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      <TD align=center><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
        on June 22, 2011. </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" align=right><B>Registration
        No. 333- </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  </FONT><BR>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 <BR></B>____________ </P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>FORM S-8 </FONT><BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE<BR></B><B>SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 <BR></B>____________ </P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT size=5>AURICO GOLD INC. <BR></FONT></B><B>(Exact name
  of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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      <TD align=center><B>Quebec, Canada </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B>N/A </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B>(I.R.S. Employer </B></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center><B>Incorporation or Organization) </B></TD>
      <TD align=center width="50%"><B>Identification No.)
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  <P align=center><B>____________</B></P>
  <P align=center><B>Suite 1520 <BR>320 Bay Street <BR></B><B>Toronto, Ontario
  <BR>M5H 4A6 <BR></B><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  <BR>___________</P></B>
  <P align=center><B>Stock Option Plan as Amended and Restated on December 10,
  <BR>2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan <BR>(Full title of the plan)
  <BR>____________<BR></B></P>
  <P align=center><B>DL Services, Inc. <BR>Columbia Center <BR>701 5th Avenue,
  Suite 6100 <BR>Seattle, Washington 98104 <BR>(206) 903-8800 <BR></B><B>(Name,
  address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  </B></P>
  <P align=center><B><I>Copy to: <BR></I></B><B>Daniel M. Miller <BR></B><B>Dorsey
  &amp; Whitney LLP <BR></B><B>Suite 1605, 777 Dunsmuir Street
  <BR></B><B>Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1K4 <BR>Canada <BR></B><B>Telephone: (604)
  630-5199 </B></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. (Check one): </P>
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      <TD align=left>Large accelerated filer [X]</TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Accelerated filer [_]</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left>Non-accelerated filer [_] (Do not check if a smaller
        reporting company) </TD>
      <TD align=left width="50%">Smaller reporting company
  [_]</TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P>
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      <TD align=center style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3">Proposed </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3">Proposed </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%" style="border-top-style: double; border-top-width: 3">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center>Title of securities </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Amount to be </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">maximum Offering </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Maximum </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Amount of </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=center>to be registered </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP> </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Price per Share </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Aggregate Offering </TD>
      <TD align=center width="20%">Registration Fee </TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">Price </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        bgColor=#e6efff>Common Shares, <BR>no par value </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>1,126,725 shares <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$9.42<SUP>(2)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$10,613,749.50<SUP>(2)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$1,232.28 <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center>Common Shares,
        <BR>no par value </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">3,149,500 shares <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">$8.65<SUP>(3)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">$27,243,175<SUP>(3)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">$3,163.72 <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        bgColor=#e6efff>Common Shares, <BR>no par value </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>7,209,245 shares <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$9.42<SUP>(4)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$67,911,087.90<SUP>(4)</SUP> <BR></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center width="20%"
      bgColor=#e6efff>$7,884.58 <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center>Total: </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
      width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="20%">$12,280.58 </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(1) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Plus such indeterminate number of common shares of the
        registrant as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
        dividends, stock splits or similar transactions in accordance with Rule
        416 under the Securities Act of 1933.</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(2) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 1,126,725 common shares reserved for
        issuance under the Employee Share Purchase Plan and the average (being
        $9.42) of the reported high and low sales price of the common shares of
        AuRico Gold Inc. on June 16, 2011 on the New York Stock Exchange (a date
        within five business days of the filing of this Registration
        Statement).</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(3) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 3,149,500 common shares issuable upon
        exercise of 3,149,500 options previously granted under the Stock Option
        Plan with an average exercise price of $9.42 per common share.</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(4) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 7,209,245 common shares issuable
        pursuant to options remaining to be granted under the Stock Option Plan
        and the average of the reported high and low sales price of the common
        shares of AuRico Gold Inc. on June 16, 2011 on the New York Stock
        Exchange.</P></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B>PART I </B></P>
  <P align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of
  Form S-8 are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or
  prospectus supplements pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424
  under the Securities Act of 1933. The information required in the Section 10(a)
  prospectus is included in documents being maintained and delivered by AuRico
  Gold Inc. as required by Part I of Form S-8 and by Rule 428 under the Securities
  Act of 1933. </P>
  <P align=center><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 3.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.</B>
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  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">The following documents which have been and will in the future
  be filed by us with the SEC are incorporated in this registration statement by
  reference: </P>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(a) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Our Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended
        December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on March 23, 2011;</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(b) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Our Reports on Form 6-K furnished on January 21, 2011 and
        May 11, 2011 (as amended on May 26, 2011);</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(c) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Exhibit 99.2 to each of our Reports on Form 6-K furnished
        on January 10, 2011, February 23, 2011, February 23, 2011, February 24,
        2011, March 1, 2011, March 8, 2011, March 16, 2011, March 23, 2011, April
