{"url_path":"/sec/asa/8-k/2026-06-25/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1230869/0001398344-26-011264-index.html","accession_number":"0001398344-26-011264","cik":"0001230869","ticker":"ASA","issuer_name":"ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1230869/0001398344-26-011264-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001230869","primary_entity_name":"ASA Gold & Precious Metals Ltd"},"word_count":604,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure**\n\n** **\n\n*ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited Announces\nthe Appointment of Paul Kazarian as President and Principal Executive Officer; and the Establishment of an Investment Committee to Manage\nthe Company’s Portfolio Internally on an Interim Basis*.\n\n \n\nASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (NYSE: ASA) (the\n“Company”), a registered closed-end management investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, today announced that\nPaul Kazarian has been appointed President and Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) of the Company. Axel Merk and Peter Maletis\nno longer serve as officers of the Company.\n\n \n\nThe Company also announced that, as the Special Committee\nof the Board of Directors continues its work evaluating the potential external management arrangements for the Company, the Company will\nbe managed internally in the interim. In that connection, the Board has established an investment committee (the “Investment Committee”)\ncomprised of the following Board Members:\n\n \n\n•Paul Kazarian, Chair of the Investment Committee\n\n•Ketu Desai, Member of the Investment Committee\n\n•Neal Neilinger, Member of the Investment Committee\n\n \n\nSubject to the oversight and discretion of the Board,\nthe Investment Committee is responsible for managing and overseeing the Company’s investment portfolio until such time that an external\ninvestment manager is retained by the Company (the “Interim Period”).\n\n \n\nThe Board has also approved the Company’s retention\nof Saba Capital Management, L.P. (“Saba”) to provide certain administrative, compliance and trade execution support services\nduring this Interim Period. Saba is not entitled to compensation for such services, but will be reimbursed for its out of pocket costs\nin providing such services.\n\n \n\nThe Board will provide further updates regarding the\nSpecial Committee’s work in evaluating potential external management arrangements as appropriate.\n\n \n\nAbout ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited. ASA Gold\nand Precious Metals Limited is a publicly-traded registered closed-end management investment company. The Company’s common shares\ntrade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ASA”.\n\n \n\nForward-Looking Statements. The foregoing disclosure\ncontains forward-looking statements subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Any statements\nthat are not statements of historical fact (including but not limited to statements containing the words “believes,” “plans,”\n“anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates” and similar expressions) should also be considered to be forward-looking\nstatements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.\nCertain factors could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements,\nincluding whether there will, in fact, be changes to management of the Company. These factors are identified from time to time in the\nCompany’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the materials on the Company’s website. The Company\nundertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect subsequent events, except as may be required by law.  \n\n \n\nThe information contained in this Item 7.01 is being\n“furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject\nto the liability of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The information contained in this Item 7.01 shall\nnot be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act or into any filing or\nother document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,\nthe registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**ASA GOLD AND PRECIOUS METALS, LTD.**\n\n \n \n \n\nDate: June 25, 2026\n \n/s/ James Chekos\n\n \nName:  \nJames Chekos\n\n \nTitle:\nCorporate Secretary\n\n \n\n2"}