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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/10/13 -- Detour Gold Corporation (TSX: DGC) ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") today announced that all matters set out in the management information circular dated April 5, 2013 for the 2013 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on Thursday, May 9, 2013 (the "Meeting") were approved by shareholders. Over 84,104,802 million shares were voted representing 71.34% of the outstanding shares of the Company.
The following ten nominees were elected as directors of Detour Gold. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below:
#Votes % Votes Nominee # Votes For % Votes For Withheld Withheld---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter E. Crossgrove 71,992,907 88.31 9,523,508 11.69---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Dionne 69,987,327 85.93 11,459,088 14.07---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert E. Doyle 70,546,050 86.62 10,900,365 13.38---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andre Falzon 81,164,918 99.65 281,497 .35---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingrid J. Hibbard 64,721,603 79.47 16,724,812 20.53---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Michael Kenyon 56,772,659 69.71 24,673,756 30.29---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex G. Morrison 80,610,477 98.97 835,938 1.03---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerald Panneton 78,310,754 96.15 3,135,661 3.85---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Rubenstein 77,520,160 95.18 3,926,255 4.82---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham Wozniak 80,568,137 98.92 878,278 1.08----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Andre Falzon, the newest addition to the board, was appointed on April 1, 2013 and will also be on the Company's Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees. Mr. Falzon is a Chartered Accountant and senior financial executive with over 25 years of experience in the mining industry. He was the Vice President and Controller at Barrick Gold Corporation between 1994 and 2006, and currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair for both Aurizon Mines Ltd. and African Barrick Gold plc. Mr. Falzon obtained his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto and is a CGA (Canada) and CPA, CA (Canada). His many years of practical financial and management experience will prove beneficial to the Company as it joins the rank of the mid-tier gold producers.
