AuRico Metals Announces Results of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) -

AuRico Metals Inc. (TSX: AMI) ("AuRico" or the "Company") today
announced the voting results of its Annual General Meeting (the
"Meeting") of Shareholders held on March 31, 2016. Shareholders voted
to re-elect the Company's eight Directors with 74,641,891 (57.03%) of
shares outstanding represented at the Meeting.

A summary of proxy tabulation results relating to the re-election
of the Company's Board of Directors can be found below:

Nominee Votes For
Votes Withheld
Number Percent (%)
Number Percent (%)
Richard M. Colterjohn 65,624,854
99.75% 165,411 0.25%
Anne L. Day
65,605,385 99.72% 184,880 0.28%
Anthony W. Garson
65,617,827 99.74% 172,438 0.26%
John A.
McCluskey 61,666,949 93.73% 4,123,316 6.27%

Scott G. Perry 65,488,465 99.54% 301,800
0.46%
Christopher H. Richter 65,481,961 99.53%
308,304 0.47%
Joseph G. Spiteri 65,482,714 99.53%
307,551 0.47%
Janice A. Stairs 65,220,911
99.13% 569,354 0.87%

In addition, AuRico shareholders also voted in favour of ratifying
and approving:

- KPMG LLP as the Company's auditor with 74,367,646 (99.63%) total
votes cast "For" and 272,803 (0.37%) total votes "Withheld"; and
- Implementing the Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) of the Company
and the reservation of 900,000 common shares for issuance
thereunder with 65,240,099 (99.16%) total votes cast "For" and
550,166 (0.84%) total votes cast "Against"

The formal report on voting results with respect to all matters
voted upon at the Meeting will also be filed on the System for
Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") website at
http://www.sedar.com

About AuRico Metals

AuRico Metals is a mining royalty and development company whose
producing gold royalty assets include a 1.5% NSR royalty on the
Young-Davidson Gold Mine, a 0.25% NSR royalty on the Williams Mine at
Hemlo, and a 0.5% NSR royalty on the Eagle River Mine - all located
in Ontario, Canada. AuRico Metals also has a 2% NSR royalty on the
Fosterville Mine and a 1% NSR royalty on the Stawell Mine, located in
Victoria, Australia. Aside from its diversified royalty portfolio,
AuRico owns (100%) the advanced Kemess Gold-Copper Project in British
Columbia, Canada. AuRico Metals' head office is located in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.

Chris Richter, President and Chief Executive Officer, AuRico
Metals Inc., +1-416-216-2780, chris.richter@auricometals.ca

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