Wesdome Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (the “Company”) announces the results of the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held today. A replay of the Meeting is available on the Company’s website.

A total of 85,770,837 common shares were represented at the Meeting, representing 58.14% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.

All matters presented for shareholder approval at the Meeting were approved, as follows:

	a)	Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the directors to fix their remuneration;
	b)	Election of the directors of the Company for the ensuing year; and
	c)	Approval of an advisory non-binding resolution accepting the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management Information Circular of the Corporation dated April 11, 2023.

Election of Directors

The following seven individuals were elected as directors of the Company, until the next annual meeting of shareholders, as set out in the table below:

Name of Nominee	Votes castFOR	% of votes castFOR	Votes castWITHHELD	% of votes castWITHHELD
Louise Grondin	80,704,044	97.44%	2,121,441	2.56%
Charles Main	78,952,658	95.32%	3,872,827	4.68%
Nadine Miller	79,877,191	96.44%	2,948,294	3.56%
Warwick Morley-Jepson	79,567,939	96.07%	3,257,546	3.93%
Brian Skanderbeg	80,682,666	97.41%	2,142,819	2.59%
Edie Thome	79,137,110	95.55%	3,688,375	4.45%
Bill Washington	80,231,172	96.87%	2,594,313	3.13%

Re-Appointment of Auditors

Based on proxies received and votes cast by show of hands during the Meeting, Grant Thornton LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as independent auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and the directors are authorized to fix their remuneration, with the following results:

	Votes castFOR	% of votes castFOR	Votes castWITHHELD	% of votes castWITHHELD
Appointment of Auditors	83,653,828	98.09%	1,625,425	1.91%

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

Based on proxies received and votes cast by ballot during the Meeting, the advisory non-binding resolution accepting the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management Information Circular of the Corporation dated April 11, 2023 was approved, with the following vote result:

	Votes castFOR	% of votes castFOR	Votes castAGAINST	% of votes castAGAINST
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation	80,433,169	98.75%	1,016,813	1.25%

Please refer to the Company’s Report of Voting Results filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com for further details on the above matters.

ABOUT WESDOMEWesdome is a Canadian focused gold producer with two high grade underground assets, the Eagle River mine in Ontario and the recently commissioned Kiena mine in Quebec.  The Company’s primary goal is to responsibly leverage this operating platform and high-quality brownfield and greenfield exploration pipeline to build Canada’s next intermediate gold producer. Wesdome trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “WDO,” with a secondary listing on the OTCQX under the symbol “WDOFF.”

For further information, please contact:

Warwick Morley-JepsonBoard Chair & Interim CEO416-360-3743 ext. [e-mail]	or	Lindsay Carpenter DunlopVP Investor Relations416-360-3743 ext. [e-mail]
220 Bay St, Suite 1200Toronto, ON, M5J 2W4Toll Free: 1-866-4-WDO-TSXPhone: 416-360-3743, Fax: [phone]Website: www.wesdome.com

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