Wesdome Announces Details of Hybrid Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Addition to the Board of Directors

TORONTO, May 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) today announces details on its upcoming Hybrid Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (“the Annual Meeting”) to be held on June 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

This year, to proactively deal with the unprecedented public health impact of the ongoing novel coronavirus disease outbreak (“COVID-19”), to mitigate risks to the health and safety of our communities, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders, and to comply with the measures imposed by the federal and provincial governments, the Company’s Annual Meeting will be broadcast by live webcast. 

Shareholders of the Company are respectfully asked not to attend in person at the Annual Meeting, and instead are invited to join the webcast. Access to the Annual Meeting webcast can be found at the following link:

https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/QReg/ShowUUID=02830B68-D880-406B-8 ...

Wesdome reserves the right to take any precautionary measures it deems appropriate in relation to the physical meeting and access to its premises, and shareholders should be aware that it is entirely possible the Company will be unable to permit them to attend the physical meeting.

The webcast does not have voting capabilities and therefore all shareholders of the Company are strongly encouraged to cast their vote in a timely manner by submitting a completed form of proxy or voting instruction form prior to the Annual Meeting by one of the means described in the Management Information Circular which can be found in the Investors section of the Company’s website (www.wesdome.com). Due to the likelihood of restrictions in the number of attendees at the Annual Meeting, we also recommend that shareholders not appoint a proxyholder to participate in and vote during the Annual Meeting other than the management representatives named in the Circular.

The Company is also pleased to announce that the Governance and Nominating Committee has recommended, and the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved, seven director nominees, including new independent director nominee Ms. Edie Thome.

Ms. Thome was most recently the President & Chief Executive Officer of The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) in Vancouver, B.C. Prior to that appointment, as the Director - Environment, Permitting and Compliance, Aboriginal Relations and Public Affairs at BC Hydro, she was responsible for permitting and compliance, Aboriginal relations and government/public affairs for the ~$9b Site C Clean Energy Project. Her management experience also includes over four years as Vice President, Customer Service, Airport Operations and Corporate Communications for Harmony Airways.