UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August 2025

Commission File Number: 001-39966

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant filesor will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 40-F:

Form 20-F oForm 40-F þ

EXHIBIT INDEX

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned, thereunto dulyauthorized.

EXHIBIT 99.1

New Found Gold Announces Results of AnnualGeneral and Special Meeting; Adds Experienced Mining Executive to Board; Restart of Exploration Activities at Queensway Gold Project

Vancouver, BC, August 20, 2025 - New Found GoldCorp. (“New Found Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: NFG, NYSE-A: NFGC) is pleased to welcome TamaraBrown to its board of directors (the “Board”). Following the Annual General and Special Meeting of the shareholdersof New Found Gold (the “Shareholders”) held in Vancouver, BC, on August 20, 2025 (the “Meeting”),the Board now comprises Paul Huet, Keith Boyle, William Hayden, Vijay Mehta, Melissa Render, Chad Williams and Tamara Brown.

At the Meeting, disinterested Shareholders votedin favour of an ordinary resolution to approve the creation of Mr. Eric Sprott as a new “Control Person” (as defined by thepolicies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”)). It is anticipated that Mr. Sprott will become a new Control Personupon closing of the previously announced non-brokered private placement of up to 12,269,939 common shares (the “Common Shares”)at a price of C$1.63 per Common Share for gross proceeds of approximately C$20 million (the “Private Placement”). ThePrivate Placement is anticipated to close by August 27, 2025, subject to final approval of the TSXV and authorization of the NYSE AmericanLLC (the “NYSE American”).

In addition, resolutions regarding the followingmatters were passed by the requisite majority at the Meeting:

The Meeting did not consider any matters thatwere not presented in the management information circular, dated July 8, 2025, that was filed in connection with the Meeting.

Paul Huet, Chairman of New Found, stated “Onbehalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to welcome Tamara to New Found Gold. With her extensive capital markets experience anddepth of knowledge of the mining industry as both a mining executive and a professional engineer, Tamara’s addition to the Boardcontinues to strengthen the team and the Company as a whole.”

This news release shall not constitute anoffer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Common Shares in any jurisdiction in which suchoffer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.

Resumption of Heavy Equipment ExplorationActivities

As a result of a reduction of the Fire WeatherIndex in the area of the Company’s 100% owned Queensway Gold Project (“Queensway”), Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada, exploration activities involving the use of heavy equipment in or near forested areas, including, drilling, mulching and excavating,have restarted at Queensway. These activities had previously been suspended as a precaution against regional forest fire risks (see theNew Found Gold news release dated August 13, 2025).

Keith Boyle, Chief Executive Officer, stated:"The Fire Weather Index across Newfoundland has been reduced to acceptable levels. With weather conditions favourable and theFire Weather Index within operational limits, exploration activities will resume immediately. The Company will continue to monitor thesituation and implement additional measures to mitigate forest fire risks. The New Found Gold team once again extends its thanks to thefirefighters for their hard work in maintaining community safety."

About New Found Gold Corp.

New Found Gold holds a 100% interest in Queensway,located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, a Tier 1 jurisdiction with excellent infrastructure and a skilled local workforce.

The Company has completed an initial mineralresource estimate (“MRE”) and preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”) at Queensway (see New FoundGold news release dated March 24, 2025 and July 21, 2025).

Recent drilling continues to yield new discoveriesalong strike and down dip of known gold zones, pointing to the district-scale potential of the 175,450 ha project that covers a 110 kmstrike extent along two prospective fault zones.

New Found Gold has a new management team inplace, a solid shareholder base, which includes a 19% holding by Eric Sprott, and is focused on growth and value creation at Queensway.

Keith Boyle, P.Eng.

Chief Executive Officer

New Found Gold Corp.

Contact

For further information on New Found Gold, pleasevisit the Company’s website at www.newfoundgold.ca, contact us through our investor inquiry form at https://newfoundgold.ca/contact/or contact:

Fiona Childe, Ph.D., P.Geo.

Vice President, Communications and Corporate Development

Phone: +1 (416) 910-4653

Email: contact@newfoundgold.ca

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Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation ServicesProvider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Forward Looking Statement Cautions

This news release contains certain “forward-lookingstatements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation, relating the Private Placement, including the timing of closingthereof, if at all; and the approval by the TSXV and authorization of the NYSE American of the Private Placement. Although the Companybelieves that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-lookingstatements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”,“plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “interpreted”, “intends”, “estimates”,“projects”, “aims”, “suggests”, “indicate”, “often”, “target”,“future”, “likely”, “encouraging”, “pending”, “potential”, “goal”,“objective”, “opportunity”, “prospective”, “possibly”, “preliminary”, andsimilar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “can”, “could”or “should” occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made,and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurateand actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Except to the extent requiredby applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSXV or the NYSE American, the Company undertakes no obligation to update theseforward-looking statements if management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could causefuture results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward- looking statements include risks associated with the Company’sreceiving all the approvals necessary for completion of the Private Placement and the timing of such approvals. The reader is urged torefer to the Company’s Annual Information Form and Management’s discussion and Analysis, publicly available through the CanadianSecurities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR+) at www.sedarplus.ca for a more completediscussion of such risk factors and their potential effects.