Radisson Announces Election of Directors And AGM Results
ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jun 5, 2017) - Radisson Mining Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RDS) ("Radisson") announces that the six candidates designated in the management proxy circular dated May 9, 2017 were elected to the Corporation's Board of Directors during the shareholder's annual meeting held in Rouyn-Noranda on June 2, 2017.
The shareholders were represented in person or by proxy by 39,494,740 class A shares, or 36.71% of the 107,594,357 outstanding class A shares. Voting results are presented below.
2017 AGM Election of Directors Results
| Director | For | % For | Withheld | % Withheld | ||
| Mario Bouchard | 38,533,034 | 97.56 | % | 961,706 | 2.44 | % |
| Jean Dion | 38,479,621 | 97.58 | % | 957,306 | 2.42 | % |
| Jean-Marie Dupont | 38,323,934 | 97.04 | % | 1,170,806 | 2.96 | % |
| Denis Lachance | 39,491,240 | 99.99 | % | 3,500 | 0.01 | % |
| Luc Simoneau | 38,479,621 | 97.58 | % | 957,306 | 2.42 | % |
| Réjean Gourde | 38,537,434 | 97.58 | % | 957,306 | 2.42 | % |
Consequently, during the shareholder's annual meeting, the appointment of Deloitte S.E.N.C.R.L/s.r.l as Independent auditor for the company was approved at 100% by the shareholders.
Grant of stock options
On June 2nd 2017, the Board of Directors awarded a total of 790,000 stock options to directors, officers and one employee of the company. Pursuant to terms of the stock options plan each option grants the holder thereof the right to purchase one class A share at a price of $ 0.165 until June 2nd, 2022. Following the grant of stock options and pursuant to terms of the stock options plan, there are currently 2,935,000 stock options outstanding.
The company announces the exercise of 300,000 stock options by two directors, resulting in the emission of 300,000 class A shares at a price of $ 0.10. As a result of this stock option exercise, there are currently 107,594,357 class A shares of Radisson issued and outstanding.
The company announces it has retained Mackie subject to regulatory approval; it has retained Mackie Research Capital Corporation to initiate its market making service to provide market making services to the Company in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the TSX Venture Exchange and other applicable legislation. Mackie will trade shares of Radisson on the TSXV for the purposes of maintaining a reasonable market and improving the liquidity of Radisson's class A shares. The agreement between Mackie and the Company is for a minimum 3 months term and the Company has agreed to pay Mackie $4,000 per month during the term, payable quarterly in advance. After the 3 months period, either party with written notice of 30 days may terminate the engagement. The Company and Mackie act at arm's length and there are no performance factors contained in the agreement between Mackie and the Company and Mackie will not receive any shares or options from the Company as compensation for services it will render.
About Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
Radisson is a Quebec-based mineral exploration company. The O'Brien project, cut by the regional Larder-Lake-Cadillac Fault, is Radisson's main asset. The former O'Brien Mine, is considered to have been the Abitibi Greenstone Belt's highest-grade gold producer during its production (1,197,147 metric tons at 15.25 g/t Au for 587,121 ounces of gold from 1926 to 1957; InnovExplo, April 2015).
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Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain certain forward-looking information. All statements included herein, but other than statements of historical fact, is forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Radisson's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Contact
Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
Mario Bouchard
President & Chief Executive Officer
819-277-6578
mbouchard@radissonmining.com