Roxgold Announces Voting Results of Annual and Special Meeting
TORONTO, June 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Roxgold Inc. ("Roxgold" or the "Company") (TSX: ROXG) (OTC: ROGFF) is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual and Special Meeting ("the Meeting") held on June 28, 2017 in Toronto. Shareholders voted to re-elect all the Company's eight members of the Board of Directors ("The Board"), with 72.31% of shares outstanding represented at the meeting.
Re-election voting results are summarized below:
| Name | Votes | % "For" | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Mr. Richard Colterjohn | 260,831,639 | 99.57 | 1,133,195 | 0.43 | - | - |
| Mr. John Dorward | 261,599,214 | 99.86 | 365,620 | 0.14 | - | - |
| Ms. Kate Harcourt | 261,369,163 | 99.77 | 595,671 | 0.23 | - | - |
| Mr. John L. Knowles | 260,774,014 | 99.55 | 1,190,820 | 0.45 | - | - |
| Mr. Oliver Lennox-King | 257,897,314 | 98.45 | 4,067,520 | 1.55 | - | - |
| Mr. Robin Mills | 261,526,714 | 99.83 | 438,120 | 0.17 | - | - |
| Mr. Norman Pitcher | 261,520,639 | 99.83 | 444,195 | 0.17 | - | - |
| Mr. Jonathan A. Rubenstein | 260,752,939 | 99.54 | 1,211,895 | 0.46 | - | - |
The following matters put forward for consideration by shareholders at the Meeting were approved as set out below:
| Name | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 267,960,437 | 99.76 | 642,748 | 0.24 | - | - |
| Amended Deferred | 224,370,182 | 85.65 | - | - | 37,594,652 | 14.35 |
| Amended Restricted | 250,220,671 | 95.52 | - | - | 11,744,163 | 4.48 |
Roxgold's Board of Directors would like to thank the Company's shareholders for their continued support.
About Roxgold
Roxgold is a gold mining company with its key asset, the high grade Yaramoko Gold Mine, located in the Houndé greenstone region of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Roxgold trades on the TSX under the symbol ROXG and as part of the Nasdaq International Designation program with the symbol OTC: ROGFF.
SOURCE Roxgold Inc.
Contact
Natacha Garoute, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary, 416-203-6401, ngaroute@roxgold.com
