TORONTO, Ontario (May 30, 2018) – Pelangio Exploration Inc. (PX:TSX-V; OTC PINK:PGXPF) (“Pelangio” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that all matters proposed by management, including the election of management’s nominees for the board of directors, were approved at Pelangio’s annual and special meeting held Tuesday, May 29, 2018 (the “Meeting”).
At the Meeting, shareholders elected Ingrid Hibbard, Carl Nurmi, David Mosher, David Paxton, Ian Shaw and Kevin Thomson to the board of directors, with no director receiving less than 99% of votes cast at the meeting in favour of their appointment.
Shareholders of Pelangio also approved:
(i) the reappointment of its auditor (99% of votes cast in favour);
(ii) an ordinary resolution approving the increase in the number of common shares reserved for issuance under Pelangio’s stock option plan (98% of votes cast in favour); and
(iii) a special resolution authorizing the consolidation of Pelangio’s issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of a ratio within the range of one post-consolidation common share for every five (5) pre-consolidation common shares to one post-consolidation common share for every ten (10) pre-consolidation common shares, with the actual ratio to be determined by the board of directors (97% of votes cast in favour).
Pelangio thanks its shareholders for their overwhelming support of management’s recommendations.
To view the presentation given during the meeting, please select this link, Annual and S pecial Meeting Presentation.
About Pelangio
Pelangio successfully acquires and explores camp-sized land packages in world-class gold belts. The Company primarily operates in Ghana, West Africa, an English-speaking, common law jurisdiction that is consistently ranked amongst the most favourable mining jurisdictions in Africa. The Company is exploring three 100%-owned camp-sized properties: the 100 km2 Manfo Property, the site of seven recent near-surface gold discoveries, the 264 km2 Obuasi Property, located 4 km on strike and adjacent to AngloGold Ashanti’s prolific high-grade Obuasi Mine and the early-stage 86 km2 Akroma Property which includes the Dormaa concession. Pelangio has also renewed its interest in its Canadian gold property at Birch Lake, Ontario.
For additional information, please visit our website at www.pelangio.com, or contact:
Ingrid Hibbard, President and CEO
Tel: 905-336-3828 / Toll-free: 1-877-746-1632 / Email: info@pelangio.com
Forward Looking Statements
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