Sarama Resources Announces Voting Results from Annual Shareholders Meeting and Appointment of Andrew Dinning as Chairman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
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SARAMA RESOURCES ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS FROM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING AND APPOINTMENT OF
ANDREW DINNING AS CHAIRMAN
VANCOUVER, CANADA. Sarama Resources Limited (“Sarama” or the “Company”) announces the voting results for the
election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company’s Annual and Special Gen eral Meeting held on
September 28, 2017 (the “Meeting”).
Voting Results
A total of 72,314,817 common shares were represented at the Meeting, representing 51.70% of the Company’s issued
and outstanding shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all matters brought before the Meeting including: the
appointment of HLB Mann Judd as auditors and the authorization of the directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration,
and (ii) the election of management’s nominees as directors.
Detailed results of the votes on the election of directors are as follows:
Item Voted Upon Voting Result
To elect the Directors
of the Company as set
forth in the
Management
Information Circular of
the Company dated
August 18, 2017.
The nominees proposed by management were elected as directors of the Company by a
majority of votes cast by shareholders, as follows:
Votes For Votes W ithheld
Andrew Dinning 62,137,976 (99.94%) 35,300 (0.06%)
T. Sean Harvey 62,137,976 (99.94%) 35,300 (0.06%)
L. Simon Jackson 62,137,976 (99.94%) 35,300 (0.06%)
David A. Groves 62,137,976 (99.94%) 35,300 (0.06%)
In addition, shareholders of the Company passed a resolution r e-approving the Company’s stock option plan in
accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, and as further detailed in the Management Information
Circular of the Company dated August 18, 2017 (a copy of which is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com).
Appointment of Andrew Dinning as Chairman
The Company also announced that Andrew Dinning is appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors effective September
28, 2017. Mr. Dinning is a fo under of Sarama and has been a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company since 2010. Mr . Dinning replaces Mr . T. Sean Harvey who is stepping down from the role after 7 years as
Chairman of the Company due to increasing work commitments. Mr. Harvey will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive
Director.
Mr. Dinning has over 25 years experience in the international mining arena and has extensive mine management,
operations and capital markets experience. Mr. Dinning has a MBA, a First Class Mine Managers Certificate (Western
Australia) and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) degree.
For further information on the Company’s activities, please contact:
Andrew Dinning or Paul Schmiede
t: +61 (0) 8 9363 7600
ABOUT SARAMA RESOURCES LTD
Sarama Resources Ltd (TSX -V: SWA) is a West African focused gold explorer with substantial landholdings in Burkina
Faso. Sarama is focused on consolidating under -explored landholdings in Burkina Faso and other established mining
jurisdictions.
Sarama’s flagship properties are situated within the Company’s South Houndé Project area in south-west Burkina Faso.
Located within the prolific Houndé Greenstone Belt, Sarama’s exploration programs have built on significa nt early
success to deliver an inferred mineral resource estimate of 2.1 Moz gold (2). Acacia Mining plc is earning up to a 70%
interest in the South Houndé Project by satisfying certain conditions, including funding earn- in expenditures of up to
US$14 million, over a 4-year earn-in period and may acquire an additional 5% interest, for an aggregate 75% interest in
the Project, upon declaration of a minimum mineral reserve of 1.6 million ounces of gold. Acacia has satisfied certain
milestones and currently ho lds a 50% interest in the South Houndé Project and is continuing to sole fund exploration
activities.
Sarama holds a 31% participating interest in the Karankasso Project Joint Venture (“JV”) which is situated adjacent to
the Company’s South Houndé Project in Burkina Faso and is a JV between Sarama and Savary Gold Corp. (“Savary”).
Savary is the operator of the JV and in October 2015, declared a maiden inferred mineral resource estimate of 671,000
ounces of contained gold(3) at the Karankasso Project JV.
Sarama also has a 100% interest in the Bondi Deposit which has a historical estimate of mineral resources of 0.3Moz Au
(measured and indicated) and 0.1Moz Au (inferred)(1).
