VANCOUVER, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce that the certification by the Kern County Planning Commission of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the Company's Soledad Mountain project has become final and is no longer subject to challenge. The Planning Commission unanimously approved the project and formally certified the SEIR on April 8, 2010. Two appeals to the certification were filed but subsequently withdrawn. Accordingly, the Planning Commission's actions became final on May 24, 2010. The thirty-day period for filing a lawsuit challenging the SEIR expired on June 23, 2010 and as a result the SEIR certification is now final.
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Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.
CONTACT: Regarding this News Release Contact: Lutz Klingmann, President,
Telephone: (604) 921-7570, Email: mintoexpl@telus.net, http://www.goldenqueen.com/
