GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO–(Marketwired – July 8, 2016) – AZARGA URANIUM CORP. (TSX:AZZ)(FRANKFURT:P8AA)(OTC PINK:PWURF) (“Azarga Uranium” or the “Company”) announces all resolutions put forward at the Annual General and Special Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the Company’s shareholders (the “Shareholders”), as further described in the Company’s information circular dated 16 May 2016, were approved, including the following:
| • | Setting the number of directors of Azarga Uranium (the “Directors”) until the next annual general meeting of Azarga Uranium to seven (7). |
| • | Election of Directors: the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated 16 May 2016 for the Meeting of the Company held on 30 June 2016: Alexander Bayer; Curtis Church; Richard F. Clement, Jr.; Joseph Havlin; Matthew O’Kane; Apolonius (Paul) Struijk; and Kim Huatt Ng were all elected as Directors until the next annual general meeting of the Shareholders. Detailed results of the vote for the election of Directors held at the Meeting are set out below: |
| Votes | % | |||||
| Withheld/ | Withheld/ | Broker | % Broker | |||
| Votes For | % For | Abstain | Abstain | Non-Votes | Non-Votes | |
| Alexander Bayer | 38,098,384 | 96.500% | 37,890 | 0.096% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Curtis Church | 38,108,384 | 96.526% | 27,890 | 0.071% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Richard F. Clement, Jr. | 38,108,504 | 96.526% | 27,770 | 0.070% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Joseph Havlin | 38,108,384 | 96.526% | 27,890 | 0.071% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Matthew O’Kane | 38,108,384 | 96.526% | 27,890 | 0.071% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Apolonius (Paul) Struijk | 38,098,384 | 96.500% | 37,890 | 0.096% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| Kim Huatt Ng | 38,108,384 | 96.526% | 27,890 | 0.071% | 1,343,784 | 3.404% |
| • | Appointment of BDO Canada LLP as auditors of the Company for the fiscal period ending December 31, 2016 and the Director’s right to fix the remuneration to be paid to BDO Canada LLP. |
| • | Settlement of outstanding debt in the aggregate amount of US$44,400 owing to three employees and one independent consultant of the Company by the issuance to such employees and consultant of up to 123,010 Class A common shares (each, a “Share”) of Azarga Uranium. |
| • | Issuance of 812,500 Shares (collectively, the “Bonus Shares”) as a bonus payment to certain insiders, employees and a former employee, who was an employee when the Bonus Shares were earned, of the Company (which was approved by a majority of disinterested shareholders). |
For further information please see the Company’s Report of Voting Results, which will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Azarga Uranium Corp.
Azarga Uranium is a mineral development company that controls six uranium projects, deposits and prospects in the United States of America (South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado) and the Kyrgyz Republic. The Dewey Burdock Project in South Dakota (the “Project”), which is the Company’s initial development priority, has received its Nuclear Regulatory Commission License and the Company is in the process of completing all other major regulatory permit approvals necessary for operation of the Project, including those from the Environmental Protection Agency and the South Dakota Department of Natural Resources.
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