Minera IRL Limited Reports AGM Voting Results and Appointment of New Director
Minera IRL Limited Reports AGM Voting Results and Appointment of New Director
Minera IRL Limited Reports AGM Voting Results and Appointment of New Director
Lima, 27 August 2015: Minera IRL Limited (Minera IRL, or the Company) (TSX:IRL)
(AIM:MIRL) (BVL:MIRL) announces the voting results from its annual general meeting, held on
27 August 2015 (the Meeting), as well as the appointment of a new director, Mr. Jaime A.
Pinto.
The Company put forward ten (10) resolutions to be voted on by shareholders at its annual
general meeting held today. The resolutions were outlined in the Management Information
Circular dated 17 July 2015 and Form of Proxy (the "Meeting Materials") that were posted to
shareholders and are available on SEDAR and the Company's website at www.minera-irl.com.
Pursuant to Canadian Securities Administrators Section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102
Continuous Disclosure Obligations, a brief description of the matters voted upon and the voting
results of the Meeting are provided in Appendix A - Meeting Results at the end of this press
release. The total number of ordinary shares represented by shareholders present in person or
by proxy at the Meeting was 67,484,780 representing 29.20% of the Companys outstanding
ordinary shares.
Four (4) of the resolutions put forward by the Company did not receive shareholder approval.
The resolutions not receiving shareholder approval included:
1. The re-election of Daryl Hodges as Director. (Resolution #3)
2. The re-approval of the Companys 10% rolling stock option plan. (Resolution #6)
3. The authorisation to allot up to 115,567,514 ordinary shares for cash, being 50% of the ordinary
shares issued by the Company. (Resolution #9)
4. The authorisation to consolidate every ten (10) issued ordinary shares of no par value of the
Company into one (1) ordinary share of no par value. (Resolution #10)
Appointment of Mr. Jaime A. Pinto as Director
Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company and Toronto Stock Exchange listing
rules, the Company must have at least three board members. Immediately subsequent to the
Meeting, in response to the resolution to re-elect Mr. Hodges not being approved, Mr. Fryer and
Dr. Jones, being the remaining directors of the Company, appointed Mr. Jaime A. Pinto to the
board of directors, subject to regulatory approval.
Mr. Pinto has been practicing law since 1982 and is currently the principal partner of Estudio
Pinto & Abogados law firm in Lima, Peru since October 2010. From August 2008 to September
in 2010, Mr. Pinto was a partner at Lema, Solari & Santivanez, a law firm located in Lima,
practicing corporate finance and restructuring, energy, telecommunications, privatizations and
concessions. Mr. Pinto was also Peru's representative at the Board of Executive Directors of the
Inter-American Development Bank from September 2001 until March 2007. Mr. Pinto has been
on the boards of mining and energy-related companies in the past, and is currently on the board
of Refineria la Pampilla SAA, Peru's largest oil refinery, where he heads the Audit Committee,
and is a director of Lupaka Gold Corp, a TSXV listed company.
The board is pleased to have secured someone with Jaimes experience in the mining industry
and in Peru. A further announcement will be made once regulatory approvals have been
completed.
The board would like to thank Daryl for his hard work as a director of Minera IRL since
February 2014 and as Executive Chairman since March 2015.
The board will immediately begin the process of identifying candidates to fill the role of CEO.
Until such time, the board is confident that the Company has sufficient management resources
in place required to continue to carry on the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company.
Authorization to Issue Ordinary Shares for Cash
As a result of the resolution to authorise the board to allot up to 115,567,514 ordinary shares for
cash not being approved by shareholders at the Meeting, the Company is unable to issue any
shares without prior shareholder approval. Additionally, it has also resulted in the Company
being unable to issue up to 30,000,000 ordinary shares of the Company to settle the principal
amount of a promissory note for the sum of US$2,190,000 issued by the Company and held by
Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited.
As previously disclosed, the Company expects that an equity offering will be required to
supplement any debt facility that the Company is able to secure to fund the development of the
Ollachea Gold Project and for corporate and working capital purposes. The board will review
the impact of being unable to issue shares without prior shareholder approval to determine if
steps to remedy this situation should be taken.
Proposed Ten (10) for One (1) Share Consolidation
As a result of the resolution pertaining to the previously announced ten (10) for one (1)
consolidation of the Companys ordinary shares not being approved by shareholders, the
consolidation will not be taking place.
About Minera IRL Limited
Minera IRL Limited is an AIM, TSX and BVL listed precious metals mining and exploration
company with operations in Latin America. In Peru, the Company operates the Corihuarmi
Gold Mine and is advancing its flagship Ollachea Gold Project towards production. For more
information, please visit www.minera-irl.com.
For more information, please visit www.minera-irl.com or contact:
Minera IRL
Brad Boland (CFO)
+1 (416) 907-7363
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the
information contained in this news release.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this news release, including information about Company management
and operating performance and other statements expressing managements expectations or
estimates of future events, performance and exploration and development programs or plans
constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements often, but not always, are
identified by words such as seek, believe, expect, do not expect, will, will not,
intend, estimate, anticipate, plan, schedule and similar expressions of a conditional
or future oriented nature identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are,
necessarily, based upon a number of estimates and assumptions. While considered by
management to be reasonable in the context in which they are made, forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to political, legal, regulatory, business and economic risks and
competitive uncertainties and contingencies.
The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Minera IRLs actual financial results, future
performance and results of exploration and development programs and plans to be materially
different than those expected or estimated future results, performance or achievements and that
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or achievements.
Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and Minera IRL
assumes no obligation, except as may be required by law, to update or revise them to reflect
new events or circumstances. Risks, uncertainties and contingencies and other factors that
might cause actual performance to differ from forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, difficulties in respect of management of the Company, any failure to obtain or
complete project financing for the Ollachea gold project, legislative, political, social or economic
developments both within the countries in which the Company operates and in general,
contests over title to property, the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development,
operating or technical difficulties in connection with the Companys development or
exploration programs, increasing costs as a result of inflation or scarcity of human resources
and input materials or equipment. Known and unknown risks inherent in the mining business
include potential uncertainties related to the title of mineral claims, the accuracy of mineral
reserve and resource estimates, metallurgical recoveries, capital and operating costs and the
future demand for minerals. For additional information, please consult the Companys most
recently filed MD&A and Annual Information Form.