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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001493152-24-050960
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Premium Resources Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000795800
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 KING STREET WEST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3400
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5X 1A4
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-770-4334

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3400 - ONE FIRST CANADIAN PLACE, PO BOX
		STREET 2:		100 KING STREET WEST
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5X 1A4

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Premium Nickel Resources Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20220815

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	North American Nickel Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100420

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Widescope Resources Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060714
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20, 2024</FONT></P>

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Securities and Exchange Commission</FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</FONT></P>

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Joanna Lam, Craig Arakawa and John Coleman</FONT></P>

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    Resources Ltd.</FONT></P>
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    10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023</FONT></P>
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    10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2024</FONT></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">File
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and Gentlemen:</FONT></P>

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am submitting this letter on behalf of Premium Resources Ltd. (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), in response to the written comments
of the staff (the &ldquo;<B>Staff</B>&rdquo;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission contained in the Staff&rsquo;s letter, dated
December 6, 2024 (the &ldquo;<B>Comment Letter</B>&rdquo;), in connection with the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2024 (the &ldquo;<B>10-K</B>&rdquo;), and the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-Q for Fiscal
Quarter Ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2024 (the &ldquo;<B>10-Q</B>&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
response to the comments set forth in the Comment Letter, the Company has revised the 10-Q as further described below and is filing an
amendment to the 10-Q (the &ldquo;<B>10-Q Amendment</B>&rdquo;) with this response letter.</FONT></P>

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your convenience, the Company&rsquo;s responses are set forth below, with the headings and numbered items of this letter corresponding
to the headings and numbered items contained in the Comment Letter. Each of the comments from the Comment Letter is restated in bold
and italics prior to the Company&rsquo;s response.</FONT></P>

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10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023</U></FONT></P>

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Item 2. Properties, page 13</U></FONT></P>

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                                            revise subsequent filings to include a map, or maps, showing the location of all properties
                                            as required by Item 1303(b)(1) of Regulation S-K.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment and advises the Staff that it will revise subsequent filings to include a
map, or maps, showing the location of all properties as required by Item 1303(b)(1) of Regulation S-K.</FONT></P>

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                                            revise subsequent filings to describe the internal controls used in your <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>exploration
and mineral resource and reserve estimation efforts as required by Item 1305 of Regulation S-K.</I></B></FONT></I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment and advises the Staff that it will revise subsequent filings to describe
the internal controls used in its exploration and mineral resource and reserve estimation efforts as required by Item 1305 of Regulation
S-K.</FONT></P>

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Financial Data, page 26</U></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>We
                                            note you present a measure labeled as &ldquo;Investment in exploration and evaluation assets&rdquo;
                                            in your selected financial data. Please tell us why you have not labelled this as a non-GAAP
                                            measure and provided the applicable disclosures under Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. Please
                                            advise or revise your disclosures accordingly.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment and concurs the measure labeled as &ldquo;Investment in exploration and evaluation
of assets&rdquo; is a non-GAAP measure. In alignment with the accommodation afforded the Company in comments 1 and 2 above, the Company
respectfully requests that it be permitted to present such measure in subsequent filings, to the extent it is included at all, in accordance
with Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>4.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Total
                                            assets and liabilities included in this table do not appear to agree to the amounts presented
                                            in your financial statements. Please advise or revise your disclosures as necessary.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment and concurs that some of the amounts included in the table do not agree with
certain amounts presented in the Company&rsquo;s financial statements. The Company notes that the disagreement in figures was the result
of typographical errors and, in alignment with the accommodation afforded the Company in comments 1 and 2 above, respectfully requests
that it be permitted to undertake in subsequent filings to ensure that the amounts presented in the Selected Financial Data table, to
the extent included, agree with the amounts presented in its financial statements.</FONT></P>

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15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, page 60</U></FONT></P>

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                                            revise your technical report summaries to remove the historical resource</I></B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>disclosure.
All resource disclosure should be current and be prepared under the S-K 1300 definitions and requirements.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment and concurs with removal of the historical resource disclosure not prepared
under Regulation S-K 1300. In alignment with the accommodation under Comments 1 and 2 above afforded to the Company, the Company respectfully
requests that it be permitted to undertake to remove such disclosures in subsequent filings.</FONT></P>

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10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024</U></FONT></P>

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20, 2024</FONT></P>

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2. Management&rsquo;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</U></FONT></P>

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Properties, page 35</U></FONT></P>

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                                            note that you have disclosed mineral resources on page 35 of your quarterly report that have
                                            not been prepared based on S-K 1300 reporting requirements. Please revise to remove these
                                            estimates until prepared and reported in accordance with S-K 1300, including the filing of
                                            a technical report summary pursuant to Item 1302(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.</I></B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff&rsquo;s comment. The Company has removed the estimates not prepared in accordance with Regulation
S-K 1300 in the 10-Q Amendment.</FONT></P>

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thank you for your prompt attention to this letter responding to the Staff&rsquo;s Comment Letter and look forward to hearing from you
at your earliest convenience. Please direct any questions concerning this filing to the undersigned at (647) 847-3184.</FONT></P>

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