Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. Reports Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

DENVER -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. (“Solitario;” NYSE MKT: XPL; TSX: SLR) is pleased to announce the results of its annual meeting of shareholders held on August 14, 2015 in Solitario’s corporate headquarters in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. A total of 34,074,372 common shares, representing approximately 86.67% of common shares were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting.

Solitario shareholders overwhelmingly approved the proposal to sell the Company’s 80% membership interest in Mt. Hamilton LLC (see Solitario news release dated June 11, 2015) to Waterton Nevada Splitter, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waterton Precious Metals Fund II Cayman, LP (collectively, “Waterton”). Excluding broker non-votes, a total of 25,569,492 shares or (65.04%) of all shareholders and (99.83%) of those voting on the Transaction voted in favor of the sale, with only 26,388 shares or (0.10%) voting against.

In addition, the five director nominees proposed by management were elected at the Meeting. The results of the voting for the five directors were as follows:

                                   Votes For             Votes Withheld
                         Number of   Percentage of     Number of    Percentage of
Name of Nominee         Votes Cast      Votes Cast    Votes Cast       Votes Cast
Brian Labadie           24,947,423           97.46       473,281             1.85
Mark E. Jones, III      22,039,196           86.10     2,142,432             8.37
John Hainey             23,299,843           91.02     1,312,761             5.13
Leonard Harris          20,785,121           81.15     3,263,623            12.74
Christopher E. Herald   25,299,343           98.83       138,376             0.54

Shareholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation program of the Company’s named executive officers as well as the appointment of EKS&H LLLP as auditors for the ensuing year.


About Solitario

Solitario is an exploration and royalty company. Solitario has a joint venture with Minera Milpo (a Peruvian zinc miner) on its high-grade Bongará zinc project in Peru. Solitario is traded on the NYSE MKT ("XPL") and on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("SLR"). Additional information about Solitario is available online at www.solitarioxr.com.


Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (and the equivalent under Canadian securities laws), that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical fact. They are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made and address activities, events or developments that Solitario expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, and are based on current expectations and assumptions. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s expectation of closing the sale of its membership interest in the Mt. Hamilton project with Waterton. it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove correct. Additional risk factors are discussed in Solitario’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) including Solitario’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other SEC filings (and Canadian filings) including, without limitation, its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company does not intend to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.



Contacts

Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp.
Debbie Mino-Austin, Director-Investor Relations
(800) 229-6827 or

Christopher E. Herald, President & CEO
(303) 534-1030 Ext. 14