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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SailingStone Capital Partners LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2018
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TURQUOISE HILL RESOURCES LTD. [TRQ]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET, 30TH FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
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)
Common Stock 422,933 (1) (2)
I
Held by SailingStone Global Natural Resources Fund, L.P. (1)

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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
SailingStone Capital Partners LLC
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET
30TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    
SailingStone Holdings LLC
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET
30TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    
Davis MacKenzie B
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET
30TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    
Settles Kenneth L Jr
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET
30TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Patrick W.D. Turley, Attorney-in-Fact 02/09/2018
**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) Kenneth Settles holds approximately 0.89% of the limited partnership interests of SailingStone Global Natural Resources Fund, L.P. (the "Fund"), and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 188,205 shares. MacKenzie Davis holds approximately 1.11% of the limited partnership interests of the Fund and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund or 234,728 shares.
(2) Each of the Reporting Persons (other than Kenneth Settles and MacKenzie Davis to the extent set forth above), hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Fund pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the 1934, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of any of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
 
Remarks:
On February 1, 2018, the Reporting Persons took one or more actions which could be deemed have the purpose or effect of influencing or changing the control of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (the "Company").  Prior to this date, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Reporting Persons did not beneficially own more than 10% of any class of the Company's equity securities due to exemptions from beneficial ownership under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) and  Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(vii) under the 1934 Act, as applicable, for shares of the Company held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser.

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