Vancouver, Canada – Mawson Gold Limited (“Mawson” or the “Company”) (TSX:MAW) (Frankfurt: MXR) (PINKSHEETS: MWSNF) announces the voting results from the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 (the “Meeting”).A total of 115,097,600 common shares were voted, representing 45.14% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares.Shareholders voted in favor of all the items of business before the Meeting, including setting the number of directors at six (6) and for the re-election of all director nominees.
The percentage of votes cast for each director is as follows:
Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Hudson | 115,075,578 | 99.98 | 22,022 | 0.02 |
Nick DeMare | 84,215,578 | 73.17 | 30,882,022 | 26.83 |
David Henstridge | 112,357,078 | 97.62 | 2,740,522 | 2.38 |
Colin Maclean | 115,047,078 | 99.96 | 50,522 | 0.04 |
Noora Ahola | 102,445,078 | 89.01 | 12,652,522 | 10.99 |
Philip Williams | 115,096,978 | 100.00 | 622 | 0.00 |
In addition, shareholders approved: (i) the re-appointment of D&H Group LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s auditors for the ensuing year at the remuneration to be fixed by the directors of the Company; (ii) the Company's Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”) and all unallocated options under the Option Plan; and, (iii) the Company’s Restricted Share Unit Plan (the “RSU Plan”) and all unallocated entitlements under the RSU Plan.
A total of 95,623,334 common shares or 83.08% of the votes represented by shareholders were voted in favor of the Option Plan resolution.A total of 80,331,345 common shares or 69.79% of the votes represented by shareholders were voted in favor of the RSU Plan resolution.As a result, both the Option Plan and RSU Plan have been approved until November 18, 2023.
Additional details of the results of the Meeting will be provided in a Report of Voting Results to be filed under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
Following the Meeting, the Board of Directors re-appointed Mr. Hudson as Chairman and CEO, Mr. DeMare as CFO, and Ms. Mariana Bermudez as Corporate Secretary.The Board of Directors also appointed Messrs. Henstridge, Maclean and Williams as members of the Company’s Audit Committee.
About Mawson Gold Limited (TSX: MAW, FRANKFURT: MXR, OTCPINK:MWSNF)
Mawson Gold Limited is an exploration and development company. Mawson has distinguished itself as a leading Nordic Arctic exploration company with a focus on the flagship Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland. More recently, it has acquired three significant epizonal goldfields with a large tenement portfolio of 471 sq km in the Victorian Goldfields of Australia, which provides a strategic and diversified portfolio of high-quality gold exploration assets in two safe jurisdictions. The Company will have nine drill rigs turning in four global gold projects during the remainder of 2020.
On behalf of the Board, "Michael Hudson" | Further Information |
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