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|Exhibit 31.1                               
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|CERTIFICATION                              
|PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a)    
|OF THE U.S. SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Lutz Klingmann, certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this report for the fiscal quarter ended
      March 31, 2007 of Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
      circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
      respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statement, and other
      financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented
      in this report;                  
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|4. | The small business issuers other certifying officers and
      I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
      procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
      the small business issuer and have:                                                                       

| | a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small
      business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
      us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
      which the annual report is being prepared;                                       
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| | b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the small business
      issuers disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
      our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
      procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
      such evaluation; and                                                                                                                                              
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| | c) | disclosed in this report any change in the small business
      issuers internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
      the small business issuers most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
      issuers fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the
      small business issuers internal control over financial reporting;
    and

|5. | The small business issuers other certifying officers and
      I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
      over financial reporting, to the small business issuers auditors and the
      audit committee of small business issuers board of directors (or persons
      performing the equivalent function):
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| | a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
      the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
      are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuers
      ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
      and
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| | b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
      management or other employees who have a significant role in the small
      business issuers control over financial
reporting.                                                                                                                    

|Date: May 15, 2007 | By: | /s/
      Lutz Klingmann                 
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|                   |     | Lutz Klingmann                           
|                   |     | President and Principal Financial Officer

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