SASKATOON, SK, Oct. 3, 2023
/CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd. (TSXV: RHC) (OTCQB: RHCCF)
("Royal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the
results of the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of
shareholders (the "Meeting") which was held today. All
matters presented to shareholders for approval as set out in the
Company's notice of meeting and management information circular
dated September 6, 2023 (the
"Circular") were approved by an overwhelming majority of the
votes cast by the Company's shareholders at the Meeting.
Resolutions approved were to fix the number of directors of the
Company at eight, the appointment of KPMG LLP, Chartered
Professional Accountants as auditors of Royal, the approval of the
Company's equity incentive compensation plan in accordance with TSX
Venture Exchange Policy 4.4 – Security Based Compensation
(the "TSXV Policy") and the approval of amendments to the
articles of Royal. The voting results for the election of the
directors of the Company were as follows:
Director
|
Votes For
#
|
Votes For
%
|
Withheld
|
Votes Withheld
%
|
Andrew
Davidson
|
33,738,604
|
96.90 %
|
1,080,336
|
3.10
|
John Pringle
|
34,307,504
|
98.53 %
|
511,436
|
1.47
|
Jeffrey
Sheppard
|
33,813,748
|
97.11 %
|
1,005,192
|
2.89
|
Martin Wood
|
34,234,180
|
98.32 %
|
584,760
|
1.68
|
Sylvain
Laberge
|
34,266,343
|
98.41 %
|
552,597
|
1.59
|
R. Campbell
Becher
|
34,283,178
|
98.46 %
|
535,762
|
1.54
|
Samuel Kyler
Hardy
|
33,949,036
|
97.50 %
|
869,904
|
2.50
|
Karl Kurz
|
34,306,755
|
98.53 %
|
512,185
|
1.47
|
Voting results for the other items of business at the Meeting,
all as more particularly described in the Circular, were as
follows:
|
Votes For
#
|
Votes For
%
|
Against
|
Votes Against
%
|
Fixing the Number of
Directors at Eight
|
38,878,188
|
97.93
|
820,600
|
2.07
|
*Approval of the Equity
Incentive Compensation Plan
|
16,972,060
|
67.90
|
8,023,438
|
32.10
|
Amendment to the
Company's Articles
|
32,558,998
|
93.55
|
2,244,942
|
6.45
|
|
Votes For
#
|
Votes For
%
|
Withheld
|
Votes Withheld
%
|
Appointment of the
Auditors
|
39,544,276
|
99.57
|
154,513
|
0.43
|
*Excluding 9,808,442 common shares held by Insiders (Insiders
and management were restricted from voting on this resolution
pursuant to the TSXV Policy)
Andrew Davidson, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Royal comments, "We would like to thank
the shareholders for their overwhelming support at today's Meeting.
We look forward to an exciting year ahead as we look to start
production at Steveville and continue to develop our other project
areas."
About Royal Helium Ltd.
Royal is an exploration, production, and infrastructure company
with a primary focus on the development and production of helium
and associated gases. The Company controls over 1,000,000
acres of prospective helium permits and leases across southern
Saskatchewan and southeastern
Alberta. Given the current and
foreseeable global undersupplied nature of this critical and
non-renewable product, Royal is well positioned to be a leading
North American producer of this increasingly high value
commodity.
Royal's helium reservoirs are carried primarily with nitrogen.
Nitrogen is not considered a greenhouse gas (GHG) and therefore has
a low GHG footprint when compared to other jurisdictions that rely
on large scale natural gas production for helium extraction. Helium
extracted from wells in Saskatchewan and Alberta can be up to 90% less carbon intensive
than helium extraction processes in other jurisdictions.
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This news release includes certain statements that may be
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news release, other than statements of historical facts, that
address events or developments that management of the Company
expects, are forward-looking statements. Although management
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are
not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or
developments may differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs,
estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements, include market prices, exploration and
development successes, continued availability of capital and
financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.
Please see the public filings of the Company at www.sedarplus.ca
for further information.
SOURCE Royal Helium Ltd.