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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" noWrap align=left><B>As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
      <font face="Times New Roman">26</font>, 2012 </B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" noWrap align=right
        width="50%"><B>Registration No. 333- </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>UNITED STATES</FONT></B><BR><B><FONT
  size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></B><BR><B>WASHINGTON, D.C.
  20549 </B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>FORM S-8 </FONT></B><BR><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B><BR></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS
  INC.</FONT></B><BR><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  </I><BR></P>
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      <TD align=center><B>Canada </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B>Not Applicable </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation </I></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
      </I></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><I>or organization) </I></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><I>&nbsp; </I></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B>50 Richmond Street East, Suite 101 </B><BR><B>Toronto,
  Ontario M5C 1N7 </B><BR><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  </I><BR></P>
  <P align=center><B>Royal Standard Minerals Inc.</B><BR><B>2011 Amended and
  Restated Stock Option Plan</B><B></B><BR><I>(Full title of the plan)
  </I><BR></P>
  <P align=center><B>Philip Gross </B><BR><B>1 Main Street </B><BR><B>Manhattan,
  NV 89022</B><B></B><BR><I>(Name and address of agent for service) </I><BR></P>
  <P align=center><B>(775) 487-2454</B><B></B><BR><I>(Telephone number, including
  area code, of agent for service) </I><BR></P>
  <P align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
  accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
  reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;
  &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. </P>
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      <TD align=left>Large accelerated filer [ &nbsp;] </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Accelerated filer [&nbsp; ] </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left>Non-accelerated filer [ &nbsp;] (Do not check if a smaller
        reporting company) </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Smaller reporting company
  [X]</TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P>
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      <TD vAlign=bottom align=center style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3"><B>Title of securities</B> <BR><B>to be
        registered (1)</B> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=bottom align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3"><B>Amount to be</B>
        <BR><B>registered (2)</B> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=bottom align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3"><B>Proposed</B> <BR><B>maximum
        offering</B> <BR><B>price per share</B> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=bottom align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3"><B>Proposed</B>
        <BR><B>maximum</B> <BR><B>aggregate offering</B> <BR><B>price</B> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=bottom align=center width="20%" style="border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3"><B>Amount of</B>
        <BR><B>registration fee</B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium">Common shares subject to outstanding options </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>5,350,000 shares</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>$0.28 (3)</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>$1,498,000.00</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium"><B>$171.67</B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium">Common shares not subject to outstanding options </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>3,035,382 shares</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>$0.15 (4)</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%"><B>$455,307.30</B> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium"><B>$52.18</B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px double #000000; ; border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium" align=left><B>Total</B> </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" align=center
        width="20%"><B>8,385,382 shares</B> </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" align=left
        width="20%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double" align=center
        width="20%"><B>$1,953,307.30</B> </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 3px double #000000; ; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium" align=center
        width="20%"><B>$223.85</B> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(1) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Common shares, no par value, offered by Royal Standard
        Minerals Inc. (the &#147;<B>Registrant</B>&#148;) pursuant to its 2011 Amended and
        Restated Stock Option Plan (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;).</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(2) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), this registration statement also
        covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered
        and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
        dividends or similar transactions as provided in the Plan.</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(3) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Based on the weighted average exercise price of $0.28 of
        options granted under the Plan outstanding as of June 20, 2012.</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(4) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under
        the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices for the
        Registrant&#146;s common shares reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
        on June 20, 2012, which was $0.15 per share.</P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD align=left width="10%"><B>PART I.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="85%"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
        PROSPECTUS</B> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD align=left nowrap><B>Item 1.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Plan Information.*</B> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap><B>Item 2.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan
        Annual Information.*</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify><B>*</B>The information required by Part I to be contained in
  the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities
  Act. </P>
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      <TD align=left width="10%"><B>PART II.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="85%"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT</B> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD align=left nowrap><STRONG>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG></TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
      </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">The following documents, which have been filed with the United
  States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;), are
  incorporated herein by reference: </P>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(a) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>The Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form
        20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 filed with the Commission
        on June 14, 2012 (File No. 000-28980).</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="5%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="5%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(b) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B>Exchange
        Act</B>&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Amendment No. 1
        to Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on June 14, 2012
        incorporated by reference herein pursuant to (a) above.</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="5%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD width="5%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(c) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>The description of the Registrant&#146;s securities contained
        in Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form 20-F
        filed with the Commission on September 12, 1997, including any amendment
        or report filed for the purposes of updating such
    description.</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">In addition, unless otherwise stated herein, all documents
  subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (except for certifications
  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and to the extent, if at all, designated therein,
  certain reports on Form 6-K furnished by the Registrant prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
  securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
  documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this document will be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
  statement contained in this document or in any other subsequently filed document
  which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this document
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement. </P>
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      <TD align=left nowrap ><B>Item 4.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Description of Securities.</B> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%">Not applicable. </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap ><B>Item 5.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
      </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%">None. </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=left nowrap >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap ><B>Item 6.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Under the <I>Canada Business Corporations Act</I> (the &#147;CBCA&#148;),
