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5 November 2021
Proposed demerger of Aclara Resources Inc. on the TSX
Results of Extraordinary General Meeting
Hochschild Mining PLC ("Hochschild" or "the Company") (LSE: HOC) (OTCQX: HCHDF) is pleased to announce that, at the Company's Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") held earlier today, the ordinary resolution set out in the Notice of EGM was duly passed by shareholders.
Further announcements regarding the timing of the Demerger Dividend will be made in due course.
Full details of the ordinary resolution were set out in the circular issued to shareholders on Tuesday 19 October 2021 (the "Circular").
The ordinary resolution was voted on by way of a poll and the results were as follows:
Resolution | Votes For | % of votes cast | Votes Against | % of votes cast | Total votes validly cast | Votes Withheld1 | |
1. | To approve the Demerger Dividend | 381,866,584 | 99.27% | 2,809,277 | 0.73% | 384,675,861 | 21,129,390 |
1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentages of votes cast for or against the resolution.
Every shareholder has one vote for every share held. As at 5 November 2021, the Company's issued share capital comprised 513,875,563 ordinary shares of 25p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote at a general meeting of the Company and, therefore, the total number of voting rights is 513,875,563.
Any capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meaning set out in the Circular. The Circular is available for inspection in electronic form on the Company's website: www.hochschildmining.com.
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Enquiries:
Hochschild Mining PLC
Raj Bhasin +44 (0)7825 533495
Company Secretary
Hudson Sandler
Charlie Jack +44 (0)207 796 4133
Public Relations
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About Hochschild Mining PLC
Hochschild Mining PLC is a leading precious metals company listed on the London Stock Exchange (HOCM.L / HOC LN) and crosstrades on the OTCQX Best Market in the U.S. (HCHDF), with a primary focus on the exploration, mining, processing and sale of silver and gold. Hochschild has over fifty years' experience in the mining of precious metal epithermal vein deposits and currently operates three underground epithermal vein mines, two located in southern Peru and one in southern Argentina. Hochschild also has numerous long-term projects throughout the Americas.
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