KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 21, 2013) - Notice has been given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:KGI)(AIM:KGI) will be held at the offices of Stikeman Elliott LLP, Suite 5300, Commerce Court West, 199 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time), for the following purposes:
| (a) | To receive and consider the financial statements of the Company for the year ended April 30, 2013 together with the auditor's report thereon; |
| (b) | To elect the directors of the Company for the ensuing year; |
| (c) | To appoint the auditor of the Company and to authorize the directors of the Company to fix the auditor's remuneration; |
| (d) | To consider and, if deemed advisable, adopt a resolution (the full text of which is reproduced in the Company's Management Information Circular (the "Circular"), to ratify By-Law No. 1 (the full text of which is reproduced as Schedule "A" of the Circular), which includes an advance notice provision setting deadlines and establishing a formal process for nominations of directors other than by management, through a requisition for a meeting or by way of a shareholder proposal; |
| (e) | To change the province in which the registered office of the Company is located; and |
| (f) | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. |
The following documents were mailed on September 30, 2013, and pursuant to Rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies, were also made available on the Company website www.klgold.com on that date:
| 1. | Notice of Meeting; |
| 2. | Proxy Circular; |
| 3. | Proxy; and |
| 4. | Request for financial statements. |
In accordance with AIM Rule 20, the Company also reports that its Audited Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended 30 April 2013 have been mailed to shareholders and are also available on its website under Financial Reports on the investor information page, or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Copies are also available by contacting the Company in writing at 161 Bay Street, 27th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
About the Company
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. is an operating and exploration gold company located in Kirkland Lake, ON in the Southern Abitibi gold belt. Its goal is to create a self-sustaining and long lived intermediate gold mining company based in the historic Kirkland Lake Gold Camp. The Company plans to do this by increasing production to 250,000 - 300,000 ounces per year in several stages, and by decreasing production costs by realizing the economies of scale associated with that higher production rate.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange has reviewed and neither accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
Contact Information:
Brian Hinchcliffe
President
+1 705 567 5208
+1 705 568 6444 (FAX)
bhinchcliffe@klgold.com
Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.
Lindsay Dunlop
Director of Investor Relations
+1 416 840 7884
+1 705 568 6444 (FAX)
ldunlop@klgold.com
www.klgold.com
NOMAD: Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Callum Stewart / Adam James
+44 (0) 20 7 8862500