Columbus Gold Announces Voting Results and High Turnout for its Annual Meeting
Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 21, 2016. Columbus Gold Corp. (CGT: TSX, CBGDF: OTCQX) is pleased to announce that Robert Giustra, Donald Gustafson, Gil Atzmon, Oleg Pelevin and Peter Gianulis have been re-elected as directors of Columbus at the 2016 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held yesterday, December 20th (the �Meeting�).
In addition, shareholders approved the adoption of a new stock option plan, compliant with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, and the implementation of a shareholder rights plan (the �Rights Plan�). For particulars of the Rights Plan, see Columbus� news release dated December 2, 2016. The Rights Plan will remain in effect until the close of the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019. A copy of the Rights Plan is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Robert Giustra commented �I would like to thank shareholders for the tremendous amount of support we have received at this year�s shareholder meeting, as evidenced by the high proxy return rate of 77.50% of Columbus�s outstanding shares.�
Detailed voting results for the Meeting are as follows:
Motion |
Votes For |
% For |
Votes Withheld |
% Withheld |
Number of Directors |
110,548,934 |
99.74% |
0 |
0.00% |
Election of Director Nominees: |
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Robert Giustra |
74,656,907 |
99.63% |
274,223 |
0.37% |
Peter Gianulis |
66,649,407 |
88.95% |
8,280,723 |
11.05% |
Donald Gustafson |
74,795,870 |
99.82% |
135,259 |
0.18% |
Gil Atzmon |
66,748,369 |
89.08% |
8,182,760 |
10.92% |
Oleg Pelevin |
66,599,158 |
88.88% |
8,331,972 |
11.12% |
Appointment of Auditors |
110,521,746 |
99.72% |
314,050 |
0.28% |
Adoption of New Stock Option Plan |
73,429,401 |
98.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
Approval of Shareholder Rights Plan |
74,337,271 |
99.21% |
0 |
0.00% |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
Robert F. Giustra Chairman & CEO
For more information contact:
Investor Relations (604) 634-0973 or 1-888-818-1364 info@columbusgoldcorp.com
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