Golden Queen Announces First Gold Pour

VANCOUVER - Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. has poured its first gold bar at its 50%-owned Soledad Mountain gold-silver project located south of Mojave, California.

Leaching of stacked ore has been ongoing since early February. Initial flow rates and ore porosity have been very good. We have started the Merrill-Crowe plant and are now in a position to pour dora, said Robert C. Walish, Jr., Chief Operating Officer.

The Company is an emerging gold and silver producer with open pit and heap leach operation on its 50%-owned Soledad Mountain property, located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County in southern California.