Continental Gold Announces Voting Results of Annual General Meeting

TORONTO, June 8, 2018 /CNW/ - Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL; OTCQX:CGOOF) ("Continental" or the "Company") announces the voting results of its 2018 annual general meeting (the "Meeting") held on June 7, 2018.

Election of Directors

At the Meeting, all nominees listed in the Company's management information circular dated April 27, 2018 were elected as directors of the Company. Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting voted by ballot as follows:

Nominee	Number of Shares		Percentage of Votes Cast
	For	Withheld/ Abstain	For	Withheld/ Abstain
Leon Teicher	126,914,996	71,525	99.94	0.06
Ari Sussman	126,921,296	65,225	99.95	0.05
Martín Carrizosa	126,908,996	77,525	99.94	0.06
James Gallagher	126,919,996	66,525	99.95	0.05
Stephen Gottesfeld	126,910,996	75,525	99.94	0.06
Claudia Jiménez	126,902,630	83,890	99.93	0.07
Paul Murphy	126,765,946	220,575	99.83	0.17
Christopher Sattler	126,923,296	63,225	99.95	0.05
Kenneth Thomas	126,920,071	66,450	99.95	0.05

Reappointment of Auditors

At the Meeting, according to proxies received and a vote by show of hands, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were reappointed as auditors of the Company to hold office until the close of the next annual general meeting of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company was authorized to fix their remuneration, with the following results:

Number of Shares		Percentage of Votes Cast
For	Withheld/ Abstain	For	Withheld/ Abstain
130,194,040	4,132,997	96.92	3.08

Approval of Equity-Based Compensation Plans

At the Meeting, according to proxies received and a vote by show of hands, shareholders approved resolutions to approve and amend the Company's equity-based compensation plans disclosed in the Company's management information circular, with the following results:

Equity-based Compensation Plan	Number of Shares		Percentage of Votes Cast
	For	Against	For	Against
Stock Option Plan	115,637,276	11,248,948	91.13	8.87
Restricted Share Unit Plan	118,394,913	8,491,311	93.31	6.69
Deferred Share Unit Plan	118,952,903	7,933,321	93.75	6.25

Blanket Change of Control Disinterested Shareholder Approval

At the Meeting, the Blanket Change of Control Disinterested Shareholder Approval Resolution, as disclosed in the Company's management information circular, was approved. Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting voted by ballot as follows:

Number of Shares		Percentage of Votes Cast
For	Against	For	Against
89,370,172*	132,208	99.85	0.15

*Excluding 37,383,844 shares held by insiders

The formal report of voting results with respect to all matters voted upon at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Continental Gold

Continental Gold Inc. is an advanced-stage exploration and development company with an extensive portfolio of 100%-owned gold projects in Colombia. Formed in April 2007, the Company – led by an international management team with a successful track record of discovering and developing large high-grade gold deposits in Latin America – is focused on advancing its fully-permitted high-grade Buriticá gold project to production with first gold pour on track for the first half of 2020.

SOURCE Continental Gold Inc.

Paul Begin, Chief Financial Officer, Continental Gold Inc., +1.416.583.5610, [email protected], www.continentalgold.com