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Voting Results of BlackPearl Annual and Special Meeting

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 7, 2015) - BlackPearl Resources Inc. ("BlackPearl" or the "Company") (PXX.TO)(OMX:PXXS) announces that at its Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders held in Calgary, Alberta on May 7, 2015, all of the nominees proposed as directors and listed in its notice of meeting and information circular dated March 26, 2015, were elected as directors of BlackPearl, the results being as follows:

Name of Nominee

Votes For

Percent

Votes Withheld

Percent

John H. Craig

166,214,494

98.9

1,887,261

1.1

Brian D. Edgar

161,655,172

96.2

6,446,583

3.8

John L. Festival

167,923,667

99.9

178,088

0.1

Keith C. Hill

165,064,360

98.2

3,037,395

1.8

Victor M. Luhowy

166,309,347

98.9

1,792,408

1.1

Following are the results of the other items of business voted on at the Annual and Special Meeting of the shareholders of the Company:

Appointment of Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants, was appointed as auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year at a remuneration to be determined by the board of directors of the Corporation. Results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For

Percent

Votes Withheld

Percent

169,240,314

100

50,116

0.0

Approval of Unallocated Stock Options

All unallocated options under the stock option plan of the Corporation were approved and the Corporation was authorized to continue granting options under the Corporation's stock option plan until May 7, 2018. Results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For

Percent

Votes Against

Percent

133,609,345

79.5

34,492,483

20.5

Adoption of Advance Notice By-law

The adoption of By-Law No. 2 of the Corporation relating to the advance notice of nominations of directors of the Corporation was approved. Results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For

Percent

Votes Against

Percent

167,689,427

99.8

412,398

0.2