Together, the South Houndé Project, Bondi Deposit and the Karankasso Project form a cluster of advanced gold deposits,
within trucking distance of one another, which potentially offers a development option for a multi -source fed central
processing facility in the southern Houndé Belt region of Burkina Faso.
Incorporated in 2010, the Com pany’s Board and management team have a proven track record in Africa and a strong
history in the discovery and development of large -scale gold deposits. Sarama is well positioned to build on its current
success with a sound exploration strategy across its property portfolio. Incorporated in 2010, the Company’s Board and
management team have a proven track record in Africa and a strong history in the discovery and development of large-
scale gold deposits. Sarama is well positioned to build on its current success with a sound exploration strategy across
its property portfolio.
FOOTNOTES
1. Bondi Deposit - 4.1Mt @ 2.1g/t Au for 282,000 oz Au (measured and indicated) and 2.5Mt @ 1.8g/t Au for 149,700 oz Au (inferred), reported
at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off.
i. The historical estimate of the Bondi Deposit reflects a mineral resource estimate compiled by Orezone Gold Corporation (“Orezone”)
which has an effective date of February 20, 2009. The historical estimate is contained in a technical report titled “Technical Report on
the Mineral Resource of the Bondigui Gold Project”, dated date of February 20, 2009 (the “Bondi Technical Report”) and is available
under the profile of Orezone on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
ii. Sarama believes that the historical estimate is relevant to investors’ understanding of the property, as it reflects the most recent
technical work undertaken in respect of the Bondi Deposit.
iii. The historical estimate was informed by 886 drillholes, assayed for gold by cyanidation methods, were used to interpret mineralised
envelopes and geological zones over the area of the historical estimate. Gold grade interpolation was undertaken using ID²
methodology based on input parameters derived from geostatistical and geological analyses assessments. Field measurements and
geological logging of drillholes were used to determine weathering boundaries and bulk densities for modelled blocks.
iv. The historical estimate uses the mineral resource reporting categories required under National Instrument 43-101. v. No more recent
estimates of the mineral resource or other data are available. vi. Sarama is currently undertaking the necessary verification work in
the field and on the desktop that may support the future reclassification of the historical estimate to a mineral resource. vii. A qualified
person engaged by Sarama has not undertaken sufficient work to verify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource and
Sarama is therefore not treating the historical estimate as a current mineral resource.
2. South Houndé Project - 43.0 Mt @ 1.5 g/t Au (reported above cut- off grades ranging 0.3 -2.2 g/t Au, reflecting the mining methods and
processing flowsheets assumed to assess the likelihood of the inferred mineral resources having reasonable prospects for eventual
economic extraction). The effective date of the Company’s inferred mineral resource estimate is February 4, 2016. For further information
regarding the mineral resource estimate please refer to the technical report titled “NI 43-101 Independent Technical Report South Houndé
Project Update, Bougouriba and Ioba Provinces, Burkina Faso”, dated March 31, 2016. The technical report is available under S arama
Resources Ltd.’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
3. Karankasso Project - 9.2 Mt @ 2.3 g/t Au (at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off). The effective date of the Karankasso Project JV mineral resource estimate
is October 7, 2015. For further information regarding the mineral resource estimate please refer to the technical report titled “Technical 7
Report and Resource Estimate on the K arankasso Project, Burkina Faso”, dated October 7, 2015. The technical report is available under
Savary Gold Corp’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Sarama has not independently verified Savary’s mineral resource estimate and
takes no responsibility for its accuracy. Savary is the operator of the Karankasso Project JV and Sarama is relying on their Qualified Persons’
assurance of the validity of the mineral resource estimate.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information in this news release that is not a statement of historical fact constitutes forward-looking information. Such forward-looking information
includes statements regarding the Company’s plans for exploration at the Company’s properties and the potential for those properties to hos t gold
mineralization of significance, drilling and geochemical and geophysical surveys at the South Houndé Project, the Earn- In Agreement with Acacia,
including the amounts that may be spent on exploration and interests in the South Houndé Project that may be earned by Acacia upon making certain
expenditures and estimating a minimum reserve, the potential to expand the present oxide component of the Company’s existing estimated mineral
resources, and future exploration plans.