        6, 2011, April 11, 2011; April 12, 2011, May 6, 2011; May 17, 2011 and
        June 13, 2011;</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(d) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.6 to our Report on Form 6-K
        furnished on May 12, 2011;</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD width="10%" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top width="5%">(e) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>All other reports filed by our company under Section
        13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December 31,
        2010.</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%">(f) </TD>
      <TD>
        <P align=justify>The description of our common shares contained in our
        Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC on October 9,
        2008, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of amending
        such description.</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">In addition, all reports and documents filed by us under
  Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after
  the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities being offered have
  been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, and any
  Form 6-K furnished by us during such period or portions thereof that are
  identified in such Form 6-K as being incorporated by reference into this
  registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and
  to be part of this registration statement from the date of filing of each such
  document. </P>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 4.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Description of Securities.</B> </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Not applicable. </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left width="90%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 5.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
      </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Not applicable. </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 6.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">The laws of Quebec and our Articles permit indemnification of
  our directors and officers against certain liabilities, which would include
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933.<B> </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">Sections 159, 160, 161 and 162 of the Business Corporations Act
  (Quebec) (the &#147;QBCA&#148;) provide as follows: </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">159. Subject to Section 160, a corporation must indemnify a
  director or officer of the corporation, a former director or officer of the
  corporation, a mandatary, or any other person who acts or acted at the
  corporation&#146;s request as a director or officer of another group against all
  costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in the exercise of their
  functions, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
  or arising from any investigative or other proceeding in which the person is
  involved if:</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%; margin-left: 10%">(1) the person acted with honesty and loyalty in the interest
  of the corporation or, as the case may be, in the interest of the other group
  for which the person acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at
  the corporation&#146;s request; and </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%; margin-left: 10%">(2) in the case of a proceeding that is enforced by a monetary
  penalty, the person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct
  was lawful.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">The corporation must also advance moneys to such a person for
  the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to in the first
  paragraph.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">160. In the event that a court or any other competent authority
  judges that the conditions set out in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of the first
  paragraph of Section 159 are not fulfilled, the corporation may not indemnify
  the person and the person must repay to the corporation any monies advanced
  under that section.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">Furthermore, the corporation may not indemnify a person
  referred to in Section 159 if the court determines that the person has committed
  an intentional or gross fault. In such a case, the person must repay to the
  corporation any moneys advanced.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">161. A corporation may, with the approval of the court, in
  respect of an action by or on behalf of the corporation or other group referred
  to in section 159, against a person referred to in that section, advance the
  necessary monies to the person or indemnify the person against all costs,
  charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
  action, if the person fulfills the conditions set out in that section.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">162. A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the
  benefit of its directors, officers and other mandataries against any liability
  they may incur as such or in their capacity as directors, officers or
  mandataries of another group, if they act or acted in that capacity at the
  corporation&#146;s request.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">Our Bylaws provide that, subject to the limitations contained
  in the QCA, we shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or
  officer, or a person who acts or acted at our request as a director or officer
  of a body corporate of which we are or were a shareholder or creditor or a
  person who undertakes or has undertaken any liability on our behalf or any such
  body corporate and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs,
  charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
  judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or
  administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of
  being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant or such body
  corporate, if:</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%; margin-left: 10%">(a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
  interests of our company; and</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%; margin-left: 10%">(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or
  proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for
  believing that his conduct was lawful.</P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. </P>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 7.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
    </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" >&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left >&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%">Not applicable. </TD></TR>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 8.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Exhibits.</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">A list of exhibits included as part of this registration
  statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index to this registration statement. </P>
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      <TD align=left ><B>Item 9.</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B>Undertakings</B> </TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
  being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 15%">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 15%">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
  Statement; </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 15%">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
  any material change to such information in this 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 reports filed with
  or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
  the Securities Act of 1933, 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. </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(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. </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(4) To file a post-effective amendment to this 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.
  Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933 need not be furnished, <I>provided,</I> that the
  registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment,
  financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other
  information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is
  at least as current as the date of those financial statements. </P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference
  in this 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. </P>
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  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 10%">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
  the Securities Act of 1933 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 SEC such
  indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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  <P align=center><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Toronto, Province of Ontario, on this 22<SUP>nd</SUP>
  day of June, 2011. </P>
  <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 50%" align=justify><B>AURICO GOLD INC. </B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 50%" align=justify>By: <U>/s/ Scott
  Perry&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;<BR></U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scott
  Perry&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chief Financial Officer </P>
  <P align=center><B><a name="POWERS OF ATTORNEY">POWERS OF ATTORNEY</a> </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
  signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ren&#233; Marion and Scott
  Perry and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
  acting alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for him and in his
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that
  all such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.<B> </B></P>
  <P align=justify style="text-indent: 5%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates 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 style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap><B>Signature</B>
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="41%" nowrap>
      <p align="center"><B>Title</B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=center
        width="25%" nowrap><B>Date</B> </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>President and Chief Executive </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Ren&#233; Marion
  </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Officer, Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Ren&#233; Marion </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>(principal executive officer) </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Scott Perry
  </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Chief Financial Officer </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Scott Perry </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>(principal financial and accounting officer)
  </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Corporate Director of Mexican Operations, </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Luis Chavez
  </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Luis Chavez </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Colin K.
        Benner </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Chairman of the Board of Directors </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Colin K. Benner </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Richard
        Colterjohn </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Richard Colterjohn </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Terrence
        Cooper </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Terrence Cooper </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ Alan Edwards
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>Alan R. Edwards </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="30%" nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left width="30%" nowrap>/s/ George Elliott
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%" nowrap>June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left width="30%" nowrap>George Elliot </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%" nowrap>&nbsp; </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left nowrap width="30%">/s/ Joseph Spiteri
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%">Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap width="30%">Joseph Spiteri </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=center width="25%">June 22, 2011 </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" align=left nowrap width="30%">/s/ Ronald Smith
      </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%">Director </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=left nowrap width="30%">Ronald Smith </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="41%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left width="2%"  >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left width="25%">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><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 of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in
  the capacity of the duly authorized representative of AuRico Gold Inc. in the
  United States, in Denver, Colorado, on June 22, 2011.</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 50%" align=justify><U>/s/ Peter
  Drobeck&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;<BR></U>Peter Drobeck <BR>Senior Vice President of Exploration and
  <BR>Business Development </P>
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  <P align=center><B>EXHIBIT LIST </B></P>
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  style="BORDER-COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; "
  cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><B><U>Exhibit</U></B> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><B><U>Description of 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">AuRico Gold Inc. Stock Option
        Plan as Amended and Restated on December 10, 2010 </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="exhibit4-2.htm">4.2 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit4-2.htm">AuRico Gold Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan
      </a>
      </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">5.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">Opinion of Fasken Martineau
        DuMoulin LLP. </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="exhibit23-1.htm">23.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="exhibit23-1.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP.</a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center bgColor=#eeeeee ><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">23.2 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%" bgColor=#eeeeee><a href="exhibit5-1.htm">Consent of Fasken Martineau
        DuMoulin LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1). </a> </TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=top>
      <TD align=center ><a href="#POWERS OF ATTORNEY">24.1 </a> </TD>
      <TD align=left width="90%"><a href="#POWERS OF ATTORNEY">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature
        page hereof). </a> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: AuRico Gold Inc.: Form S-8 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
        on June 22, 2011.
  Registration
        No. 333-
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  ____________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________
  AURICO GOLD INC.
  (Exact name
  of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Quebec, Canada
  N/A
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)
  Identification No.)
  ____________
  Suite 1520
  320 Bay Street
  Toronto, Ontario
  M5H 4A6
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  ___________
  Stock Option Plan as Amended and Restated on December 10,
  2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  ____________
  DL Services, Inc.
