---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-079133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUMN"
cik: "0001011509"
company_name: "Golden Minerals Co"
filed_at: "2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:51:35.891123+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Minerals appoints Haynie & Company as new auditor; Armanino dismissed

## Summary
- Haynie & Company appointed as independent auditor for FY 2023, effective June 22, 2023.
- Armanino dismissed by mutual agreement effective July 7, 2023 no adverse opinions or disagreements.
- No reportable events or disagreements on accounting principles or audit scope during prior fiscal years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-079133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUMN
- cik: 0001011509
- company_name: Golden Minerals Co
- filed_at: 2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923079133/0001104659-23-079133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923079133/tm2320863d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-079133.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Golden Minerals Co engaged Haynie & Company as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Haynie & Company
  source text: The Audit Committee of the Company unanimously approved the appointment of Haynie, subject to completion of Haynie’s client acceptance procedures, which were completed on June 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923079133/0001104659-23-079133-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Golden Minerals Co dismissed Armanino, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Armanino, LLP
  - Successor: Haynie & Company
  source text: The Company’s prior engagement with Armanino, LLP (“Armanino”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has been terminated by mutual agreement of the Company’s Audit Committee and Armanino.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011509/000110465923079133/0001104659-23-079133-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.