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Land | Storbritannien |
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Lista | OB Standard |
Sektor | Råvaror |
Industri | Gruvdrift & metaller |
2017-06-30 16:25:00
30 June 2017 Annual General Meeting Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company") confirms that all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders, held on 30 June 2017, were carried as proposed. The final proxy voting figures for the meeting are shown below: Resolution Votes for(a) Votes for % Votes against Votes against % Votes validly cast Votes cast as % of shares with voting rights(c) Votes withheld(b) Ordinary Resolutions 1 Receipt of reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 Dec 2016 10,643,697 99.99% 448 0.01% 10,644,145 50.92% 600 2 Receipt of Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 Dec 2016 10,627,586 99.85% 16,159 0.15% 10,643,745 50.91% 1,000 3 Re-appointment of R P Edey as Director 10,632,460 99.90% 11,035 0.10% 10,643,495 50.91% 1,250 4 Re-appointment of B J Rourke as Director 10,632,460 99.90% 11,035 0.10% 10,643,495 50.91% 1,250 5 Re-appointment of G Wylie as Director 10,633,660 99.90% 10,835 0.10% 10,644,495 50.92% 250 6 Re-appointment of D C Cather as Director 10,633,660 99.90% 10,835 0.10% 10,644,495 50.92% 250 7 Re-appointment of J Wynn as Director 10,633,660 99.90% 10,835 0.10% 10,644,495 50.92% 250 8 Re-appointment of B Wentink as Director 10,633,660 99.90% 10,835 0.10% 10,644,495 50.92% 250 9 Re-appointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors of the Company 10,629,286 99.90% 11,159 0.10% 10,640,445 50.90% 4,374 10 Authority to determine the auditors' remuneration 10,629,382 99.90% 10,935 0.10% 10,640,317 50.90% 4,428 11 Authority to allot shares (s551 Co Act 2006) 10,631,881 99.89% 11,849 0.11% 10,643,730 50.91% 1,015 Special Resolutions 12 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 5% of share capital 2,895,679 99.59% 11,841 0.41% 2,907,520 13.91% 7,737,225 13 Authority to purchase own shares up to 10% of share capital 2,906,098 99.95% 1,550 0.05% 2,907,648 13.91% 7,737,097 14 Call General Meeting with less than 21 days' notice 10,633,769 99.90% 10,848 0.10% 10,644,617 50.92% 128 Notes a) "Votes for" includes those votes giving discretion to the Chairman b) "Votes withheld" do not count toward votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution c) As at 29 June 2017, the Company had 20,949,671 ordinary shares in issue, of which 20,905,471 represented ordinary shares with voting rights (after excluding 44,200 treasury shares). Ordinary shares with voting rights were entitled to vote for all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting and the General Meeting. In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the Special Resolutions passed at these meetings has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meanings given to them in the Notices of Meeting dated 6 June 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Avocet Mining PLC Boudewijn Wentink, CEO Yolanda Bolleurs , CFO +44 20 3709 2570 Blytheweigh Financial PR Tim Blythe Megan Ray Camilla Horsfall +44 207 138 3204 J.P. Morgan Cazenove Corporate Broker Michael Wentworth-Stanley +44 20 7742 4000 NOTES TO EDITORS Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company") is an unhedged gold mining and exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: AVM.L) and the Oslo Børs (ticker: AVM.OL). The Company's principal activities are gold mining and exploration in West Africa. In Burkina Faso the Company owns 90 per cent of the Inata Gold Mine. The Inata Gold Mine poured its first gold in December 2009 and produced 72,485 ounces of gold in 2016. Other assets in Burkina Faso include five exploration permits surrounding the Inata Gold Mine in the broader Bélahouro region. The most advanced of these projects is Souma, some 20 kilometers from the Inata Gold Mine. The Company also holds an interest in the Tri-K project in Guinea. On 22 May 2017, the Company announced that it had completed its agreement to dispose of 40 per cent of the project to Managem, a Moroccan group listed on the Casablanca stock exchange, which will increase upon completion of a bankable feasibility study for a CIL plant at the site, the incurring of expenditures of at least US$10 million, and the enlarging of the ore reserve, to 70 per cent (in the event of an increase of the reserve to 1 million ounce or more) or 60 per cent (if less than 1 million ounces).