Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. Joins OTCQX

NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced that Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (OTCQX: GQMNF; TSX: GQM), a Canadian based mining company, is now trading on the highest OTC marketplace, OTCQX^®.

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Golden Queen began trading today on the OTC market's prestigious tier, OTCQX International.  Investors can find current financial disclosures and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company on www.otcmarkets.com.

"OTCQX companies demonstrate their commitment to providing timely and transparent information to investors and maintaining the highest quality standards," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of OTC Markets Group. "We are pleased to welcome Golden Queen to OTCQX."

Dorsey & Whitney, LLP will serve as Golden Queen's Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements and U.S. securities laws.

About Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.
Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. (OTCQX: GQMNF; TSX: GQM) trades in the United States on OTCQX under the symbol "GQMNF". Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. plans to develop a gold-silver, open pit, heap leach operation on its 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.  The planned, average ore and waste mining rates are 4.71 million tons and 7.03 million tons per year with a stripping ratio of 1.49:1 for a combined mining rate of ore and waste of 11.74 million tons per year.  The permitted combined ore and waste mining rate is 14 million tons per year.  Gold and silver production is projected to average approximately 75,000oz and 860,000oz respectively per year although this is expected to fluctuate considerably from year to year depending upon the ore head grades.  Gold and silver production is projected to be 1,047,625 oz of gold and 11,699,000 oz of silver over a period of 15 years. 

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