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UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C.
20549

FORM 10-K/AAmendment No. 1

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2012

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______________ to
_______________

0-21777(Commission File Number)

GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO.
LTD.(Name of registrant in its charter)

|British Columbia, Canada                                             | Not Applicable     
|-------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------
|(State or other jurisdiction                                         | (IRS Employer      
|of incorporation or organization)                                    | Identification No.)
|                                                                     |                    
|6411 Imperial Avenue, West Vancouver, British
      Columbia, Canada | V7W 2J5            
|(Address of principal executive offices)                             | (Zip Code)         

Issuers telephone number: (604) 921-7570

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
None

Securities registered under section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common shares without par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known
seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
[   ]     No [X]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to
file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ 
 ]     No [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X]     No
[   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation
S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
[X]     No [   ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in
response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. Large accelerated filer [ 
 ]          Accelerated filer
[X]          Non-accelerated filer
[   ]          Smaller
reporting company [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell
company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ 
 ]     No [X]

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting
common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which
the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common
equity, as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed
second fiscal quarter:$135,079,019 as at June 30, 2012.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the
registrants classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date:
98,013,383 common shares as at March 15, 2013.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form
10-K, which Proxy Statement is to be filed within 120 days after the end of the
registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. If the definitive Proxy
Statement cannot be filed on or before the 120 day period, the issuer may
instead file an amendment to this Form 10-K disclosing the information with
respect to Items 10 through 14.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2012, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 18, 2013, is being filed to include Exhibit 23.2 and
23.3.

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to
the original Annual Report filed March 18, 2013 and this Amendment continues to
reflect information as of the date of the original Annual Report, and the
Company has not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events
which occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the original Annual Report.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits

|Exhibit | Description of Exhibit                  | Manner of Filing    
|------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------------
|No.     |                                         |                     
|        |                                         |                     
|23.2    | Consent
      of AMEC E&C Services Inc. | Filed
      herewith
|        |                                         | .                   
|23.3    | Consent
      of Norwest Corporation    | Filed
      herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO. LTD.



|By:   | /s/ H. Lutz Klingmann                     | 
|----- | ----------------------------------------- | 
|      | H. Lutz Klingmann                         | 
|      | President and Principal Executive Officer | 
|      |                                           | 
|      |                                           | 
|Date: | March 21, 2013                            | 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

|Signature                   | Title                                                              | Date          
|--------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------
|                            |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|/s/ H. Lutz
      Klingmann | President, Principal Executive Officer, and
      Director         | March 21, 2013
|H. Lutz Klingmann           |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|/s/ Edward
      Thompson   | Director                                                           | March 21, 2013
|Edward Thompson             |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|/s/ Chester
      Shynkaryk | Director                                                           | March 21, 2013
|Chester Shynkaryk           |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|                            |                                                                    |               
|/s/ G. Ross
      McDonald  | Principal Financial Officer and Principal
      Accounting Officer | March 21, 2013
|G. Ross McDonald            |                                                                    |               

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