Cassiar Gold Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Calgary, March 16, 2022 - Cassiar Gold Corp. (TSXV: GLDC) (OTCQX: CGLCF) (the "Company") is pleased to release the results of its Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 (the "Meeting").
A total of 20,908,267 common shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting, representing 32.74% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares. All directors nominated as listed in the Management Information Circular dated February 11, 2022, were re-elected, as shown in the following table below:
| Nominee | Votes For | % Votes For | Votes Withheld | % Votes Withheld |
| Marco Roque | 16,727,424 | 99.92% | 13,301 | 0.08% |
| Stephen Letwin | 16,395,592 | 97.94% | 345,133 | 2.06% |
| Christopher Stewart | 16,215,424 | 96.86% | 525,301 | 3.14% |
| Stephen Robertson | 16,715,424 | 99.85% | 25,301 | 0.15% |
| Wenhong Jin | 14,170,472 | 84.65% | 2,570,253 | 15.35% |
| Michael Wood | 16,710,425 | 99.82% | 30,300 | 0.18% |
At the Meeting, the shareholders of the Company also approved:
- the appointment of MNP LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix their remuneration; and
- the Company's Rolling Share Option Plan, Share Unit Plan, Share Unit Grants and Deferred Share Unit Grant as described in the information circular dated February 11, 2022.
Details of votes on all matters of business considered at the Meeting are available in the Company's report of voting results on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
About Cassiar Gold Corp.
Cassiar Gold Corp. is a Canadian gold exploration company holding a 100% interest in its flagship Cassiar Gold Property located in British Columbia, Canada. The Cassiar Gold property spans 590 km2 and consists of two main project areas: Cassiar North, which hosts a NI 43-101-compliant inferred resource estimate of 1Moz at 1.43 g/t Au (cutoff grade of 0.7 g/t) known as the as the Taurus Deposit (see National Instrument 43-101 Technical report on the Cassiar Gold property, amended Nov. 12, 2019, by S. Zelligan, posted to SEDAR); and Cassiar South which hosts numerous gold showings, historical workings, and exploration prospects. Historical underground mines in the Cassiar South area have yielded over 315,000 oz of Au at grades of between 10 and 25 g/t Au (BC Minfile), underscoring the high potential for further discovery and expansion of bonanza-grade orogenic gold veins.
The Company also holds a 100% interest in the Sheep Creek gold camp located near Salmo, BC. The Sheep Creek gold district ranks as the third largest past-producing orogenic gold district in BC with historical gold production of 742,000 ounces gold at an average grade of 14.7 g/t gold from 1900 to 1951. Minimal exploration work has been conducted since the 1950s.
Cassiar Gold acknowledges, respects, and supports the rights of Traditional First Nations in the lands and communities where we operate.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Cassiar Gold Corp.
Shirley Anthony
VP Investor Relations & Communications
1-778-999-2771
Shirley@cassiargold.com
Forward-Looking Statements
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