BMEX Gold shareholders approve all agenda items and appoint Wanda Cutler as new board director

BMEX Gold Inc (CVE:BMEX) (FRA:8M0) (OTCQB:MRIRF) announced that its shareholders have approved all the agenda items that came up before them at the annual general meeting, including the appointment of Wanda Cutler as a new director to the company’s board.  The junior Canadian mining exploration company said all the agenda items in the company's circular dated June 1 were approved by the requisite majority of votes cast at the meeting. At least 16 million shares, or 27.38% of the outstanding shares of the company, were present in-person, or by proxy vote at the AGM.  “At the meeting, Wanda Cutler was appointed as a new member of the board of directors and all incumbent directors were reappointed,” said the company.  READ: BMEX Gold announces appointment of Steve Dunlop to the company's Technical advisory board Cutler has worked with reporting issuers for more than 20 years in marketing and communications. For the past 10 years, she has focused almost exclusively on Quebec exploration companies, exploring for a variety of metals including gold, copper, lithium and VMS deposits. She has acted as a strategic advisor to a number of public companies including: multiple junior mining companies, investment companies and alternative energy companies. Cutler holds a Bachelor of Social Science (political science) degree from the University of Ottawa and is President of Cutler McCarthy, a communication firm. In a statement, BMEX CEO Warner Uhl said: "I would like to welcome Wanda to our Board, her extensive experience in working with exploration companies, Quebec companies, in particular, is accretive to the overall skill set of our Board of Directors.” “I also note that with the addition of Wanda, the BMEX Board of Directors is now comprised of 40% women. Our company is committed to diversity inclusion at the leadership and board level.” Uhl noted that increasingly, investors are evaluating a company's commitment to the principles of “equity, diversity and inclusion” when considering investment opportunities. “We have assembled a strong leadership team and I look forward to working with our Board of Directors in the coming year," Uhl added. The company said it has also granted 1,100,000 stock options to directors, officers and investor relations consultants. Each option is exercisable at $0.26 per share from June 2, 2021, for five years. The company has also distributed 2,960,000 performance-based shares to directors, officers, and consultants as part of the approved PRSU program. BMEX Gold’s primary objective is to acquire, explore, and develop viable gold and base metal projects in Quebec. BMEX is currently fully focused on earning 100% interest in its two projects, both located in one of Canada's best addresses for high-grade gold.  The King Tut Project consists of 120 contiguous claims on 5,206 hectares, while the Dunlop Bay Project consists of 76 mineral claims that cover 4,226 hectares in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt, in Quebec. Contact the author Uttara Choudhury at uttara@proactiveinvestors.com Follow her on Twitter: @UttaraProactive