Report of Annual Shareholders' Meeting Voting Results

TORONTO, May 7 /CNW/ - Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX and ASX symbol: "EQN") ("Equinox" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the voting results of its Annual and Special Shareholders' Meeting held on May 7, 2010.

The Scruinteers' report recorded that there were 178 shareholders in person or by proxy at the annual meeting representing 433,436,391 shares (or 61.3% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company).

    
    1.  Election of Directors

        A resolution electing each of the following six directors of the
        Company until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their
        successors are duly elected or appointed: Peter Tomsett; David
        McAusland; David Mosher; Jim Pantelidis; Brian Penny; and Craig
        Williams, was approved by a vote conducted by a show of hands.

    2.  Appointment of Auditors

        A resolution re-appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers, as auditors of the
        Company, and authorizing the Board of Directors of the Company to fix
        the remuneration to be paid to the auditors, was approved by a vote
        conducted by a show of hands.

    3.  Unallocated Options

        A resolution authorizing and approving, until the date of the
        Company's annual shareholder's meeting in the year 2013 (provided
        that such meeting is held on or prior to May 8, 2013), all
        unallocated common shares of the Company issuable pursuant to the
        Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time; and
        authorizing any director or officer of the Company or any other
        person designated by any one of them to take such action and to
        execute and deliver such documents, whether on behalf of or in the
        name of the Company or otherwise, as such person may, in his or her
        discretion, consider to be necessary or desirable to carry out the
        intent and purpose of this resolution and the matters contemplated
        herein, was approved by a vote conducted by ballot. The results of
        the vote by ballot were as follows:

                    For                           275,952,371
                    Against                       152,525,079
                    Percentage in favour                64.4%


    EQUINOX MINERALS LIMITED

    SONYA STARK
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    Sonya Stark
    Vice President, Corporate Affairs and
    Corporate Secretary