NORTH PEAK CONFIRMS CANCELLATION OF 1.25 MILLION COMMON SHARES FORMERLY HELD BY MINEX; PROVIDES RESULTS FROM AGM

CALGARY, AB, Dec. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - North Peak Resources Ltd. (TSXV: NPR) (the "Company" or "North Peak") announces that following its agreement to forego all option rights over the Black Horse property (see Sept. 1, 2022 press release), the Company confirms that Minex LLC has returned 1.25 million common shares and those shares have been returned to treasury and cancelled. The Company now has 22,584,451 common shares issued and outstanding.

AGM Results

The Company is pleased to announce that shareholders approved all resolutions at the annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Company held on December 6, 2022 (the "Meeting"). At total of 7,648,197 common shares, or 32.09% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company were represented at the Meeting.

The resolutions approved at the Meeting were as follows:

• The resolution to fix the number of directors of the Company for the ensuing year at seven (7) members was approved with 5,904,972 common shares represented at the Meeting voting in favour of the resolution, representing 99.65% of the votes cast in respect of this resolution.
• The resolution to re-appoint the seven (7) current directors of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, or until their successors are elected or appointed, was approved and each of the nominee directors received the following votes for their election: Brian Hinchcliffe, 5,873,030 representing 99.11% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; John Thomson, 5,883,860 representing 99.29% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; Rob Suttie, 5,872,460 representing 99.10% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; Mike Sutton, 5,883,810 representing 99.29% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; Chelsea Hayes, 5,873,630 representing 99.12% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; Gordon Chmilar, 5,880,452 representing 99.24% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee; and Leni Keough, 5,883,260 representing 99.28% of the votes cast in respect of this nominee .
• The resolution to appoint Clearhouse LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors of the Company to fix the auditors' remuneration was approved with 7,544,514 common shares represented at the Meeting voting in favour of the resolution, representing 98.64% of the votes cast in respect of this resolution.
• The resolution to approve the Company's stock option plan was approved with 5,800,847 common shares represented at the Meeting voting in favour of the resolution, representing 97.89% of the votes cast in respect of this resolution.

About North Peak

The Company is a Canadian based gold exploration and development company that is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "NPR". The company is focused on acquiring historic sites, with low cost producing gold and other metals properties, with near term production potential and 8+ year mine life in the northern hemisphere. 

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SOURCE North Peak Resources Ltd.

Brian Hinchcliffe, CEO, Phone: [phone], Email: [email protected], Website: www.northpeakresources.com; Chelsea Hayes, Director, Phone: [phone], Email: [email protected]