VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX, NYSE American: EQX) (“Equinox Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce detailed voting results from the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 7, 2026.
A total of 530,033,771 common shares were represented at the meeting, being 66.9% of the Company’s outstanding common shares.
Each of the director nominees listed in the Company’s Management Information Circular dated March 23, 2026, which is available on the Company’s website at www.equinoxgold.com, was elected as a director of the Company. Each of the other matters voted on at the meeting, as described in detail below and in the Management Information Circular, was approved.
Election of Directors
Director Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Mr. Ross Beaty – Chair
496,065,998 (99.77%)
1,119,458 (0.23%)
Mr. Lenard Boggio – Lead Director
491,914,411 (98.94%)
5,271,045 (1.06%)
Ms. Maryse Bélanger
471,127,920 (94.76%)
26,057,536 (5.24%)
Ms. Trudy Curran
493,030,093 (99.16%)
4,155,363 (0.84%)
Ms. Omaya Elguindi
491,647,365 (98.89%)
5,538,090 (1.11%)
Mr. Douglas Forster
496,408,206 (99.84%)
777,250 (0.16%)
Mr. Darren Hall
496,726,382 (99.91%)
459,074 (0.09%)
Mr. Blayne Johnson
492,363,322 (99.03%)
4,822,134 (0.97%)
Mr. Marshall Koval
496,642,486 (99.89%)
542,970 (0.11%)
Mr. Mike Vint
496,264,925 (99.81%)
920,531 (0.19%)
Voting results on the other items of business at the meeting are as follows:
Board Size
Resolution
Votes For
Votes Against
To set the number of directors of the Company at ten
528,394,406 (99.69%)
1,623,166 (0.31%)
Appointment of Independent Auditor
Resolution
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the ensuing year, and authorizing the Board to set the auditor’s pay
529,241,470 (99.85%)
792,301 (0.15%)
Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
Resolution
Votes For
Votes Against
A non-binding advisory resolution approving the Company’s approach to executive compensation
364,495,044 (73.31%)
132,690,410 (26.69%)
Equinox Gold Contact Ryan King EVP Capital Markets T: 778.998.3700 E: ryan.king@equinoxgold.com E: ir@equinoxgold.com
Equinox Gold Corp. is a Canadian mining company. It is focused on the gold operations in Canada and across the Americas, and a pipeline of development and expansion projects. Its operating mines include Greenstone, Valentine, Mesquite, Nicaragua Ops: Libertad; Nicaragua Ops: Limon. Its growth projects include Castle Mountain Phase 2, and Los Filos Expansion. Greenstone is a multi-million-ounce gold project located in the top-tier mining jurisdiction of Ontario, Canada, approximately 275 km northeast of Thunder Bay in Geraldton, Ontario. Mesquite is an open pit, run-of-mine heap leach gold mine located in Imperial County, California, United States of America, approximately 200 miles south of its Castle Mountain Mine, 16 miles west of the state border with Arizona and 24 miles north of the border with Mexico. Libertad Mine and Mill is located approximately 110 km east of the capital of Managua. The Limon Mine & Mill is located in western Nicaragua.
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