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RNS Number : 9019V

Avocet Mining PLC

26 July 2018

Results of Annual General Meeting 2018

Avocet Mining Plc ("Avocet" or the "Company") confirms that all resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders, held on 26 July 2017, were carried as proposed. The final proxy voting figures for the meeting are shown in the table below:

 
    Resolution          Votes for(a)  Votes for %     Votes         Votes         Votes      Votes cast      Votes 
                                                     against      against %    validly cast    as % of    withheld(b) 
                                                                                             shares with 
                                                                                               voting 
                                                                                              rights(c) 
    Ordinary 
    Resolutions 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
    Receipt of reports 
    and financial 
    statements for the 
    year ended 31 Dec 
1   2017                   2,283,892       99.35%        14,838         0.65%     2,295,938       10.97%             0 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
2   Receipt of             2,260,684       98.36%        37,646         1.64%     2,310,870       10.97%           400 
    Directors' 
    remuneration 
    report for the 
    year ended 31 Dec 
    2017 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
    Re-appointment of 
    B J Rourke as 
3   Director               2,275,916       99.56%        10,012         0.44%     2,283,836       10.91%        12,802 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
    Re-appointment of 
    B Wentink as 
4   Director               2,275,916       99.56%        10,012         0.44%     2,283,836       10.91%        12,802 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
5   Re-appointment of      2,276,766       99.56%        10,012         0.44%     2,284,086       10.92%        11,952 
    Grant Thornton UK 
    LLP as auditors of 
    the Company 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
6   Authority to           2,288,830       98.94%         9,900         0.44%     2,296,038       10.97%             0 
    determine the 
    auditors' 
    remuneration 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
7   Authority to allot     2,275,279       99.56%        22,836         0.99%     2,296,023       10.97%           615 
    shares (s551 Co 
    Act 2006) 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
    Special 
    Resolutions 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
8   Authority to           2,274,924       99.51%        11,126         0.49%     2,283,958       10.91%        12,680 
    disapply 
    pre-emption rights 
    up to 5% of share 
    capital 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
9   Authority to           2,297,802       99.99%           228         0.01%     2,295,938       10.97%           600 
    purchase own 
    shares up to 10% 
    of share capital 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------ 
10  Call General           2,288,102       99.56%         9,900         0.44%     2,295,910       10.97%           728 
    Meeting with less 
    than 21 days' 
    notice 
    ------------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------

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 26 July 2018, the Company had 20,949,671 ordinary shares in issue

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 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

 
Avocet Mining PLC       Blytheweigh 
                         Financial PR 
Boudewijn Wentink, CEO  Tim Blythe 
 Yolanda Bolleurs, CFO   Camilla Horsfall 
                         Megan Ray 
+44 20 3709 2570        +44 207 138 3204

NOTES TO EDITORS

Avocet Mining PLC ("Avocet" or the "Company") is a 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 activity is gold exploration in Guinea, West Africa: the Tri-K project.

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