  the Registrant may, and the Registrant&#146;s bylaw requires the Registrant to,
  indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer
  of the Registrant or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s
  request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity,
  of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount
  paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the
  individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
  other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association
  with the Registrant or other entity and provided that the individual
  acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the
  Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity
  for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity
  at the Registrant&#146;s request and, in the case of a criminal or administrative
  action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, if the director,
  officer or other individual had reasonable grounds for believing that such
  individual&#146;s conduct was lawful. Such indemnification may be made in connection
  with a derivative action only with court approval. A director, officer or other
  individual referred to above is entitled to indemnification from the Registrant
  in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the
  individual in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal,
  administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is
  subject because of the individual&#146;s association with the Registrant or other
  entity, as described above, if the individual was not judged by the court or
  other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything
  that the individual ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set forth
  above. </P>
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  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">The Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors
  and officers evidencing the foregoing indemnity. The CBCA and by-law of the
  Registrant permit, and the Registrant has purchased and presently maintains,
  liability insurance on behalf of its officers and directors. </P>
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      <TD align=left nowrap><STRONG>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG></TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.
    </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%">Not Applicable. </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left nowrap><STRONG>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG></TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
      <BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Exhibit
        Number</U></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="90%"><B><U>Exhibit </U></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit4-1.htm">4.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>
      <a href="exhibit4-1.htm">Royal Standard
        Minerals Inc. 2011 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan </a> </TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top align=center><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">5.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">Opinion of Heenan Blaikie LLP
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-1.htm">23.1
      </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>
      <a href="exhibit23-1.htm">Consent of MSCM LLP </a>
      </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center>23.2 </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%">Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1) </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-3.htm">23.3
      </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>
      <a href="exhibit23-3.htm">Consent of Donald G.
        Strachan </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center><a href="exhibit23-4.htm">23.4 </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit23-4.htm">Consent of Timothy D. Master
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-5.htm">23.5
      </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>
      <a href="exhibit23-5.htm">Consent of James W.
        Ashton </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD vAlign=top align=center><a href="exhibit23-6.htm">23.6 </a> </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit23-6.htm">Consent of Roger C. Steininger
      </a>
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      <TD vAlign=top align=center bgColor=#eeeeee>24.1 </TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>Powers of Attorney
        (included on the Signatures page) </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD align=left nowrap><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></TD>
      <TD align=left width="95%"><STRONG>Undertakings. </STRONG></TD></TR>
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  <P align=left style="text-indent: 5%">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P align=left style="text-indent: 10%">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>
  <P align=left style="text-indent: 15%">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act; </P>
  <P align=left style="text-indent: 15%">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
  exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
  the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
  filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
  changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
  aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
  table in the effective registration statement; and </P>
  <P align=center>&nbsp;</P>
  <P align=center><STRONG>II-2 </STRONG></P>
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     (iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 15%">
  <I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 10%">
    (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 10%">
    (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 10%">
    (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering.</P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 5%">
   (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide<I> </I>offering thereof. </P>
  <P align="justify" style="text-indent: 5%">
   (h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
  by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
  the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
  <P align="center">
  <B> II-3 </B></P>
  
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  <P align=center><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%"><U>The Registrant</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act, 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 or amendment to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province
  of Ontario, on June 19, 2012. </P>
  <TABLE
  style="BORDER-COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; "
  cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS INC. </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">(Registrant) </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left
        width="50%">By:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Ike Makrimichalos&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Ike
        Makrimichalos </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Chief
        Financial Officer </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B>POWERS OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints each of Philip Gross and Ike Makrimichalos with full power to act
  without the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
  and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective
  amendments to the registration statement, new registration statements pursuant
  to General Instruction E of Form S-8 pertaining to the registration of
  additional securities and post-effective amendments thereto, and any and all
  other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents as his or their substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated. </P>
  <TABLE
  style="BORDER-COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; "
  cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap><B><U>Signatures </U></B></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap><B><U>Title </U></B></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%"><B><U>Date </U></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><u>/s/ Philip Gross&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </u></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Interim President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">June 26, 2012 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>Philip Gross </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>(principal executive officer) </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>/s/ Ike Makrimichalos&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;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Chief Financial Officer </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">June 19, 2012 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>Ike Makrimichalos </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>(principal financial and accounting officer)
  </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>James B. Clancy </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>/s/ John Fitzgerald&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">June 17, 2012 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>John Fitzgerald </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>/s/ Riyaz Lalani&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">June 19, 2012 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>Riyaz Lalani </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>/s/ Paul G. Smith&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">June 19, 2012 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>Paul G. Smith </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD
        align=left nowrap><U>&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </U></TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap>Ken M. Strobbe </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="33%">&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities
  Act, the undersigned has signed this registration statement solely in the
  capacity of the duly authorized representative of Royal Standard Minerals Inc.
