Correspondence 0001104659-23-098945 from Golden Minerals Co (AUMN) (CIK 0001011509) (AUMN)
Golden Minerals Co (AUMN) (CIK 0001011509)
Date: Sept. 7, 2023 · CIK: 0001011509 · Accession: 0001104659-23-098945
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File numbers found in text: 333-274011
Referenced dates: August 31, 2023
Letter
Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Attention: Cheryl Brown and Daniel Morris Re: Golden Minerals Company Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed August 16, 2023 File No. 333-274011
Dear Ms. Brown and Mr. Morris:
On behalf of Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”), set forth below is the response of the Company to the comments received by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) contained in the letter dated August 31, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”) regarding the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1”). For ease of reference, the text of the Staff’s comment is reproduced in bold-face type below, followed by the Company’s response.
Experts, page 14
1. We note your disclosure that the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to your Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, have been incorporated in reliance on the report of Armanino, LLC. We also note the 10-K filed on March 22, 2022 in which Plante & Moran audited the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and served as your independent auditor from 2013 to 2022. Please revise to reconcile these disclosures and file the consent of Plante & Moran as an exhibit to your registration statement.
Response: Concurrent with the filing of this response letter, the Company will file an amended registration statement on Form S-1 to revise the disclosure in the “Experts” section in order to correctly reflect that the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 were audited by Plante & Moran. A consent of Plante & Moran is also filed with the amended registration statement.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP ▪ 1550 17th Street, Suite 500 ▪ Denver, CO 80202 ▪ 303.892.9400 ▪ fax 303.893.1379 ▪ dgslaw.com
Should you require further clarification of any of the issues raised in this letter, please contact the undersigned at (303) 892-7348.
Sincerely,
Brian Boonstra
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Brian
Boonstra
303.892.7348
brian.boonstra@dgslaw.com
September 7, 2023
By EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Cheryl Brown and Daniel Morris
Re: Golden Minerals Company
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed August 16, 2023
File No. 333-274011
Dear Ms. Brown and Mr. Morris:
On behalf of Golden
Minerals Company (the “Company”), set forth below is the response of the Company to the comments received by the staff
(the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) contained in the letter
dated August 31, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”) regarding the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-1 (the
“Form S-1”). For ease of reference, the text of the Staff’s comment is reproduced in bold-face type below, followed
by the Company’s response.
Experts, page 14
1. We note your disclosure that the consolidated financial statements
as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to your Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022,
have been incorporated in reliance on the report of Armanino, LLC. We also note the 10-K filed on March 22, 2022 in which Plante &
Moran audited the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and served as your independent auditor from 2013
to 2022. Please revise to reconcile these disclosures and file the consent of Plante & Moran as an exhibit to your registration statement.
Response: Concurrent with the
filing of this response letter, the Company will file an amended registration statement on Form S-1 to revise the disclosure in the “Experts”
section in order to correctly reflect that the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 were audited
by Plante & Moran. A consent of Plante & Moran is also filed with the amended registration statement.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP ▪
1550 17th Street, Suite 500 ▪ Denver,
CO 80202 ▪ 303.892.9400 ▪
fax 303.893.1379 ▪ dgslaw.com
Should you require further
clarification of any of the issues raised in this letter, please contact the undersigned at (303) 892-7348.
Sincerely,
Brian Boonstra
for
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS LLP
cc: Julie Weedman, Golden Minerals Company
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