B2Gold announces the voting results of its 2024 annual and extraordinary general meeting

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO, NYSE AMERICAN: BTG, NSX: B2G) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the voting results of its annual and extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on Thursday, June 20, 2024. A total of 845,972,994 common shares were voted on at the meeting, representing 64.75% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares.

Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of all items submitted to the meeting. The eight director nominees listed in B2Gold’s management information circular (the “Circular”) dated May 8, 2024 were elected as directors of B2Gold to serve for the following year or until whether their successors are elected or appointed. Detailed voting results for each director are presented below:

Name	Total votes in favor	Total votes retained
Kevin Bullock	772 703 200	9,087,387
Kelvin Doushnisky	681 885 576	99 905 010
Clive Johnson	748,414,975	33,375,611
Liane Kelly	769 260 584	12,530,002
Jerry Korpan	750 803 133	30,987,453
Thabile Makgala	776 162 131	5,628,452
Lisa Pankratz	773 279 348	8,511,239
Robin Weisman	774,696,968	7,093,618

The resolutions to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company and to approve certain matters relating to the Company’s stock option plan were approved with 97.20% and 95.92% of the votes, respectively. votes cast in favor.

The resolution regarding the advisory vote on the Company’s approach to executive compensation was approved with 96.47% of votes cast in favor.

A report on all items voted on at the meeting will be filed on Sedar+ at www.sedarplus.com.

About B2Gold

B2Gold is a leading low-cost international gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, B2Gold today has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines, the Goose project under construction in northern Canada and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries including Mali, Colombia and Finland.

ON BEHALF OF B2GOLD CORP.

“Clive T. Johnson»
President and CEO

The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC neither approve nor disapprove of the information contained in this press release.

CONTACT: For more information on B2Gold please visit the Company website at www.b2gold.com or contact: Michael McDonald VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Development +1 604-681-8371 [email protected] Cherry DeGeer Director, Corporate Communications +1 604-681-8371 [email protected]