  Columbia Center
  701 5th Avenue,
  Suite 6100
  Seattle, Washington 98104
  (206) 903-8800
  (Name,
  address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copy to:
  Daniel M. Miller
  Dorsey
  & Whitney LLP
  Suite 1605, 777 Dunsmuir Street
  Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1K4
  Canada
  Telephone: (604)
  630-5199
  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. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer [X]
  Accelerated filer [_]
  Non-accelerated filer [_] (Do not check if a smaller
        reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  [_]
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of securities
  Amount to be
  maximum Offering
  Maximum
  Amount of
  to be registered
  Registered
  (1)
  Price per Share
  Aggregate Offering
  Registration Fee
  Price
  Common Shares,
  no par value
  1,126,725 shares
  $9.42
  (2)
  $10,613,749.50
  (2)
  $1,232.28
  Common Shares,
  no par value
  3,149,500 shares
  $8.65
  (3)
  $27,243,175
  (3)
  $3,163.72
  Common Shares,
  no par value
  7,209,245 shares
  $9.42
  (4)
  $67,911,087.90
  (4)
  $7,884.58
  Total:
  $12,280.58
  (1)
  Plus such indeterminate number of common shares of the
        registrant as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
        dividends, stock splits or similar transactions in accordance with Rule
        416 under the Securities Act of 1933.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 1,126,725 common shares reserved for
        issuance under the Employee Share Purchase Plan and the average (being
        $9.42) of the reported high and low sales price of the common shares of
        AuRico Gold Inc. on June 16, 2011 on the New York Stock Exchange (a date
        within five business days of the filing of this Registration
        Statement).
  (3)
  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 3,149,500 common shares issuable upon
        exercise of 3,149,500 options previously granted under the Stock Option
        Plan with an average exercise price of $9.42 per common share.
  (4)
  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
        registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the
        Securities Act of 1933, based upon 7,209,245 common shares issuable
        pursuant to options remaining to be granted under the Stock Option Plan
        and the average of the reported high and low sales price of the common
        shares of AuRico Gold Inc. on June 16, 2011 on the New York Stock
        Exchange.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of
  Form S-8 are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or
  prospectus supplements pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424
  under the Securities Act of 1933. The information required in the Section 10(a)
  prospectus is included in documents being maintained and delivered by AuRico
  Gold Inc. as required by Part I of Form S-8 and by Rule 428 under the Securities
  Act of 1933.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.
  The following documents which have been and will in the future
  be filed by us with the SEC are incorporated in this registration statement by
  reference:
  (a)
  Our Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended
        December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on March 23, 2011;
  (b)
  Our Reports on Form 6-K furnished on January 21, 2011 and
        May 11, 2011 (as amended on May 26, 2011);
  (c)
  Exhibit 99.2 to each of our Reports on Form 6-K furnished
        on January 10, 2011, February 23, 2011, February 23, 2011, February 24,
        2011, March 1, 2011, March 8, 2011, March 16, 2011, March 23, 2011, April
        6, 2011, April 11, 2011; April 12, 2011, May 6, 2011; May 17, 2011 and
        June 13, 2011;
  (d)
  Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.6 to our Report on Form 6-K
        furnished on May 12, 2011;
  (e)
  All other reports filed by our company under Section
        13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December 31,
        2010.
  (f)
  The description of our common shares contained in our
        Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC on October 9,
        2008, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of amending
        such description.
  In addition, all reports and documents filed by us under
  Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after
  the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities being offered have
  been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, and any
  Form 6-K furnished by us during such period or portions thereof that are
  identified in such Form 6-K as being incorporated by reference into this
  registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and
  to be part of this registration statement from the date of filing of each such
  document.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and
        Officers.
  The laws of Quebec and our Articles permit indemnification of
  our directors and officers against certain liabilities, which would include
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
  Sections 159, 160, 161 and 162 of the Business Corporations Act
  (Quebec) (the "QBCA") provide as follows:
  159. Subject to Section 160, a corporation must indemnify a
  director or officer of the corporation, a former director or officer of the
  corporation, a mandatary, or any other person who acts or acted at the
  corporation's request as a director or officer of another group against all
  costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in the exercise of their
  functions, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
  or arising from any investigative or other proceeding in which the person is
  involved if:
  (1) the person acted with honesty and loyalty in the interest
  of the corporation or, as the case may be, in the interest of the other group
  for which the person acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at
  the corporation's request; and
  (2) in the case of a proceeding that is enforced by a monetary
  penalty, the person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct
  was lawful.
