Results of Macarthur Minerals' Annual General Meeting
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Macarthur Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MMS)(OTCQX:MMSDF) (the "Company" or "Macarthur Minerals") is pleased to announce that all resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today in Australia.
Macarthur Minerals' Chairman, Earl Evans commented that, "Macarthur takes this opportunity to thank its shareholders for its high level of support. Almost 68% of the Company's shareholders participated in the meeting, with 85 - 100% of those shareholders voting in support of all resolutions."
Resolution 2, the election of Cameron McCall, and Resolution 6, the appointment of Australian Auditors were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1, 3, 4, and 5, the elections of Earl Evans, David Taplin, Alan Phillips and Joe Phillips, respectively, and resolution 7, the adoption of the Share Compensation Plans, were passed by a poll.
The results of the Annual General Meeting are set out in Appendix 1.
ABOUT MACARTHUR MINERALS LIMITED (TSX VENTURE:MMS)(OTCQX:MMSDF)
Macarthur Minerals Ltd. is an Australian based resource development company currently focused on Projects located in the Yilgarn iron ore district in Western Australia. The Projects are located 110 km from rail infrastructure with a direct connection to the iron ore exporting Port of Esperance, Western Australia.
Macarthur Minerals has been actively:
- evaluating its core tenement portfolio and actively seeking a joint venture partner to offset the holding costs of its Projects;
- pursuing alternative development scenarios; and
- identifying counter cyclical investments that complement Macarthur Minerals' capabilities.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
MACARTHUR MINERALS LIMITED
Earl Evans, Chairman
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| Appendix 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macarthur Minerals Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 Annual General Meeting - Voting Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of proxy votes received | Number of votes cast on a poll | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Resolution | For | Against | Abstain# | Total* | For | Against | Total | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Election of Earl Evans | 49,934,787 | 2,383,800 | 30,000 | 52,318,587 | 52,309,537 | 2,383,800 | 54,693,337 | ||||||||||||||
| 95.44 | % | 4.56 | % | - | 100 | % | 95.64 | % | 4.36 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| 2 | Election of Cameron McCall | 52,238,187 | 80,400 | 30,000 | 52,318,587 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| 99.85 | % | 0.15 | % | - | 100 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Election of David Taplin | 44,356,387 | 7,962,200 | 30,000 | 52,318,587 | 46,731,137 | 7,962,200 | 54,693,337 | ||||||||||||||
| 84.78 | % | 15.22 | % | - | 100 | % | 85.44 | % | 14.56 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| 4 | Re-election of Alan Phillips | 46,658,287 | 5,660,300 | 30,000 | 52,318,587 | 49,033,037 | 5,660,300 | 54,693,337 | ||||||||||||||
| 89.18 | % | 10.82 | % | - | 100 | % | 89.65 | % | 10.35 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| 5 | Election of Joe Phillips | 46,656,787 | 5,661,800 | 30,000 | 52,318,587 | 49,031,537 | 5,661,800 | 54,693,337 | ||||||||||||||
| 89.18 | % | 10.82 | % | - | 100 | % | 89.65 | % | 10.35 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| 6 | Appointment of Canadian Auditors | 52,793,474 | 500 | - | 52,793,974 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| 100 | % | 0 | % | - | 100 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Adoption of Employee Share Compensation Plan and Consultant Share Compensation Plan | 46,105,787 | 6,239,300 | 3,500 | 52,318,587 | 48,480,537 | 6,239,300 | 54,719,837 | ||||||||||||||
| 88.08 | % | 11.92 | % | - | 100 | % | 88.60 | % | 11.40 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||
| * Percentage figures are based on total number of shares voted. |
| # Abstains are not counted towards the total number of shares voted. |
| A poll was conducted for resolutions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 as required under section 87(b) on the Ontario Securities Act. |
Contact
Macarthur Minerals Ltd.
Joe Phillips
CEO
+61 448 899 247
jphillips@macarthurminerals.com
www.macarthurminerals.com