  in the United States on June 26, 2012. </P>
  <TABLE
  style="BORDER-COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; "
  cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left
        width="50%">By:&nbsp;<u>/s/ Philip Gross&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;&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;
      </u></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Philip Gross
      </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Interim
        President and Chief Executive Officer </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></P>
  <TABLE
  style="BORDER-COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; "
  cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD noWrap align=center ><B>&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>Exhibit
        Number</U></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="90%"><B><U>Exhibit </U></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit4-1.htm">4.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit4-1.htm">Royal Standard Minerals Inc.
        2011 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">5.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">Opinion of Heenan Blaikie LLP
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit23-1.htm">23.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-1.htm">Consent of MSCM LLP
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center >23.2 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5.1) </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit23-3.htm">23.3 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-3.htm">Consent of Donald G. Strachan
      </a>
      </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="exhibit23-4.htm">23.4 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit23-4.htm">Consent of Timothy D. Master
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit23-5.htm">23.5 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit23-5.htm">Consent of James W. Ashton
      </a>
    </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="exhibit23-6.htm">23.6 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit23-6.htm">Consent of Roger C. Steininger
      </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee >24.1 </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee>Powers of Attorney (included on
        the Signatures page) </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: Royal Standard Minerals Inc.: Form S-8 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com
  As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
  26
  , 2012
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C.
  20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS
  INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Canada
  Not Applicable
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  or organization)
  50 Richmond Street East, Suite 101
  Toronto,
  Ontario M5C 1N7
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  Royal Standard Minerals Inc.
  2011 Amended and
  Restated Stock Option Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Philip Gross
  1 Main Street
  Manhattan,
  NV 89022
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (775) 487-2454
  (Telephone number, including
  area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
  accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
  reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
  "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer [  ]
  Accelerated filer [  ]
  Non-accelerated filer [  ] (Do not check if a smaller
        reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  [X]
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of securities
  to be
        registered (1)
  Amount to be
  registered (2)
  Proposed
  maximum
        offering
  price per share
  Proposed
  maximum
  aggregate offering
  price
  Amount of
  registration fee
  Common shares subject to outstanding options
  5,350,000 shares
  $0.28 (3)
  $1,498,000.00
  $171.67
  Common shares not subject to outstanding options
  3,035,382 shares
  $0.15 (4)
  $455,307.30
  $52.18
  Total
  8,385,382 shares
  $1,953,307.30
  $223.85
  (1)
  Common shares, no par value, offered by Royal Standard
        Minerals Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ") pursuant to its 2011 Amended and
        Restated Stock Option Plan (the "
  Plan
  ").
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "), this registration statement also
        covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered
        and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
        dividends or similar transactions as provided in the Plan.
  (3)
  Based on the weighted average exercise price of $0.28 of
        options granted under the Plan outstanding as of June 20, 2012.
  (4)
  Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under
        the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices for the
        Registrant's common shares reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
        on June 20, 2012, which was $0.15 per share.
  PART I.
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
        PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.*
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan
        Annual Information.*
  *
  The information required by Part I to be contained in
  the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities
  Act.
  PART II.
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents, which have been filed with the United
  States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  "), are
  incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)
  The Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form
        20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 filed with the Commission
        on June 14, 2012 (File No. 000-28980).
