8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2015

GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO. LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

0-21777
(Commission File Number)

British Columbia, Canada	Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction	(IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

#2300 – 1066 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 3X2

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(778) 373-1557
Issuer’s telephone number

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual General Meeting of the holders of common shares of Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. held on June 3, 2015, the shareholders voted on the following matters:

1. Fixing the Number of Directors at Five. The shareholders approved the number of directors to be fixed at five.

For: 66,262,303
Against: 486,789
Non-votes: 112,391

2. Election of Directors. The following nominees were elected as directors to serve until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders:

H. Lutz Klingmann:	For:	35,875,917
	Withheld:	455,224
	Non-votes:	30,530,342
Thomas Clay::	For:	35,873,037
	Withheld:	458,104
	Non-votes:	30,530,342
Bryan A. Coates:	For:	35,887,365
	Withheld:	443,776
	Non-votes:	30,530,342
Bernard Guarnera:	For:	35,875,537
	Withheld:	455,604
	Non-votes:	30,530,342
Guy Le Bel:	For:	35,863,437
	Withheld:	467,704
	Non-votes:	30,530,342

3. Appointment of Auditors. The shareholders approved the appointment of BDO Canada LLP, Chartered Accountants as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors.

For: 66,101,916
Withheld: 759,567
Non-votes: 0

4. Approval of Unallocated Stock Options. The shareholders approved all unallocated entitlements issuable under the Stock Option Plan until the date that is three (3) years from the date hereof, being June 3, 2018.

For: 35,002,318
Against: 1,328,823
Non-votes: 30,530,342

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.
Date: June 3, 2015	(Registrant)
	/s/ Lutz Klingmann
	Lutz Klingmann, President

EX-99.1

NEWS RELEASE

GOLDEN QUEEN REPORTS THE RESULTS OF THE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

June 3, 2015 - Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (TSX:GQM; OTCQX:GQMNF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (the “Meeting”). A total of 66,861,483 common shares were voted, representing 66.91% of the outstanding common shares. Shareholders voted in favour of maintaining the number of directors at five (5) and for the election of all director nominees. The percentage of votes cast for each is as follows:

1. Number of Directors

The number of directors for the Board of Directors of the Company was set as five (5).

Votes of shares for	% votes cast	Votes against	% votes cast
66,262,303	99.27%	486,789	0.73%

2. The Election of Directors

Each of the nominee directors listed in the Company's proxy statement and management information circular dated April 28, 2015 was elected as a director, without a vote by ballot being conducted. Golden Queen received proxies directing voting on the five (5) directors nominated for election as set forth in the table below:

Name of nominee	Votes for	% votes cast	Votes withheld /abstain	% votes cast
H. Lutz Klingmann	35,875,917	98.75%	455,224	1.25%
Thomas M. Clay	35,873,037	98.74%	458,104	1.26%
Bryan A. Coates	35,887,365	98.78%	443,776	1.22%
Bernard Guarnera	35,875,537	98.75%	455,604	1.25%
Guy Le Bel	35,863,437	98.71%	467,704	1.29%

3. Appointment of Auditors

According to proxies received and a vote by show of hands, BDO Canada LLP was appointed as the Company's auditors until the next general meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed and the directors were authorized to fix the auditors' remuneration.

Votes of shares for	% votes cast	Votes withheld /abstain	% votes cast
66,101,916	98.86%	759,567	1.14%

4. Approval of Unallocated Stock Options

According to proxies received and a vote by show of hands, all unallocated entitlements issuable under the Company’s stock option plan were approved until June 3, 2018. Under Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, unallocated entitlements under the Company’s stock option plan are required to be approved at least once every three years.

Votes of shares for	% votes cast	Votes against	% votes cast
35,002,318	96.34%	1,328,823	3.66%

About Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd:

The Company is developing a gold-silver, open pit, heap leach operation on its fully-permitted 50% owned Soledad Mountain property, located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County in southern California. The Project will use conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and Merrill-Crowe processes to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore.

For further information regarding this news release please contact:

Lutz Klingmann, President & CEO
Telephone: 778.373.1557
Email: lklingmann@goldenqueen.com

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.