SolGold PLC Announces Results of General Meeting

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SolGold's General Meeting on June 30, 2022, confirmed that all shareholder resolutions were approved via poll. Key results include:

• Directors' Remuneration Policy: 69.24% in favor.
• Long Term Incentive Plan: 86.33% in favor.
• Performance Bonus Plan: 86.27% in favor.
• Articles of Association: 99.70% in favor.

Despite the approvals, Resolution 1 received over 20% opposition, prompting the Board to engage with shareholders about their concerns.

Positive

• All resolutions at the General Meeting were approved, indicating strong shareholder support for company policies.
• High approval rates for key compensation policies (69.24% to 99.70%) reflect confidence in management.

Negative

• The Directors' Remuneration Policy received more than 20% of votes against, suggesting shareholder dissent and potential governance concerns.

BISHOPSGATE, LONDON / ACCESSWIRE / June 30, 2022 / The Board of SolGold (LSE:SOLG)(TSX:SOLG) confirms that all resolutions put to shareholders at the General Meeting were passed via poll, where the proxy votes received ahead of the meeting were combined with votes cast at the meeting.

The meeting was held in Brisbane, Australia and virtually via the Lumi platform on 30 June 2022.

A breakdown of the poll result for each resolution put to the Meeting is set out below:

Resolutions	Votes for 1	% 2	Votes against	% 2	Abstain 3
Ordinary Business
1, DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY	1,122,761,146	69.24	498,769,699	30.76	1,924,635
2, LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN	1,400,023,119	86.33	221,690,155	13.67	1,742,206
3, PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN	1,399,983,300	86.27	222,839,114	13.73	633,066
Special Business
4, ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION	1,615,865,905	99.70	4,937,634	0.30	2,651,941

Notes:

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman or management have been included in the "for" total.

2. As a percentage of the aggregate of votes "for" plus votes "against".

3. An abstention is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

The Board notes that Resolution 1 received more than 20% of the vote against the policy and intends to engage with shareholders to address their concerns that resulted in this outcome.

This announcement was approved for release by Dennis Wilkins - Company Secretary

CONTACTS

Dennis Wilkins SolGold Plc (Company Secretary) dwilkins@solgold.com.au	Tel: +61 (0) 7 3303 0660
Fawzi Hanano / Lia Abady SolGold Plc (Investors / Communication) fhanano@solgold.com.au / labady@solgold.com.au	Tel: +44 (0) 20 3823 2130
Tavistock (Media) Jos Simson / Gareth Tredway	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150

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Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information.

ABOUT SOLGOLD

SolGold is a leading resources company focussed on the discovery, definition and development of world-class copper and gold deposits and continues to strive to deliver objectives efficiently and in the interests of shareholders. SolGold is exploring the length and breadth of this highly prospective and gold-rich section of the Andean Copper Belt which is currently responsible for c40% of global mined copper production.

The Company operates with transparency and in accordance with international best practices. SolGold is committed to delivering value to its shareholders, while simultaneously providing economic and social benefits to impacted communities, fostering a healthy and safe workplace and minimizing the environmental impact.

Dedicated stakeholders

SolGold employs a staff of approximately 800 employees of whom 99% are Ecuadorian. This is expected to grow as the operations expand at Cascabel, and in Ecuador generally. SolGold focusses its operations to be safe, reliable and environmentally responsible and maintains close relationships with its local communities. SolGold has engaged an increasingly skilled, refined and experienced team of geoscientists using state of the art geophysical and geochemical modelling applied to an extensive database to enable the delivery of ore grade intersections from nearly every drill hole at Alpala. SolGold has close to 60 geologists on the ground in Ecuador exploring for economic copper and gold deposits.

About Cascabel

The Alpala deposit is the main target in the Cascabel concession, located on the northern section of the heavily endowed Andean Copper Belt, the entirety of which is renowned as the base for nearly half of the world's copper production. The project area hosts mineralisation of Eocene age, the same age as numerous Tier 1 deposits along the Andean Copper Belt in Chile and Peru to the south. The project base is located at Rocafuerte within the Cascabel concession in northern Ecuador, an approximately three-hour drive on sealed highway north of the capital Quito, close to water, power supply and Pacific ports.

