Guyana Goldfields Inc. - Announces results of shareholders' meeting

TORONTO, April 26, 2013 - Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX: GUY) (the "Company" or "GGI") is pleased to announce that all matters presented for approval at GGI's annual and special meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2013, have been duly authorized and approved, as follows:

					(i)	election of all management nominees to the board of directors of the Company;
					(ii)	appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorization of the directors to fix their remuneration;
					(iii)	confirmation of new By-Law # 4 of the Company; and
					(iv)	authorization of the Company to file articles of amendment to provide for a minimum of one and a maximum of eleven directors of the Company.

Detailed voting results for the election of directors were as follows:

Name	Shares Voted	Shares Withheld
J. Patrick Sheridan	74,742,514	80,076
Robert Bondy	49,873,395	24,949,195
Scott Caldwell	74,708,299	114,291
Jean-Pierre Chauvin	74,665,255	157,335
Alan Ferry	63,013,304	11,809,286
Daniel Noone	74,654,434	168,156
Richard Williams	44,758,580	30,064,010
David Beatty	74,742,714	79,876

About Guyana Goldfields Inc.

Guyana Goldfields Inc. is a Canadian based company, focused on the exploration and development of gold deposits in Guyana, South America where the Company has operated since 1996. The Company is focused on bringing the Aurora Gold Project into production with infrastructure development currently underway. Active exploration continues at Aurora and at the Company's Aranka Group of Properties with the intention of further expanding these resources. Greenfields exploration by our experienced team of geologists is also ongoing in the broader Aranka group of properties.


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Contact:

Guyana Goldfields Inc.
Patrick Sheridan, CEO

Jacqueline Wagenaar, Vice President, Corporate Communications
Tel: (416) 628-5936 Ext. 2295
Fax: (416) 628-5935
E-mail: jwagenaar@guygold.com
www.guygold.com