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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;14, 2004</B>



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333 -</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Canada</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0101955</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10901 West Toller Drive, Suite&nbsp;300, Littleton, CO</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>80127-6312</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Allan J. Marter</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>With a copy to:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chief Financial Officer<BR>
10901 West Toller Drive, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Littleton, Colorado 80127-6312</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Deborah J. Friedman<BR>
Michelle H. Shepston<BR>
Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP<BR>
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(303)&nbsp;830-9000</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(303)&nbsp;892-9400</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>fee</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Common Shares (without par value)</B>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>6,000,000 (1)</B>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>$4.32(2)</B>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap><B>$25,920,000(2)</B>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>$3,284(4)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Rights to Purchase Common Shares (3)</B>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>-</B>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>-</B>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>-</B>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>-</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Notes:</B>



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amount to be registered consists of Common Shares to be issued pursuant
to the Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), the price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Shares on September&nbsp;8, 2004 as quoted on the
American Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Rights are attached to and transferred with the Common Shares. The
value attributable to the Rights, if any, is reflected in the value of the
Common Shares.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A filing fee of $110,965 was paid in connection with the
filing of Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-116350, which was filed
on June&nbsp;10, 2004, and $3,284 of this filing fee is offset,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p) of the Securities Act of 1933, against
the filing fee due in connection with this Registration Statement.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers 6,000,000 additional common shares,
without par value (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), of Golden Star Resources Ltd. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) issuable under the Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock
Option Plan. The remaining 9,000,000 Common Shares issuable under the
Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan have been
previously registered by Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, No.&nbsp;333-105821,
which registration statement is hereby incorporated by reference.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Littleton, State of Colorado, on the
10<SUP>th</SUP>&nbsp;day of
September, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3"><B>GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.</B><BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Peter J. Bradford</TD>
    <TD></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Peter J. Bradford&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September&nbsp;10, 2004.

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/s/ Ian MacGregor<HR size="1" noshade>
Ian MacGregor</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
<br>Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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/s/ Peter J. Bradford<HR size="1" noshade>
Peter J. Bradford</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
<br>President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director <I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
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/s/ James E. Askew<HR size="1" noshade>
James E. Askew</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<BR>Director</TD>
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/s/ David K. Fagin<HR size="1" noshade>
David K. Fagin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
<BR>Director</TD>
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/s/ Lars-Eric Johansson<HR size="1" noshade>
Lars-Eric Johansson</TD>
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/s/ Michael P. Martineau<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael P. Martineau</TD>
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/s/ Allan J. Marter<HR size="1" noshade>
Allan J. Marter</TD>
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<BR>Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (<I>Principal Financial<BR>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2004
Registration No. 333 -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
98-0101955
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
10901 West Toller Drive, Suite 300, Littleton, CO
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
80127-6312
(Zip Code)
Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Allan J. Marter
With a copy to:
Chief Financial Officer
10901 West Toller Drive, Suite 300
Littleton, Colorado 80127-6312
Deborah J. Friedman
Michelle H. Shepston
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(303) 830-9000
(303) 892-9400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities
Amount
offering
aggregate
Amount of
to be
to be
price
offering
registration
registered
registered
per share
price
fee
Common Shares (without par value)
6,000,000 (1)
$4.32(2)
$25,920,000(2)
$3,284(4)
Rights to Purchase Common Shares (3)
-
-
-
-
Notes:
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of Common Shares to be issued pursuant
to the Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), the price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's Common Shares on September 8, 2004 as quoted on the
American Stock Exchange.
(3)
The Rights are attached to and transferred with the Common Shares. The
value attributable to the Rights, if any, is reflected in the value of the
Common Shares.
(4)
A filing fee of $110,965 was paid in connection with the
filing of Registration Statement No. 333-116350, which was filed
on June 10, 2004, and $3,284 of this filing fee is offset,
pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act of 1933, against
the filing fee due in connection with this Registration Statement.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion and Consent of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers 6,000,000 additional common shares,
without par value (the "Common Shares"), of Golden Star Resources Ltd. (the
"Company") issuable under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock
Option Plan. The remaining 9,000,000 Common Shares issuable under the
Company's Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan have been
previously registered by Registration Statement on Form S-8, No. 333-105821,
which registration statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Littleton, State of Colorado, on the
10
th
day of
September, 2004.
GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.
By:
/s/ Peter J. Bradford
Peter J. Bradford
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September 10, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ Ian MacGregor
Ian MacGregor
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Peter J. Bradford
Peter J. Bradford
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James E. Askew
James E. Askew
Director
/s/ David K. Fagin
David K. Fagin
Director
/s/ Lars-Eric Johansson
Lars-Eric Johansson
Director
/s/ Michael P. Martineau
Michael P. Martineau
Director
/s/ Allan J. Marter
Allan J. Marter
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (
Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer
)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)