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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-06-189336.txt : 20061207
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-06-189336
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060912

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			New Gold Inc. /FI
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000800166
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		#601-595 HOWE STREET, SUITE
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 2T5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(604) 687-1629

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		#601-595 HOWE STREET, SUITE
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 2T5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DRC RESOURCES CORP                                      /FI
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860904
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[LETTERHEAD OF NEW GOLD INC.] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">September&nbsp;12, 2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>VIA EDGAR </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">100 F Street, N.E. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549-7010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New Gold Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 40-F for the Fiscal Year Ended
December&nbsp;31, 2005 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed March&nbsp;29, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">File No.&nbsp;001-31722 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This letter from New Gold Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is in response to the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;), in a letter dated September&nbsp;5, 2006 from Karl Hiller, regarding the above-referenced Annual Report on Form 40-F. For your convenience, each response follows the sequentially numbered Comment copied from your letter of
September&nbsp;5, 2006. As noted in the responses below, the Company intends to file Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Form 40-F (as so amended, the &#147;2005 Form 40-F/A&#148;) shortly following this letter, to incorporate its responses to your
Comments. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Form 40-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Financial Statements, Exhibit 2 </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>General </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Comment (1): </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please paginate the financial statements that are included in your filing. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Response (1)</U>: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">The Company will paginate the financial statements to be included in the 2005 Form 40-F/A. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Auditors&#146;
Report </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Comment (2)</U>: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We see that your current auditors make reference to and express reliance upon the report of your prior auditors in extending audit coverage to your 2003 financial statements. However, your filing does not appear to
include the related report of your prior auditors, </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">September&nbsp;12, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 2 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">or their corresponding consent for inclusion of their report in your filing. If you are able to
obtain permission from your prior auditors to include their audit opinion covering fiscal 2003 in your filing, you will need to amend your filing to include that report, and their corresponding consent to comply with General Instruction D(9) of Form
40-F. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Response (2)</U>: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company will include the report of its prior auditors with respect to its 2003 financial statements, as well as the corresponding consent, in the 2005 Form 40-F/A. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the above responses, the Company hereby acknowledges that: </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This letter responds to all comments contained in Mr.&nbsp;Hiller&#146;s letter of September&nbsp;5, 2006. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to call the undersigned at (416)&nbsp;977-1067. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John Pitcher</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John Pitcher</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Corporate Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">cc:</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Donald&nbsp;F. Delaney </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Karl Hiller
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Chris Bradbrook </FONT></P>
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