0001157523-22-000810.txt : 20220630 0001157523-22-000810.hdr.sgml : 20220630 20220630170740 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-22-000810 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220630 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220630 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Americas Gold & Silver Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001286973 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: Z4 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37982 FILM NUMBER: 221058694 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 145 KING ST. W. STREET 2: SUITE 2870 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 1J8 BUSINESS PHONE: 604-678-9639 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 145 KING ST. W. STREET 2: SUITE 2870 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 1J8 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Americas Silver Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150910 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCORPIO MINING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040414 6-K 1 a52767774.htm AMERICAS GOLD AND SILVER CORPORATION 6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
 
For the month of June 2022
 
Commission File Number 001-37982
 
 
AMERICAS GOLD AND SILVER CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
145 King Street West, Suite 2870
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5H 1J8
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F
 
Form 20-F
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Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):   ☐             
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
AMERICAS GOLD AND SILVER CORPORATION
 
Date:   June 30, 2022 
      /s/ Peter McRae             
Peter McRae
Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1            News release dated June 30, 2022


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 EX-99.1 2 a52767774ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1

Americas Gold and Silver Announces Election of Directors and Annual and Special Meeting Voting Results

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2022--Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (“the “Company”) (TSX:USA; NYSE American: USAS) is pleased to announce that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated May 17, 2022 (the “Circular”) for the Company’s annual and special meeting of Shareholders held June 29, 2022 (the “Meeting”) were elected as directors of the Company at the Meeting and to welcome Christine Carson to the Board of Directors. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Meeting yesterday in Toronto as well as the results for other matters voted on at the Meeting are set out below.

“We welcome Christine to the Board of Directors and look forward to benefitting from her experience and entrepreneurship” stated Darren Blasutti, President and CEO. “Christine brings a wealth of pragmatic, corporate governance expertise and is expected to immediately enhance the overall governance of the Company.”

Ms. Carson is the sole founder and CEO of Carson Proxy Advisors Ltd., a proxy solicitation firm that specializes in executing shareholder communications, proxy solicitation and corporate governance strategies for Canadian public companies. She has spent over 20 years advising publicly traded companies on a wide variety of special situations and issues, including proxy battles, hostile take overs, M&A, consent solicitations, corporate governance, executive compensation, and shareholder proposals. She has counseled numerous Boards of Directors, CEOs, corporate secretaries, corporate counsels, investor relations professionals and has spoken at industry conferences on the complexities of influencing shareholder voting in Canada.

Prior to founding Carson Proxy, Ms. Carson was involved in establishing two successful proxy solicitation firms and a Transfer and Trust Company in Canada.

Nominee

Votes For

% For

Votes Withheld

% Withheld

Alex Davidson

58,016,850

98.35%

971,231

1.65%

Darren Blasutti

55,941,503

94.84%

3,046,578

5.16%

Christine Carson

57,998,797

98.32%

989,284

1.68%

Alan Edwards

58,091,564

98.48%

896,518

1.52%

Bradley R. Kipp

58,072,700

98.45%

915,381

1.55%

Gordon Pridham

58,069,684

98.44%

918,397

1.56%

Manuel Rivera

58,027,520

98.37%

960,561

1.63%

Lorie Waisberg

57,968,960

98.27%

1,019,121

1.73%

At the Meeting, the following resolutions as set out in the Circular, were passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company’s shareholders (i) fixing the number of directors on the Company’s Board at eight persons; (ii) appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and authorizing the Directors to fix their remuneration; (iii) re-approving of the Company’s Deferred Share Unit Plan, as amended by the amendments all as more particularly described in the Circular; (iv) re-approving of Company’s Restricted Share Unit Plan and (v) re-approving of the Company’s Stock Option Plan.

The results of these matters considered at the Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on June 30, 2022.

A total of 75,271,089 the Company’s common shares were voted, representing 41.69% of total shares issued and outstanding as at the record date for the Meeting.

About Americas Gold and Silver Corporation

Americas Gold and Silver Corporation is a high-growth precious metals mining company with multiple assets in North America. The Company owns and operates the Relief Canyon mine in Nevada, USA, the Cosalá Operations in Sinaloa, Mexico and manages the 60%-owned Galena Complex in Idaho, USA. The Company also owns the San Felipe development project in Sonora, Mexico. For further information, please see SEDAR or www.americas-gold.com.

Contacts

Stefan Axell
VP, Corporate Development & Communications
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation
416-874-1708

Darren Blasutti
President and CEO
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation
416‐848‐9503