Sherritt Reports Voting Results from Annual General Meeting

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 24, 2013) -

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Sherritt International Corporation ("Sherritt") (TSX:S) is pleased to announce that the director nominees listed in the management information circular for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 23, 2013 (the "Annual Meeting") were elected as directors of Sherritt. A total of 186,690,154 common shares were voted in respect of the election of directors at the Annual Meeting, representing 62.87% of the votes attaching to all outstanding common shares. Voting results for individual directors are set out below:

Final results on all matters voted at the Annual Meeting will be filed shortly with the Canadian securities regulators.

About Sherritt

Sherritt is a world leader in the mining and refining of nickel from lateritic ores with projects and operations in Canada, Cuba, Indonesia and Madagascar. The Corporation is the largest thermal coal producer in Canada and is the largest independent energy producer in Cuba, with extensive oil and power operations on the island. Sherritt licenses its proprietary technologies and provides metallurgical services to mining and refining operations worldwide. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "S".