OREANDA-NEWS. June 03, 2013. Polyus Gold International Limited (LSE – PGIL, OTC (US) – PLZLY, “PGIL”, “Polyus Gold” or the “Company”), the largest gold producer in Russia, announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company (“AGM”) held in London, all resolutions contained within the notice of the Meeting were duly passed in line with the Board’s Recommendation.

A copy of the special resolutions passed at the AGM will be submitted to the National Storage mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at http://morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

The total number of ordinary shares of GBP 0.0001 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 3,032,149,962. The poll was conducted by Computershare Investor Services PLC.

As previously announced, Mr. Robert Buchan, Chairman, resigned as a director of the Company at the conclusion of the AGM. The Board's Nominations Committee, which is comprised solely of independent directors, is currently in the process of carrying out the search for a new independent Chairman of the Board.