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                              December 16, 2022

       Julie Z. Weedman
       Senior Vice President and CFO
       Golden Minerals Company
       350 Indiana Street, Suite 650
       Golden, Colorado 80401

                                                        Re: Golden Minerals
Company
                                                            Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
                                                            Filed March 23,
2022
                                                            File No. 001-13627

       Dear Julie Z. Weedman:

              We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In
some of our
       comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
       disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K

       Rodeo Property, page 17

   1.                                                   The longitude listed
for your Rodeo property appears to be 104 degrees W. Please review
                                                        and modify both your
filing and technical report. See Item 1304(b)(2)(i) of Regulation S-
                                                        K. Please note the
coordinates listed for the El Quevar property also appear to be in error.
       Title and Ownership Rights, page 19

   2.                                                   Please modify your
filing to include the book value of your property in this section and
                                                        elsewhere as required
by Item 1304(b)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K.
       Mineral Resources Estimate, page 21

   3.                                                   Please modify your
filing to provide an explanation for your lack of a reconciliation of
                                                        your resources over the
last two years. See Item 1304(e) of Regulation S-K.
 Julie Z. Weedman
Golden Minerals Company
December 16, 2022
Page 2
Exhibit 96.1 - Rodeo
Property Description and Ownership, page 1 & 7, page ES-1

4.       The longitude listed for your Rodeo property appears to be 104 degrees
W. Please review
         and modify your technical report. See Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(3)(i) of
Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.1 - Rodeo
Resources, page 34, page ES-34

5.       Please modify your technical report to include your Qualified persons
opinion on issues
         affecting the prospect of economic extraction as required by Item
         601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(vii) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.1 - Rodeo
Mining Methods, page 36, page ES-36

6.       Please modify your technical report to provide the annual Life of Mine
(LOM) production
         with associated grades as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(13) of
Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.1 - Rodeo
Market Studies, page 43, page ES-43

7.       We note your commodity price forecast in the section. Please modify
your technical
         report to describe, list, and provide the dates your bank forecast
projections were
         performed as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(16) of Regulation
S-K.
Exhibit 96.1 - Rodeo
Economic Analysis, page 49, page ES-49

8.       Please modify your technical report to include the annual processed
tonnage and grade
         along with the salable gold/silver ounces in your cash flow analysis.
In addition please
         include all taxes and present your analysis on an after tax basis as
required by Item
         601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(19) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.2 - Velardena
Mineral Processing
FirstName           and Metallurgical
           LastNameJulie Z. Weedman   Testing, Page 31, page ET-31
Comapany
9.       NameGolden
     Please modify yourMinerals
                         filing toCompany
                                  provide your estimate of your metallurgical
recovery. See
     Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(10)(iv)
December 16, 2022 Page 2             of Regulation S-K.
FirstName LastName
 Julie Z. Weedman
FirstName  LastNameJulie
Golden Minerals CompanyZ. Weedman
Comapany16,
December   NameGolden
              2022     Minerals Company
December
Page  3   16, 2022 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Exhibit 96.2 - Velardena
Mineral Resource Estimates, page 35, page ET-35

10.      Please modify your technical report to describe how your Net Smelter
return (NSR) is
         calculated, and provide the cost parameters for this calculation. In
addition, please
         provide the smelter terms and conditions. See Item
601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(iii) of
         Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.2 - Velardena
Mining Methods, Page 38, page ET-38

11.      Please modify your technical report to provide the annual Life of Mine
(LOM) production
         with associated grades as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(13) of
Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.2 - Velardena
Market Studies, Page 52, page ET-52

12.      We note your commodity price forecast in the section. Please modify
your technical
         report to describe, list, and provide the dates your bank forecast
projections were
         performed as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(16) of Regulation
S-K.
Exhibit 96.2 - Velardena
Economic Analysis, Page 60 & 63, page ET-60

13.      Please modify your technical report to include the annual processed
tonnage and grade
         along with the salable commodities in your cash flow analysis. In
addition please include
         reclamation costs, all taxes and present your analysis on an after tax
basis as required by
         Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(19) of Regulation S-K.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       You may contact George K. Schuler at 202-551-3718 if you have questions
regarding
the engineering comments or Craig Arakawa at at 202-551-3650 with any other
questions.



                                                              Sincerely,

                                                              Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                              Office of Energy
& Transportation