Actual results, performance or achievements of the Company may vary from the results suggested by such forward-looking statements due to known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such factors include, among others, that the business of exploration for gold and other pre cious
minerals involves a high degree of risk and is highly speculative in nature; Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves, they do not have demonstrated
economic viability, and there is no certainty that they can be upgraded to Mineral Reserves through continued exploration; few properties that are
explored are ultimately developed into producing mines; geological factors; the actual results of current and future explorat ion; changes in project
parameters as plans continue to be evaluated, as well as those factors disclosed in the Company’s publicly filed documents. There can be no assurance
that any mineralisation that is discovered will be proven to be economic, or that future required regulatory licensing or approvals will be obtained.
However, the Co mpany believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in the forward- looking information are reasonable. Assumptions
have been made regarding, among other things, Acacia’s continued funding of exploration activities, the Company’s ability to carry on its exploration
activities, the sufficiency of funding, the timely receipt of required approvals, the price of gold and other precious metals , that the Company will not
be affected by adverse political events, the ability of the Company to operate in a safe, efficient and effective manner and the ability of the Company
to obtain further financing as and when required and on reasonable terms. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information
Sarama does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable laws.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exc hange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
QUALIFIED PERSONS’ STATEMENT
Scientific or technical information in this news release that relates to the Company’s exploration activities in Burkina Faso is based on information
compiled or approved by Guy Scherrer. Guy Scherrer is an employee of Sarama Resources Ltd and is a member in good standing of the Ordre des
Géologues du Québec and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style of mineralisation under consideration and activity which
he is undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43 -101. Guy Scherrer consents to the inclusion in this report of the
information, in the form and context in which it appears.
Scientific or technical information in this news release that relates to the preparation of the South Houndé Project’s mineral resource estimate is based
on information compiled or approved by Adrian Shepherd. Adrian Shepherd is an employee of Cube Consulting Pty Ltd and is cons idered to be
independent of Sarama Resources Ltd. Adrian Shepherd is a Chartered Professional Member in good standing of the Australasian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style of mineralisation under consideration and activity which he is
undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Adrian Shepherd consents to the inclusion in this news release of the
information, in the form and context in which it appears.
Scientific or technical information in this news release, in respect of the Bondi Deposit relating to mineral resource and exploration information drawn
from the Technical Report prepared for Orezone on that deposit has been approved by Guy Scherrer. Guy Scherrer is an employee of Sarama Resources
Ltd and is a member in good standing of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and has sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style
of mineralisation under consideration and activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43 -101. Guy
Scherrer consents to the inclusion in this report of the information, in the form and context in which it appears.
Scientific or technical information in this news release that relates to the preparation of the Karankasso Project’s mineral resource estimate is based
on information compiled or approved by Eugene Puritch and Antoine Yassa. Eugene Puritch and Antoine Yassa are employees of P& E Mining
Consultants Inc. and are considered to be independent of Savary Gold Corp. and Sarama Resources Ltd. Antoine Yassa is a member in good standing
of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and Eugene Puritch is a member in good standing of Professional Engineers Ontario. Eugene Puritch and Antoine
Yassa have sufficient experience which is relevant to the commodity, style of mineralisation under consideration and activity which they are
undertaking to qualify as a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Eugene Puritch and Antoine Yassa consent to the inclusion in this news
release of the information, in the form and context in which it appears. Sarama has not independently verified the mineral re source estimate for the
Karnakasso Project using a Qualified Person because Savary is the operator of the Karankasso Project JV and Sarama is relying on their Qualified
Persons’ assurance of the validity of the mineral resource estimate compiled by Savary