Roxgold announces voting results of Annual and Special Meeting and grants stock options

TORONTO, June 10, 2016 /CNW/ - Roxgold Inc. (ROG: TSX.V) ("Roxgold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual and Special Meeting held on June 9, 2016 in Toronto.  Shareholders voted to re-elect six of the Company's eight member Board of Directors ("The Board"), and newly elected two members with 62.53% of shares outstanding represented at the meeting.  

Voting results are summarized below:

Name	Votes "For"	% "For"	Votes Withheld	% Withheld	Votes "Against"	% "Against"
Re-election of Mr. Richard Colterjohn	211,770,154	99.99	24,233	0.01
Re-election of Mr. John Dorward	211,312,654	99.77	481,733	0.23
Election of Ms. Kate Harcourt	211,208,654	99.72	585,733	0.28
Re-election of Mr. John L. Knowles	211,773,154	99.99	21,233	0.01
Re-election of Mr. Oliver Lennox-King	198,784,154	93.86	13,010,233	6.14
Re-election of Mr. Robin Mills	211,329,654	99.78	464,733	0.22
Election of Mr. Norman Pitcher	211,211,554	99.72	582,833	0.28
Re-election of Mr. Jonathan A. Rubenstein	211,352,654	99.79	441,733	0.21
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors	220,327,799	99.84	343,772	0.16
Incentive Stock Option Plan	187,563,677	88.56			24,230,710	11.44
Deferred Share Unit Plan	204,246,377	96.44			7,548,010	3.56
Restricted Share Unit Plan	203,846,277	96.25			7,948,110	3.75

Roxgold's Board of Directors would like to thank the Company's shareholders for their continued support.

The Company also announces that stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 100,000 common shares have been granted to a recently hired employee exercisable on or before June 9, 2021 at a strike price of $1.41.

About Roxgold

Roxgold is a gold mining company with its key asset, the high grade Yaramoko Gold Mine, located in the Houndé greenstone region of Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Company expects to reach commercial production in Q3 2016. Roxgold trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ROG and as part of the Nasdaq International Designation program with the symbol OTC: ROGFF.

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."

These statements are based on information currently available to the Company and the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. In certain cases, forward-looking information may be identified by such terms as "anticipates", "believes", "could", "estimates", "expects", "may", "shall", "will", or "would".

Although the Company 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. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include: changes in market conditions, unsuccessful exploration results, changes in the price of gold, unanticipated changes in key management personnel and general economic conditions. Mining exploration and development is an inherently risky business. Accordingly, actual events may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by the Company or on its behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

SOURCE Roxgold Inc.

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Tania Shaw, Director, Investor Relations & Communications, 416-203-6401, [email protected]