Having fulfilled its earn-in requirements, SolGold is a registered shareholder with an unencumbered legal and beneficial 85% interest in ENSA (Exploraciones Novomining S.A.) which holds 100% of the Cascabel concession covering approximately 50km². The junior equity owner in ENSA is required to repay 15% of costs since SolGold's earn in was completed, from 90% of its share of distribution of earnings or dividends from ENSA or the Cascabel concession. It is also required to contribute to development or be diluted, and if its interest falls below 10%, it shall reduce to a 0.5% NSR royalty which SolGold may acquire for US$3.5million.

SolGold's Regional Exploration Drive

SolGold is using its successful and cost-efficient blueprint established at Alpala, and Cascabel generally, to explore for additional world class copper and gold projects across Ecuador. SolGold is a large and active concessionaire in Ecuador.

The Company wholly owns four other subsidiaries active throughout the country that are now focussed on a number of high priority copper and gold resource targets, several of which the Company believes have the potential, subject to resource definition and feasibility, to be developed in close succession or even on a more accelerated basis compared to Cascabel.

SolGold is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (LSE/TSX: SOLG). The Company has on issue a total of 2,293,816,433 fully paid ordinary shares and 32,250,000 share options.

See www.solgold.com.au for more information. Follow us on twitter @SolGold plc

CAUTIONARY NOTICE

News releases, presentations and public commentary made by SolGold plc (the "Company") and its Officers may contain certain statements and expressions of belief, expectation or opinion which are forward looking statements, and which relate, inter alia, to interpretations of exploration results to date and the Company's proposed strategy, plans and objectives or to the expectations or intentions of the Company's Directors, including the plan for developing the Project currently being studied as well as the expectations of the Company as to the forward price of copper. Such forward-looking and interpretative statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the control of the Company that could cause the actual performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from such interpretations and forward-looking statements.

Accordingly, the reader should not rely on any interpretations or forward-looking statements; and save as required by the exchange rules of the TSX and LSE or by applicable laws, the Company does not accept any obligation to disseminate any updates or revisions to such interpretations or forward-looking statements. The Company may reinterpret results to date as the status of its assets and projects changes with time expenditure, metals prices and other affecting circumstances.

This release may contain "forward‑looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward‑looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding the Company's plans for developing its properties. Generally, forward‑looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved".

Forward‑looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward‑looking information, including but not limited to: transaction risks; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; future prices of mineral prices; accidents, labour disputes and shortages and other risks of the mining industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, risks relating to the ability of exploration activities (including assay results) to accurately predict mineralization; errors in management's geological modelling and/or mine development plan; capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates; the preliminary nature of visual assessments; delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other required approvals; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; changes in equity markets; inflation; the global economic climate; fluctuations in commodity prices; the ability of the Company to complete further exploration activities, including drilling; delays in the development of projects; environmental risks; community and non-governmental actions; other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry; the ability of the Company to retain its key management employees and skilled and experienced personnel; and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‑looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

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FAQ

What were the results of SolGold's General Meeting on June 30, 2022?

All resolutions were approved, with significant support ranging from 69.24% to 99.70%.

What percentage of shareholders opposed the Directors' Remuneration Policy?

The Directors' Remuneration Policy received 30.76% of votes against.

What does the approval of the Long Term Incentive Plan signify for SolGold (SLGGF)?

The 86.33% approval indicates shareholder confidence in the company's long-term strategic direction.

Is there any shareholder concern regarding SolGold (SLGGF) management policies?

Yes, the Directors' Remuneration Policy faced significant opposition, prompting the Board to engage with shareholders.

What was the date and location of SolGold's General Meeting?

The General Meeting was held on June 30, 2022, in Brisbane, Australia.