First gold pour at Soledad Mountain

This 2016 file photo shows Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.'s pouring its first gold bar at the Soledad Mountain gold and silver mine, of which it has 50 percent ownership. The mine is located just south of Mojave in eastern Kern County.

 Photo courtesy of Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd.

Shareholders of a Canadian company that operate a gold and silver mine in eastern Kern County have voted to sell its 50-percent ownership of the facility.

By a margin of about 97 percent to 3 percent, owners of Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. stock approved a proposal to sell the company's stake in Soledad Mountain to the Clay family, which already owns nearly half the mine outside Mojave.

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