Asanko GOLD Results of Annual General Meeting

PRESS RELEASE

ASANKO GOLD RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 7, 2019 – Asanko Gold Inc. (“Asanko” or the “Company”) (TSX,

NYSE American: AKG) announced that all the resolutions put to shareholders at the Company’s annual

general meeting (the “Meeting”) held on June 7, 2019 were duly passed. The results for each of the matters

voted upon at the Meeting are set out below:

Number of Directors

The number of directors of the Company was set at eight (8), with 132,682,260 votes For and 186,329 votes

Against.

Election of Directors

The eight nominees listed in the Company’s management information circular dated April 29, 2019, were

elected at the Meeting as directors of Asanko.

Director Name Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld

Colin Steyn 132,562,770 99.77% 305,819 0.23%

Greg McCunn 132,579,745 99.78% 288,844 0.22%

Peter Breese 132,570,795 99.78% 297,794 0.22%

Shawn Wallace 132,552,405 99.76% 316,184 0.24%

Gordon Fretwell 109,411,500 82.35% 23,457,089 17.65%

Marcel de Groot 131,854,140 99.24% 1,014,449 0.76%

Michael Price 132,559,069 99.77% 309,520 0.23%

William Smart 131,898,505 99.27% 970,084 0.73%

Appointment of Auditor

Name Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld

KPMG LLP 151,324,379 99.85% 221,545 0.15%

Approval of Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Plan

Amended and Restated

Shareholder Rights Plan

Votes For % Votes For Votes Against % Votes Against

62,209,300 56.29% 48,304,632 43.71%

Neither Toronto Stock Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts

responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Enquiries:

For further information please visit: www.asanko.com, email: [email protected] or contact:

Alex Buck - Manager, Investor and Media Relations

Toll-Free (N.America): 1-855-246-7341

Telephone: +44-7932-740-452

Email: [email protected]