Sec Form 4 Filing - Estate of Landon Thomas Clay @ GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO LTD - 2018-02-22

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Estate of Landon Thomas Clay 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO LTD [ GQM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director X __ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EAST HILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 70 MAIN STREET, SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 02/22/2018 (Street) PETERBOROUGH, NH03458 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 02/22/2018( 1 )( 2 ) X( 1 )( 2 ) 101,367,270 ( 3 ) A $ 0.1325 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 118,419,672 D Common Stock 02/22/2018( 1 )( 2 ) X( 1 )( 2 ) 221,968 ( 4 ) A $ 0.1325 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 248,082 I By corporation ( 5 )

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Subscription Rights $ 0.1325 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 02/22/2018( 1 )( 2 ) X( 1 )( 2 ) 17,052,402 01/11/2018 02/20/2018 Common Stock 28,981,155 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 0 D Subscription Rights $ 0.1325 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 02/22/2018( 1 )( 2 ) X( 1 )( 2 ) 26,114 01/11/2018 02/20/2018 Common Stock 44,393 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 0 I By corporation ( 5 )

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Estate of Landon Thomas Clay C/O EAST HILL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 70 MAIN STREET, SUITE 300 PETERBOROUGH, NH03458 X Signatures /s/ Thomas M. Clay, Executor 02/26/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )In November 2017, Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd (the "Issuer") announced the commencement of a pro rata offering (the "Rights Offering") of transferable rights (the "Rights") to holders of the Issuer's common shares, as of the record date of December 1, 2017 ("Record Date Shareholder"), entitling the holders of such rights to subscribe for up to an aggregate of 188,952,761 of the Issuer's common shares. Record Date Shareholders received one Right for each outstanding common share held on the record date. The Rights entitled their holders to purchase 1.7 new common shares for every Right held. The subscription price per common share was $0.1325 (the "basic subscription privilege"). (see footnote 2) ( 2 )The Rights Offering also included an oversubscription privilege, which entitled holders who fully exercised their basic subscription privilege the right to purchase, at a price of $0.1325 per common share, additional common shares of the Issuer, subject to availability and pro rata allocation of shares among Record Date Shareholders exercising such oversubscription privilege. The Rights were exercisable until February 20, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Toronto time. Following the conclusion of the Rights Offering, the common shares that were not purchased by other Record Date Shareholders were allocated pro rata among Rights holders exercising their oversubscription privilege based on the number of common shares of the Issuer each of those Rights holders owned on the record date. ( 3 )Represents 28,981,155 common shares of the Issuer acquired upon the exercise of the basic subscription privilege and 72,386,115 common shares of the Issuer acquired upon the exercise of the oversubscription privilege. ( 4 )Represents 44,393 shares of common stock of the Issuer acquired upon the exercise of the basic subscription privilege and 177,575 common shares of the Issuer acquired upon the exercise of the oversubscription privilege. ( 5 )Represents shares of common stock of the Issuer held by LTC Corporation ("LTC Corp"). The Reporting Person owns all of the equity interests of LTC Corp. The equity interests of LTC Corp transferred automatically to the Reporting Person following the death of Landon T. Clay in July 2017.

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