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Gear Energy Ltd. Announces Results of Directors Vote

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – May 10, 2017) – Gear Energy Ltd. (“Gear”) (TSX:GXE) is pleased to announce that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 31, 2017 were elected as directors of Gear. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at Gear’s annual meeting of shareholders held today (the “Meeting”) are set out below.

On a vote by ballot, each of the following six nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Gear:

Nominee Outcome of Vote Votes For % For Votes Withheld % Withheld
Raymond Cej
Harry English
Ingram Gillmore
Donald Gray
John O’Connell
Kevin Olson
Elected
Elected
Elected
Elected
Elected
Elected
98,900,261
100,058,603
99,900,623
98,736,735
100,197,573
100,209,114
97.83
98.98
98.82
97.67
99.12
99.13
2,190,261
1,031,919
1,189,898
2,353,786
892,948
881,408
2.17
1.02
1.18
2.33
0.88
0.87

For details of the voting results on the other matters considered at the Meeting, see Gear’s Report of Voting Results filed pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 on www.sedar.com.

Gear Energy Ltd.
Ingram Gillmore
President & CEO
403-538-8463
igillmore@gearenergy.com

Gear Energy Ltd.
David Hwang
Vice President Finance & CFO
403-538-8437
dhwang@gearenergy.com
www.gearenergy.com