Meridian Mining Plc press release

Meridian Announces Results of 2026 Annual General and Special Meeting

2026-06-29

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London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - June 29, 2026) - Meridian Mining plc (LSE: MNO) (TSX: MNO) (FSE: N2E0) (Tradegate: N2E0) (OTCQX: MRRDF) ("Meridian" or the "Company") announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at today's Annual General and Special Meeting ("Meeting") were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

The Company's issued share capital eligible to be voted at the Meeting was 485,619,091 shares. A total of 182,482,142 shares were voted, representing 37.6% of the Company's issued share capital.

The scrutineers of the poll were Computershare Investor Services plc. The full text of each resolution is contained in the Notice of Meeting, (also available on the Company's website hereand on the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca). The total number of votes cast for each resolution is set out below:

| RESOLUTION NUMBER | VOTES FOR[1] | % VOTES CAST | VOTES AGAINST | % VOTES CAST | VOTES WITHHELD[2] | | Ordinary Resolution 1:_Receive the 2025 Annual Accounts_ | 182,472,130 | 100.00 | 5,300 | 0.003 | 4,712 | | Ordinary Resolution 2:_Receive the UK 2025 Accounts _ | 182,469,130 | 100.00 | 5,300 | 0.003 | 7,712 | | Ordinary Resolution 3:_Re-election of Donald (Bruce) McLeod_ | 182,474,237 | 100.00 | 6,500 | 0.004 | 1,405 | | Ordinary Resolution 4: Re-election of Gilbert Clark | 182,473,225 | 100.00 | 7,500 | 0.004 | 1,417 | | Ordinary Resolution 5:_Re-election of Susanne Sesselmann_ | 162,312,300 | 95.02 | 8,499,271 | 4.976 | 11,670,571 | | Ordinary Resolution 6:_Re-election of Douglas Ford_ | 179,372,248 | 99.99 | 12,314 | 0.007 | 3,097,580 | | Ordinary Resolution 7:_Re-election of Neil Gregson_ | 179,375,996 | 100.00 | 8,566 | 0.005 | 3,097,580 | | Ordinary Resolution 8:_Election of Carlos Vilhena _ | 182,474,225 | 100.00 | 6,500 | 0.004 | 1,417 | | Ordinary Resolution 9:_Election of Felipe Holzhacker Alves_ | 182,473,086 | 100.00 | 7,639 | 0.004 | 1,417 | | Ordinary Resolution 10:_Appointment of Deloitte LLP in the UK (auditor)_ | 182,471,340 | 100.00 | 4,540 | 0.002 | 6,262 | | Ordinary Resolution 11: Appointment of Deloitte LLP in Canada (auditor) | 182,471,340 | 100.00 | 4,540 | 0.002 | 6,262 | | Ordinary Resolution 12:_Authorise the Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration_ | 182,471,826 | 100.00 | 7,954 | 0.004 | 2,362 | | Ordinary Resolution 13:_Authority to allot and issue shares_ | 182,436,743 | 99.99 | 18,299 | 0.010 | 27,100 | | Special Resolution 14:_Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority)_ | 182,464,381 | 99.99 | 13,088 | 0.007 | 4,673 | | Special Resolution 15:_Authority to disapply pre-emption rights (additional authority)_ | 182,460,641 | 99.99 | 15,828 | 0.009 | 5,673 | | Special Resolution 16:_Market purchase of ordinary shares_ | 182,470,757 | 99.99 | 10,592 | 0.006 | 793 |

Appointment of Auditor

Following the passing of Resolutions 10 and 11, the Company confirms the appointment of Deloitte LLP in both the UK and Canada to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general and special meeting. PFK Littlejohn LLP has confirmed that it has not deposited a statement under section 519 of the Companies Act 2006. KPMG LLP has confirmed that here were no "reportable events" within the meaning of NI 51-102, nor were there any modified opinions expressed in KPMG's audit reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

A copy of the results of the Meeting, along with a copy of resolutions passed other than those concerning ordinary business at the Meeting, have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority's National Storage Mechanism in accordance with UK Listing Rule 14.3.6 R(2) and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Meridian Mining plc Mr. Gilbert Clark - CEO and Director Meridian Mining plc 8th Floor, 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU United Kingdom Email: info@meridianmining.co Ph: +44 (0) 203 930 3145 (GMT)

Media Enquiries: Gareth Tredway / Saskia Sizen Tel: +44 (0) 207 920 3150 Email: meridianmining@tavistock.co.uk

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[1]The "For" vote includes those giving the Chair of the Meeting discretion. [2]A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" the resolution.

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