FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

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/YYYY)

5/15/2018
(Street)

PETERBOROUGH, NH 03458
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. 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   5/15/2018     W (1)   V 4663   D $0   (1) 118415009   D    
Common Stock   6/5/2018     J (2)    248082   A $0   (2) 118663091   D    
Common Stock   6/5/2018     J (2)    248082   D $0   (2) 0   I   By corporation   (2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. 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 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(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

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Represents shares of common stock of Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (the "Issuer") that were held in an individual retirement account in the name of Mr. Landon Thomas Clay (the "IRA"). Ownership of these shares of common stock passed to Mr. Landon Thomas Clay's spouse following the death of Mr. Landon Thomas Clay in July 2017.
(2)  Represents shares of common stock of the Issuer held by LTC Corporation ("LTC Corp"). The Reporting Person is the sole stockholder of LTC Corp following the death of Mr. Landon Thomas Clay in July 2017. On June 5, 2018, LTC Corp distributed all of its shares of common stock of the Issuer to the Reporting Person. Following this distribution the Reporting Person will report these shares of common stock of the Issuer as being directly beneficially owned.

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, NH 03458
X


Signatures
/s/ Thomas M. Clay, Executor 6/7/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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