FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Pullar Andrew 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2013 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Golden Minerals Co [AUMN] (Last) (First) (Middle) LANDMARK SQUARE, 1ST FLOOR, 64 EARTH CLOSE, WEST BAY BEACH SOUTH 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-1007 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 9,106,631 I (1) (2) See Footnote (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pullar Andrew LANDMARK SQUARE, 1ST FLOOR 64 EARTH CLOSE, WEST BAY BEACH SOUTH GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-1007	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

Deborah J. Friedman for Andrew Pullar Pursuant to Power of Attorney		07/03/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person is the Chief Executive Officer of The Sentient Group. The Sentient Group includes Sentient Global Resources Fund III, L.P. ("Fund III"), SGRF III Parallel I, L.P. ("Parallel I"), Sentient Executive GP III, Limited ("Sentient Executive III"), Sentient Global Resources Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV") and Sentient Executive GP IV, Limited ("Sentient Executive IV") which hold shares of the issuer's common stock as follows: Fund III and Parallel I are both Cayman Islands limited partnerships and beneficially own 3,582,746 and 357,044 shares of the issuer's common stock, respectively. The sole general partner of Fund III and Parallel I is Sentient GP III, L.P. ("GP III"). The sole general partner of GP III is Sentient Executive III, which is a Cayman Islands exempted company.
(2)	Continuation of Footnote (1): Fund IV is a Cayman Islands limited partnership and owns 4,483,944 shares of the issuer's common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 682,897 shares of the issuer's common stock. Each warrant is exercisable for a five year period beginning six months from the issue date, which was September 19, 2012. The sole general partner of Fund IV is Sentient GP IV, L.P. ("GP IV"), which is a Cayman Islands limited partnership. The sole general partner of GP IV is Sentient Executive IV, which is a Cayman Islands exempted company. The reporting person is a director of Sentient Executive III and Sentient Executive IV.
(3)	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

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