B2Gold Announces Voting Results from its 2022 Annual General and Special Meeting

<br /> B2Gold Announces Voting Results from its 2022 Annual General and Special Meeting<br />

PR Newswire



VANCOUVER, BC


,


June 22, 2022


/PRNewswire/ – B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results from its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

. A total of 812,572,340 common shares were voted at the Meeting, representing 76.59% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares.

Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of all items of business before the Meeting. The nine director nominees listed in B2Gold’s Management Information Circular (“the “Circular”) dated May 11, 2022, were elected as directors of B2Gold to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed. Detailed results of the vote for each director are set out below:



Name



Total Votes





in Favour



Total Votes

Withheld



Outcome of

Vote


Clive Johnson


736,151,813


96.09 %


29,915,129


3.91 %


Approved


Robert Cross


709,667,695


92.64 %


56,399,248


7.36 %


Approved


Robert Gayton


700,910,563


91.49 %


65,156,380


8.51 %


Approved


Jerry Korpan


719,751,227


93.95 %


46,315,715


6.05 %


Approved


Bongani Mtshisi


762,480,309


99.53 %


3,586,634


0.47 %


Approved


Kevin Bullock


763,103,938


99.61 %


2,963,005


0.39 %


Approved


George Johnson


763,543,292


99.67 %


2,523,650


0.33 %


Approved


Robin Weisman


692,770,896


90.43 %


73,296,046


9.57 %


Approved


Liane Kelly


723,856,744


94.49 %


42,210,199


5.51 %


Approved

The resolutions to set the number of directors of the Company at nine and to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company were approved with 99.65% and 99.47%, respectively, of votes cast in favour.

The resolution regarding the Advisory Vote on Company’s approach to Executive Compensation was approved with 80.36% of votes cast in favour.

A report on all items of business voted on at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at

www.sedar.com

.


Webcast/Dial-in Playback Details

A playback of the Meeting will be available until

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

, on B2Gold’s

events page

or by dialing +1 416-764-8677 (local – Toronto) or +1 888-390-0541 (toll free – North America) (passcode 420261#).


About B2Gold Corp.

B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in

Vancouver, Canada

. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in

Mali

,

Namibia

and

the Philippines

and numerous exploration and development projects in various countries including

Mali

,

Colombia

,

Finland

and

Uzbekistan

.


On Behalf of B2GOLD CORP.



“Clive T. Johnson”



President & Chief Executive Officer

For more information on B2Gold, please visit the Company’s website at

www.b2gold.com

or contact:


Randall Chatwin

SVP, Legal & Corporate Communications


+1 604-681-8371




rchatwin


@


b2gold.com



Cherry DeGeer

Director, Corporate Communications

+1 604-681-8371



[email protected]




The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC neither approve nor disapprove the information contained in this news release.

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