Announces Appointment of New Director
Trading Symbol: TSX: SVM
NYSE AMERICAN: SVM
VANCOUVER, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Silvercorp Metals
Inc. ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") (TSX/NYSE AMERICAN: SVM) is
pleased to report that all matters placed before the shareholders
at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on Friday, September 29, 2017 were approved. A
total of 97,309,713 common shares, representing 57.93% of the votes
attached to all outstanding shares as at the record date for the
meeting, were represented at the AGM. All of the matters submitted
to the shareholders for approval as set out in the Company's Notice
of Meeting and Information Circular, both dated August 10, 2017, were approved by the requisite
majority of votes cast at the AGM. The details of the voting
results for the election of directors are set out below:
|
Votes For
|
Withheld
Votes
|
Director
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Dr. Rui Feng
|
56,363,605
|
98.71
|
737,728
|
1.29
|
S. Paul
Simpson
|
55,016,549
|
96.35
|
2,084,783
|
3.65
|
David
Kong
|
55,002,086
|
96.32
|
2,099,246
|
3.68
|
Yikang
Liu
|
56,473,524
|
98.90
|
627,808
|
1.10
|
Shareholders also approved: (i) the re-appointment of Deloitte
LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year at the
remuneration to be fixed by the directors. Final results for
all matters voted on at the AGM will be filed on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com and on the Company's website.
Appointment of Marina A.
Katusa to the Board of Directors.
Silvercorp is pleased to announce the appointment of
Marina A. Katusa to its board of
Directors. Ms. Katusa has over ten years of business
experience in areas including mineral exploration, research
analysis, strategic planning, and corporate development.
She earned a Masters of Business Administration
(MBA) degree and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree
in Geology/Earth & Ocean Science from the University
of British Columbia.
About Silvercorp
Silvercorp is a low-cost silver-producing Canadian mining
company with multiple mines in China. The Company's vision is to deliver
shareholder value by focusing on the acquisition of under developed
projects with resource potential and the ability to grow
organically. For more information, please visit our website at
www.silvercorp.ca.
SOURCE Silvercorp Metals Inc