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International Tower Hill Mines Announces Results from 2015 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
VANCOUVER , May 29, 2015 /CNW/ - International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. ("ITH" or the "...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nVANCOUVER, May 29, 2015 /CNW/ - International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (\"ITH\" or the \"Company\") - (TSX: ITH, NYSE-MKT: THM) announces the results from its 2015 Annual General Meeting of shareholders held in Vancouver, B.C. on Thursday, May 28, 2015 (\"Meeting\").\n\nAt the Meeting, the Company's shareholders fixed the size of the board at five and re-elected the following individuals as directors of the Company, with all receiving a majority of the votes cast, as follows:\n\n\n\n\nDirector\n\n\nVotes For\n\n\nVotes Withheld\n\n\n\nStephen Lang - Chair\n\n\n52,726,135 (99.68%)\n\n\n171,774 (0.32%)\n\n\n\nAnton J. Drescher\n\n\n39,143,204 (74.00%)\n\n\n13,754,705 (26.00%)\n\n\n\nJohn Ellis\n\n\n42,692,810 (80.71%)\n\n\n10,205,099 (19.29%)\n\n\n\nMark Hamilton\n\n\n52,727,885 (99.68%)\n\n\n170,024 (0.32%)\n\n\n\nThomas Weng\n\n\n52,716,335 (99.66%)\n\n\n181,574 (0.34%)\n\n\nThe shareholders re-appointed the current auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and authorized the directors to fix their remuneration.\n\nThe shareholders also approved, on an advisory non-binding basis (\"Say on Pay\"), the compensation paid to the Company's executive officers by a 97% majority, and re-approved, by a 78% majority, the Company's 2006 Incentive Stock Option Plan and authorized, by a 79% majority, the continuance of the Company's Shareholder Rights Plan, both for a further three years.\n\nThe detailed proxy voting on all resolutions submitted to the shareholders at the Meeting is contained in the \"Report of Voting Results\" for the Meeting which will be available under the Company's profile on SEDAR and on the Company's website or upon request by contacting the Company's Corporate Secretary at (604) 683-6332.\n\nAbout International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.\n\nInternational Tower Hill Mines Ltd. controls 100% of the Livengood Gold Project that contains 15.7 M oz. of gold (807 MT at 0.61 g/t) measured & indicated and 4.4 M oz. (266 MT at 0.52 g/t) inferred, all at a 0.30 g/t gold cutoff, located along the paved Elliott Highway, 70 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.\n\nOn behalf ofInternational Tower Hill Mines Ltd.\n\n(signed) Thomas E. Irwin Chief Executive Officer\nSOURCE INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD.\n\n\n\nContact Information: Rick So...