/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/22/16 -- Uranium Participation Corporation ("UPC" or the "Corporation") (TSX: U) is pleased to announce that the nominees listed in the management information circular for the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("Annual Meeting") were elected as directors of the Corporation. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Annual Meeting yesterday in Toronto are set out below.

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                                                          Votes
Nominee                       Votes For     % For      Withheld   % Withheld
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Paul J. Bennett              67,368,049     99.30       472,574         0.70
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Thomas Hayslett              67,553,673     99.58       286,950         0.42
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Jeff Kennedy                 57,168,117     84.27    10,672,506        15.73
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Garth MacRae                 59,652,336     87.93     8,188,287        12.07
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Ganpat Mani                  67,304,095     99.21       536,528         0.79
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Richard H. McCoy             67,294,888     99.20       545,735         0.80
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Dorothy Sanford              67,679,833     99.76       160,790         0.24
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UPC shareholders also approved the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year at the remuneration to be fixed by directors.

About Uranium Participation Corporation

Uranium Participation Corporation is a company that invests substantially all of its assets in uranium oxide in concentrates ("U3O8") and uranium hexafluoride ("UF6") (collectively "uranium"), with the primary investment objective of achieving appreciation in the value of its uranium holdings through increases in the uranium price. Additional information about Uranium Participation Corporation is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on Uranium Participation Corporation's website at www.uraniumparticipation.com.

Contacts:
Uranium Participation Corporation
David Cates
President & Chief Executive Officer
(416) 979-1991 Ext. 362

Uranium Participation Corporation
Mac McDonald
Chief Financial Officer
(416) 979-1991 Ext. 242

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