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DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / June 20, 2024 / Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) announces results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at which holders of 39,943,338 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy. The four matters identified below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders. Each proposal is more fully described in Solitario's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated April 26, 2024.
Chris Herald, President and CEO of Solitario, commented "We are pleased with the results of this year's Annual Meeting and thank our shareholders for their ongoing support as we strive to create value by moving our projects forward. The scope of our exploration activities includes the exploration success we have reported at our Golden Crest project in South Dakota as well as on-going activities at our Lik zinc project in Alaska operated by Teck and at our Florida Canyon zinc project in Peru, operated by Nexa. We look forward to reporting results on these activities in the coming months."
Report of Voting Results
1. Election of Directors. Seven directors were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified, with each director receiving the votes (and percentage of shares voting, excluding broker non-votes) below:
Shares voted | |||
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
Brian Labadie | 31,042.633 (99.73% of shares voting) | 85,524 | 8,815,181 |
John Labate | 30,751,591 (98.79% of shares voting) | 376,567 | 8,815,181 |
James Hesketh | 28,623,488 (91.95% of shares voting) | 2,504,670 | 8,815,181 |
Christopher E. Herald | 31,067,754 (99.81% of shares voting) | 60,403 | 8,815,181 |
Gil Atzmon | 30,818,015 (99.00% of shares voting) | 310,142 | 8,815,181 |
Joshua D. Crumb | 30,685,575 (98.58% of shares voting) | 442,582 | 8,815,181 |
Debbie Austin | 30,927,466 (99.36% of shares voting) | 200,691 | 8,815,181 |
2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation: The shareholders approved the following resolution concerning the compensation of Solitario's named executive officers, with 30,647,871 shares voting for (98.45% of shares voting), 230,124 shares voting against, 250,162 shares abstaining, and 8,815,181 broker non-votes.
"RESOLVED THAT: Solitario shareholders approve the compensation of Solitario's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement, dated April 26, 2024, pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC set forth in Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including, but not limited to, the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and any related material disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2024 annual meeting."