Great Panther Silver Reports Results of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders
TSX: GPR
NYSE MKT: GPL
VANCOUVER, June 9, 2017 /CNW/ - Great Panther Silver Ltd. (TSX: GPR; NYSE MKT: GPL; "Great Panther") reports the results of its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held on June 8, 2017 in Vancouver, BC.
A total of 89,508,547 votes were cast representing 53.35% of the issued and outstanding common shares as of the record date for the Meeting. All of the proposed candidates were duly elected as directors by shareholders present or represented by proxy.
The election of each director nominee was as follows:
| Director | Votes for | Votes withheld | Percent for | Percent withheld |
| Robert A. Archer | 43,736,036 | 425,641 | 99.04% | 0.96% |
| R. W. (Bob) Garnett | 43,751,404 | 410,273 | 99.07% | 0.93% |
| Kenneth W. Major | 43,769,558 | 392,119 | 99.11% | 0.89% |
| John Jennings | 43,721,014 | 440,663 | 99.00% | 1.00% |
| W. J. (James) Mullin | 43,747,520 | 414,157 | 99.06% | 0.94% |
| Elise Rees | 43,706,885 | 454,792 | 98.97% | 1.03% |
Shareholders voted 97.90% in favour of setting the number of directors at six, 97.87% in favour of appointing KPMG LLP as auditors and authorizing the directors to fix the auditor remuneration, and 92.23% in favour of approving the Omnibus Incentive Plan for a three-year period.
ABOUT GREAT PANTHER
Great Panther Silver Ltd. is a primary silver mining and exploration company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange trading under the symbol GPR, and on the NYSE MKT trading under the symbol GPL. Great Panther's current activities are focused on the mining of precious metals from its two wholly-owned operating mines in Mexico: the Guanajuato Mine Complex, which includes the San Ignacio Mine; and the Topia Mine in Durango. In addition, the Company has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Coricancha Mine Complex in the central Andes of Peru and is pursuing additional mining opportunities in the Americas.
Robert Archer
President & CEO
SOURCE Great Panther Silver Ltd.
Contact
Spiros Cacos, Director Investor Relations, Toll free: 1 888 355 1766, Tel: +1 604 638 8955, scacos@greatpanther.com, www.greatpanther.com