Tanzanian Royalty Reports Annual Meeting Voting Results

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Feb. 21, 2017) – Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation (TSX:TNX)(NYSE MKT:TRX) (the “Company”) announces the voting results from its 2017 annual and special meeting held on February 16, 2017.

A total of 53,639,480 common shares were voted representing 45.68% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the Meeting, including the election of all directors as follows:

Votes For Votes Withheld
James E. Sinclair 19,712,989 (96.54%) 705,954 (3.46%)
Norman Betts 19,679,027 (96.38%) 739,916 (3.62%)
William Harvey 19,558,048 (95.78%) 860,895 (4.22%)
Rosalind Morrow 19,638,621 (96.18%) 780,322 (3.82%)
Ulrich E. Rath 19,683,861 (96.40%) 735,082 (3.60%)

Respectfully Submitted,

James E. Sinclair

President and CEO

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation

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