 99.1 |
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Annual Information Form of the Company for the year ended August 31, 2025 |
| 99.2 |
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Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 |
| 99.3 |
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Management's Discussion and Analysis for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 |
| 99.4 |
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NI 43-101
& 43-101F1 Technical Report titled “Preliminary Economic Assessment and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate of the Buckreef
Gold Mine Project, Tanzania” (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Form 6-K for May 2025 filed with the
Commission on May 27, 2025) |
| 99.5 |
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Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act |
| 99.6 |
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Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act |
| 99.7 |
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Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 99.8 |
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Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 99.9 |
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Code of Ethics (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.9 to Form 40-F filed on November 29, 2022) |
| 99.10 |
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Consent of Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte, LLP Chartered Professional Accountants, Vancouver, British Columbia (PCAOB 1173) |
| 99.11 |
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Consent of Jarita Barry, P.Geo. |
| 99.12 |
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Consent of Andrew Bradfield, P.Eng. |
| 99.13 |
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Consent of Fred Brown, P.Geo. |
| 99.14 |
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Consent of D. Grant Feasby, P.Eng. |
| 99.15 |
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Consent of Eugene Puritch, P.Eng., FEC, CET |
| 99.16 |
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Consent of D. Gregory Robinson, P.Eng. |
| 99.17 |
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Consent of William Stone, Ph.D., P.Geo. |
| 99.18 |
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Consent of Yungang Wu, P.Geo. |
| 99.19 |
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Consent of David Salari, P.Eng. |
| 99.20 |
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Clawback Policy (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.13 to Form 40-F filed on November 29, 2023) |
| 99.21† |
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Facility Letter from Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited (Credit Facility) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 6-K for February 2025 filed with the Commission on February 7, 2025) |
| 99.22† |
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Facility Letter from Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited (VAF Facility) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 6-K for February 2025 filed with the Commission on February 7, 2025) |
| 99.23 |
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At The Market Offering Agreement, dated February 7, 2025, by and among TRX Gold Corp. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and Roth Capital Partners (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 6-K for February 2025 filed with the Commission on February 7, 2025) |
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Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is
both not material and is the type that the Company treats as private or confidential. |
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Inline XBRL Instance Document |
| 101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
| 101.CAL |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
| 101.DEF |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document |
| 101.LAB |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
| 101.PRE |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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Cover Page from this Annual Report on Form 40-F, formatted as Inline XBRL |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the
registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Form 40-F and has duly caused this annual report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
| Date: December 1, 2025 |
TRX GOLD CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Stephen Mullowney |
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Stephen Mullowney, Chief Executive Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer”) |