  The corporation must also advance moneys to such a person for
  the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to in the first
  paragraph.
  160. In the event that a court or any other competent authority
  judges that the conditions set out in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of the first
  paragraph of Section 159 are not fulfilled, the corporation may not indemnify
  the person and the person must repay to the corporation any monies advanced
  under that section.
  Furthermore, the corporation may not indemnify a person
  referred to in Section 159 if the court determines that the person has committed
  an intentional or gross fault. In such a case, the person must repay to the
  corporation any moneys advanced.
  161. A corporation may, with the approval of the court, in
  respect of an action by or on behalf of the corporation or other group referred
  to in section 159, against a person referred to in that section, advance the
  necessary monies to the person or indemnify the person against all costs,
  charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
  action, if the person fulfills the conditions set out in that section.
  162. A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the
  benefit of its directors, officers and other mandataries against any liability
  they may incur as such or in their capacity as directors, officers or
  mandataries of another group, if they act or acted in that capacity at the
  corporation's request.
  Our Bylaws provide that, subject to the limitations contained
  in the QCA, we shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or
  officer, or a person who acts or acted at our request as a director or officer
  of a body corporate of which we are or were a shareholder or creditor or a
  person who undertakes or has undertaken any liability on our behalf or any such
  body corporate and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs,
  charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
  judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or
  administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of
  being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant or such body
  corporate, if:
  (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
  interests of our company; and
  (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or
  proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for
  believing that his conduct was lawful.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  A list of exhibits included as part of this registration
  statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index to this registration statement.
  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 of 1933;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
  after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
  Statement;
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
  plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
  any material change to such information in this 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 reports filed with
  or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
  the Securities Act of 1933, 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 this 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.
  Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of
  the Securities Act of 1933 need not be furnished,
  provided,
  that the
  registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment,
  financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other
  information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is
  at least as current as the date of those financial statements.
  (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference
  in this 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.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
  the Securities Act of 1933 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 SEC such
  indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Toronto, Province of Ontario, on this 22
  nd
  day of June, 2011.
  AURICO GOLD INC.
  By:
  /s/ Scott
  Perry
  Scott
  Perry
  Chief Financial Officer
  POWERS OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
  signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints René Marion and Scott
  Perry and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
  acting alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for him and in his
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
  necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that
  all such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or
  substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  President and Chief Executive
  /s/ René Marion
  Officer, Director
  June 22, 2011
  René Marion
  (principal executive officer)
  /s/ Scott Perry
  Chief Financial Officer
  June 22, 2011
  Scott Perry
  (principal financial and accounting officer)
  Corporate Director of Mexican Operations,
  /s/ Luis Chavez
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  Luis Chavez
  /s/ Colin K.
        Benner
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
  June 22, 2011
  Colin K. Benner
  /s/ Richard
        Colterjohn
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  Richard Colterjohn
  /s/ Terrence
        Cooper
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  Terrence Cooper
  /s/ Alan Edwards
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  Alan R. Edwards
  /s/ George Elliott
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  George Elliot
  /s/ Joseph Spiteri
  Director
  June 22, 2011
  Joseph Spiteri
  June 22, 2011
  /s/ Ronald Smith
  Director
  Ronald Smith
  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in
  the capacity of the duly authorized representative of AuRico Gold Inc. in the
  United States, in Denver, Colorado, on June 22, 2011.
  /s/ Peter
  Drobeck
  Peter Drobeck
  Senior Vice President of Exploration and
  Business Development
  EXHIBIT LIST
  Exhibit
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  AuRico Gold Inc. Stock Option
        Plan as Amended and Restated on December 10, 2010
  4.2
  AuRico Gold Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan
  5.1
  Opinion of Fasken Martineau
        DuMoulin LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of Fasken Martineau
        DuMoulin LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature
        page hereof).