  (b)
  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange
        Act
  "), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Amendment No. 1
        to Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on June 14, 2012
        incorporated by reference herein pursuant to (a) above.
  (c)
  The description of the Registrant's securities contained
        in Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form 20-F
        filed with the Commission on September 12, 1997, including any amendment
        or report filed for the purposes of updating such
    description.
  In addition, unless otherwise stated herein, all documents
  subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (except for certifications
  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and to the extent, if at all, designated therein,
  certain reports on Form 6-K furnished by the Registrant prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
  securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
  registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
  documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
  incorporated by reference in this document will be deemed to be modified or
  superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
  statement contained in this document or in any other subsequently filed document
  which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this document
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this registration statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  None.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.
  Under the
  Canada Business Corporations Act
  (the "CBCA"),
  the Registrant may, and the Registrant's bylaw requires the Registrant to,
  indemnify a director or officer of the Registrant, a former director or officer
  of the Registrant or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant's
  request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity,
  of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount
  paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the
  individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
  other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association
  with the Registrant or other entity and provided that the individual
  acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the
  Registrant, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity
  for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity
  at the Registrant's request and, in the case of a criminal or administrative
  action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, if the director,
  officer or other individual had reasonable grounds for believing that such
  individual's conduct was lawful. Such indemnification may be made in connection
  with a derivative action only with court approval. A director, officer or other
  individual referred to above is entitled to indemnification from the Registrant
  in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the
  individual in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal,
  administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is
  subject because of the individual's association with the Registrant or other
  entity, as described above, if the individual was not judged by the court or
  other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything
  that the individual ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set forth
  above.
  II-1
  The Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors
  and officers evidencing the foregoing indemnity. The CBCA and by-law of the
  Registrant permit, and the Registrant has purchased and presently maintains,
  liability insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not Applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
        Number
  Exhibit
  4.1
  Royal Standard
        Minerals Inc. 2011 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
  5.1
  Opinion of Heenan Blaikie LLP
  23.1
  Consent of MSCM LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.3
  Consent of Donald G.
        Strachan
  23.4
  Consent of Timothy D. Master
  23.5
  Consent of James W.
        Ashton
  23.6
  Consent of Roger C. Steininger
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney
        (included on the Signatures page)
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  (a)                The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)                To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)                To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;
  (ii)                To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
  securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
  exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
  the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
  filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
  changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
  aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
  table in the effective registration statement; and
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  (iii)                To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
  (2)                That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3)                To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (4)                To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering.
  (b)                The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (h)                Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
  by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
  the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  The Registrant
  . Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act, 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 or amendment to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province
  of Ontario, on June 19, 2012.
  ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS INC.
  (Registrant)
  By:
  /s/ Ike Makrimichalos
  Ike
        Makrimichalos
  Chief
        Financial Officer
  POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints each of Philip Gross and Ike Makrimichalos with full power to act
  without the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
  and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective
  amendments to the registration statement, new registration statements pursuant
  to General Instruction E of Form S-8 pertaining to the registration of
  additional securities and post-effective amendments thereto, and any and all
  other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents as his or their substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signatures
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Philip Gross
  Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  June 26, 2012
  Philip Gross
  (principal executive officer)
  /s/ Ike Makrimichalos
  Chief Financial Officer
  June 19, 2012
  Ike Makrimichalos
  (principal financial and accounting officer)
  Director
  James B. Clancy
  /s/ John Fitzgerald
  Director
  June 17, 2012
  John Fitzgerald
  /s/ Riyaz Lalani
  Director
  June 19, 2012
  Riyaz Lalani
  /s/ Paul G. Smith
  Director
  June 19, 2012
  Paul G. Smith
  Director
  Ken M. Strobbe
  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities
  Act, the undersigned has signed this registration statement solely in the
  capacity of the duly authorized representative of Royal Standard Minerals Inc.
  in the United States on June 26, 2012.
  By:
  /s/ Philip Gross
  Philip Gross
  Interim
        President and Chief Executive Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
        Number
  Exhibit
  4.1
  Royal Standard Minerals Inc.
        2011 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
  5.1
  Opinion of Heenan Blaikie LLP
  23.1
  Consent of MSCM LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5.1)
  23.3
  Consent of Donald G. Strachan
  23.4
  Consent of Timothy D. Master
  23.5
  Consent of James W. Ashton
  23.6
  Consent of Roger C. Steininger
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on
        the Signatures page)