Edgar Filing: JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL

Ownership Submission

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 ^*

Â STEELHEAD PARTNERS LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/20/2011

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GOLD RESERVE INC [GRZ]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

333 108TH AVE. NE,Â SUITE 2010

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See footnotes

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

BELLEVUE,Â WAÂ 98004

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ 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)
Class A Common Stock	12,707,979 ⁽⁴⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽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
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
STEELHEAD PARTNERS LLC 333 108TH AVE. NE SUITE 2010 BELLEVUE,Â WAÂ 98004	Â	Â	Â	See footnotes
JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL 333 108TH AVE. NE SUITE 2010 BELLEVUE,Â WAÂ 98004	Â	Â	Â	See footnotes
KLEIN BRIAN KATZ 333 108TH AVE. NE SUITE 2010 BELLEVUE,Â WAÂ 98004	Â	Â	Â	See footnotes

Signatures

Steelhead Partners, LLC; By: J. Michael Johnston, its Member-Manager; /s/ J. Michael Johnston		04/29/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
J. Michael Johnston; /s/ J. Michael Johnston		04/29/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Brian K. Klein; /s/ Brian K. Klein		04/29/2011
^**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 persons are: (i) Steelhead Partners, LLC ("Steelhead"), a registered investment advisor within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (ii) each of James Michael Johnston and Brian Katz Klein, Steelhead's member-managers.
(2)	The issuer's securities reported on this Form 3 are beneficially held by Steelhead Navigator Master, L.P. ("Steelhead Navigator"). Steelhead is the investment manager of Steelhead Navigator. As a greater than 10% beneficial owner, Steelhead Navigator is separately reporting its holdings in the issuer's securities on a Form 3 filed concurrently herewith. Each of Steelhead, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Klein and Steelhead Navigator expressly disclaims beneficial ownership in these securities, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein.
(3)	Steelhead and the other reporting persons may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned by Steelhead Navigator insofar as they may be deemed to have the power to direct the voting or disposition of such securities. The reporting persons have elected therefore to file this Form 3 voluntarily to report Steelhead Navigator's holdings, notwithstanding the reporting exemption applicable to registered investment advisors under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) and to control persons under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(vii). The filing of this Form 3 should not, however, be deemed an admission by any of the reporting persons that such person falls outside the scope of the foregoing exemptions, or that the reporting persons and/or Steelhead Navigator form a group within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a)(1).
(4)	Consistent with the position taken by the issuer in its Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011, 4,024,005 shares of the issuer's Class A common stock (the "Convertible Note Shares") that may be issued to Steelhead Navigator upon the conversion of certain convertible notes held by Steelhead Navigator (the "Convertible Notes") are not included in this Form 3 because the receipt of such Convertible Note Shares is contingent upon the issuer's determination, in its sole discretion, to deliver the Convertible Note Shares instead of cash upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.

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