Torex Gold Announces Appointments and Results of Its 2021 Meeting of Shareholders
June 29 2021 - 3:30PM
Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Torex”) (TSX: TXG)
announces the appointment of Rick Howes as Chair of the Board
following the Company’s 2021 annual and special meeting of
shareholders (the “Meeting”) held virtually today. In addition,
four new directors were appointed including Tony Giardini, Jennifer
Hooper, Jay Kellerman and Rosie Moore. Results of the meeting are
set out below.
The Meeting also marked the retirement of Fred
Stanford as Executive Chair, as well as co-founder Michael Murphy,
Andrew Adams and David Fennell, all of whom served on the Torex
Board for more than a decade. Robin Bienenstock, who joined the
Board in June 2020, chose not to stand for re-election.
Rick Howes, Chair of the Board of Torex,
stated:
“I’m both pleased and proud to be appointed
Chair of Torex’s Board. I look forward to working with my fellow
directors and the management team to continue to deliver excellent
operational results and execute on our strategy to pursue long-term
growth and value generation.
“I want to thank Robin for her service over the
past year and for her contributions toward advancing the Company’s
strategy on ESG. And, of course, it’s a historic day with the
retirement of Fred, Michael, Andrew and David, and on behalf of the
entire team, I extend my utmost gratitude to them for their
leadership in building Torex Gold into the successful and respected
gold company it is today. With solid fundamentals in place and a
clearly defined strategy going forward, Torex Gold is a company
with a very promising future.”
ITEM 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORSAt
the Meeting, all director nominees listed in the Company’s
management information circular (the “Circular”) dated May 18, 2021
were elected as directors of the Company. The detailed results of
the vote by ballot are as follows:
DIRECTOR |
VOTE TYPE |
NUMBER OF VOTES |
% OF VOTES |
Richard A. Howes |
ForWithheld |
60,332,971 484,285 |
99.20% 0.80% |
Jody L.M. Kuzenko |
ForWithheld |
60,696,901 120,355 |
99.80% 0.20% |
Franklin L. Davis |
ForWithheld |
59,223,215 1,594,041 |
97.38% 2.62% |
Tony S. Giardini |
ForWithheld |
60,784,686 32,570 |
99.95% 0.05% |
Jennifer J. Hooper |
ForWithheld |
60,775,869 41,387 |
99.93% 0.07% |
Jay C. Kellerman |
ForWithheld |
60,777,720 39,536 |
99.93% 0.07% |
Rosalie C. Moore |
ForWithheld |
60,782,203 35,053 |
99.94% 0.06% |
Roy S. Slack |
ForWithheld |
60,679,478 137,778 |
99.77% 0.23% |
Elizabeth A. Wademan |
ForWithheld |
60,346,211 471,045 |
99.23% 0.77% |
ITEM 2. APPOINTMENT OF
AUDITOROn a vote by ballot, KPMG LLP, Chartered Public
Accountants, were re-appointed as auditors of the Company.
VOTES FOR |
% VOTES FOR |
VOTES WITHHELD |
% OF VOTES WITHHELD |
64,084,512 |
99.80% |
128,131 |
0.20% |
ITEM 3. EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATIONOn a vote by ballot, a non-binding advisory
resolution was passed accepting the approach to executive
compensation disclosed in the Circular and delivered in advance of
the Meeting.
VOTES FOR |
% VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
% OF VOTES AGAINST |
59,718,710 |
98.19% |
1,098,546 |
1.81% |
The formal report on voting results with respect
to all matters voted upon at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com
ABOUT TOREX GOLD RESOURCES
INC.Torex is an intermediate gold producer based in
Canada, engaged in the exploration, development, and operation of
its 100% owned Morelos Gold Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in
the highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt located 180 kilometers
southwest of Mexico City. The Company’s principal assets are the El
Limón Guajes mining complex (“ELG” or the “ELG Mine Complex”)
comprising the El Limón, Guajes and El Limón Sur open pits, the El
Limón Guajes underground mine including zones referred to as
Sub-Sill and El Limón Deep (“ELD”), and the processing plant and
related infrastructure, which commenced commercial production as of
April 1, 2016, and the Media Luna deposit, which is an advanced
stage development project, and for which the Company issued an
updated preliminary economic assessment in September 2018. The
property remains 75% unexplored.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE
CONTACT:
TOREX GOLD RESOURCES INC. |
Jody Kuzenko |
Dan Rollins |
President and CEO |
Vice President, Corporate Development & Investor
Relations |
Direct: (647) 725-9982 |
Direct: (647) 260-1503 |
jody.kuzenko@torexgold.com |
dan.rollins@torexgold.com |
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATIONThis press release contains
"forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information"
within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking information also includes, but is not limited to
the continued delivery of excellent operational results and
execution on the Company’s strategy to pursue long-term growth and
value generation; with solid fundamentals in place and a clearly
defined strategy going forward, Torex Gold is a Company with a very
promising future. Generally, forward-looking information can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“continue”, "strategy", "promising”, “future” or variations of such
words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results
“to deliver”, “to pursue”, or “going forward”. Forward-looking
information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of
activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including, without limitation, those
risk factors identified in the Company’s annual information form
(“AIF”) and management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”).
Forward-looking information is based on the assumptions discussed
in the AIF and MD&A and such other reasonable assumptions,
estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its
experience and perception of trends, current conditions and
expected developments, and other factors that management believes
are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date such
statements are made. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated. There can be no assurance that such information will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such information.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to
update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information or future events or otherwise, except as may be
required by applicable securities laws.
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