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                             August 4, 2023

       Korm Trieu
       Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
       ALMADEN MINERALS LTD
       1333 Johnston Street, #210
       Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6H 3R9

                                                        Re: ALMADEN MINERALS
LTD
                                                            Form 20-F for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Filed April 27,
2023
                                                            File No. 001-32702

       Dear Korm Trieu:

              We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In
some of our
       comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
       disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 20-F

       Location and Access, page 29

   1.                                                   Please modify your
filing and locate your property within one-mile using an easily
                                                        recognizable coordinate
system as required by Item 1304(b)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K.
       History of Past Work, page 33

   2.                                                   Please modify your
filing and disclose the book value of your mining property as required
                                                        by Item 1304(d)(2)(iii)
of Regulation S-K.
       Mineral Resource Estimate, page 38

   3.                                                   We note your disclosure
of resources inclusive of reserves in your filing. Please modify
                                                        your filing and remove
your inclusive resource tabulation and replace it with a tabulation
                                                        of resources exclusive
of reserves as required by Item 1304(d)(2) of Regulation S-K.
 Korm Trieu
FirstName  LastNameKorm Trieu
ALMADEN     MINERALS LTD
Comapany
August     NameALMADEN MINERALS LTD
       4, 2023
August
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FirstName LastName
Exhibit 14.2
Metallurgical Performance Projections, page E-176

4.       Please modify your filing and disclose the Qualified Person   s
opinion on the adequacy of
         the metallurgical process test data and conclusions. See Item
601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(10)(v) of
         Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 14.2
Classification, page E-194

5.       Please modify your filing and disclose your resources exclusive of
reserves as required by
         Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
6.       Please modify your filing and disclose the Qualified Person   s
opinion on whether all
         issues related to technical and/or economic factors influencing
economic extraction can be
         resolved with further work. See Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(vii) of
Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 14.2
Mineral Reserves, page E-202

7.       Please modify your filing and disclose the Qualified Person   s
opinion on risk factors and
         their effect on reserve estimates through changes to the modifying
factors. See Item
         601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(12)(vi) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 14.2
Monitoring, page E-280

8.       Please modify your filing and disclose the Qualified Person   s
opinion on the adequacy of
         the current plans to address issues related to environmental
compliance, permitting, or
         local individuals and/or groups. See Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(17)(vi)
of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 14.2
Analysis, page E-293

9.       Please review your Cash Flow Summary found in Table 19.2 as it relates
to your Capital
         and Operating Costs outlined in Section 18. Sustaining Capital does
not appear to
         correspond to the text and Closure Costs do not appear to be included
in your tabulation.
         In addition, please review the annual Mine Operating Costs and Tax
Calculations and
         provide additional detail in your text regarding their calculation.
See Item
         601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(19)(i) of Regulation S-K.



        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.
 Korm Trieu
ALMADEN MINERALS LTD
August 4, 2023
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       Please direct any questions to George K. Schuler at 202-551-3718 if you
have
questions regarding the engineering comments or Craig Arakawa at at
202-551-3650 with any
other questions.




FirstName LastNameKorm Trieu                             Sincerely,
Comapany NameALMADEN MINERALS LTD
                                                         Division of
Corporation Finance
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Transportation
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