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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): May 24, 2012

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 839-5060

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on May 24, 2012 in Golden, Colorado.  Of the 35,488,035 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, 21,871,870 shares (61.63%) were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders approved all of the nominees and proposals.  Specifically, the Company’s stockholders approved the election of Jeffrey G. Clevenger, W. Durand Eppler, Ian Masterton-Hume, Michael T. Mason, Kevin R. Morano, Terry M. Palmer, and David H. Watkins as directors of the Company to hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected, and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders were as follows:

1.                                       Election of seven (7) directors to hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected.

2.                                       Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

3.                                       Advisory vote regarding approval of compensation of executive officers.

4.                                       Advisory vote regarding frequency of shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.

In light of the vote regarding the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, the Company has decided to include a shareholder vote on the compensation of executives in its proxy materials every three years.

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SIGNATURE

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.

Date:  June 7, 2012

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