/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 21, 2017) - Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") (TSX:TXG) announces the results of its 2017 annual and special meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held in Toronto, Ontario on June 21, 2017.

Item 1. Election of Directors

At the Meeting, all director nominees listed in the Company's management information circular (the "Circular") dated May 11, 2017, were elected as directors of the Company. The detailed results of the vote by ballot are as follows:

	Director		Vote Type		Number of Votes		Percentage of Votes
	A. Terrance MacGibbon		For Withheld		36,317,391 1,601,756		95.78 4.22
	Andrew Adams		For Withheld		37,844,570 74,577		99.80 0.20
	James Crombie		For Withheld		30,171,781 7,747,366		79.57 20.43
	Frank Davis		For Withheld		37,899,860 19,287		99.95 0.05
	David Fennell		For Withheld		37,063,140 856,007		97.74 2.26
	Michael Murphy		For Withheld		34,101,581 3,817,566		89.93 10.07
	William M. Shaver		For Withheld		37,802,348 116,799		99.69 0.31
	Elizabeth A. Wademan		For Withheld		37,910,285 8,862		99.98 0.02
	Fred Stanford		For Withheld		37,910,268 8,879		99.98 0.02

Item 2. Appointment of Auditor

By a vote by way of show of hands, KPMG LLP, Chartered Public Accountants, was re-appointed as auditors of the Company.

Item 3. Amendment and Reconfirmation of Shareholder Rights Plan

On a vote by ballot, a resolution was passed approving an amended and restated rights plan as described in the Circular.

Votes For	% Votes For	Votes Against	% Votes Against
35,374,207	93.29	2,544,940	6.71

Item 4. Executive Compensation

On a vote by ballot, a non-binding advisory resolution was passed accepting the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Circular and delivered in advance of the Meeting.

Votes For	% Votes For	Votes Against	% Votes Against
36,825,621	97.12	1,093,526	2.88

The formal report on voting results with respect to all maters voted upon at the Meeting will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Torex is an emerging intermediate gold producer based in Canada, engaged in the exploration, development and operation of its 100% owned Morelos Gold Property, an area of 29,000 hectares in the highly prospective Guerrero Gold Belt located 180 kilometers southwest of Mexico City. Within this property, Torex has the El Limón Guajes Mine, which announced commercial production in March of 2016 and the Media Luna Project, which is in an early stage of development, and for which the Company issued a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) in 2015. The property remains 75% unexplored.