Mr. Karl Hanneman reports

INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. has released the results from its 2017 annual general meeting of shareholders held in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

At the meeting, the company's shareholders fixed the size of the board at eight and elected the following individuals as directors of the company, with all receiving a majority of the votes cast, as shown in the attached table.

Director                           Votes for          Votes withheld  
  
Marcelo Kim -- chair      85,040,156 (99.18%)         702,240 (0.82%)   
Stephen Lang -- lead 
independent director      85,123,521 (99.28%)         618,876 (0.72%)   
Anton Drescher            76,704,364 (89.46%)      9,038,033 (10.54%)
John Ellis                76,994,869 (89.80%)      8,747,528 (10.20%)
Mark Hamilton             84,974,596 (99.10%)         767,801 (0.90%)   
Thomas Weng               85,117,923 (99.27%)         624,473 (0.73%)   
Thomas Irwin              85,134,238 (99.29%)         608,158 (0.71%)   
Victor Flores             85,022,423 (99.16%)         719,973 (0.84%) 

The shareholders reappointed the current auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, chartered accountant, as auditor of the company for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2017, and authorized the directors to fix its remuneration.

The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis (say on pay), the compensation paid to the company's executive officers (98-per-cent majority) and approved both the proposed issuance of common shares to Thomas Irwin (98-per-cent majority) and the company's 2017 deferred share unit incentive plan (87-per-cent majority).

The detailed proxy voting on all resolutions submitted to the shareholders at the meeting is contained in the report of voting results for the meeting, which will be available under the company's profile on SEDAR and on the company's website or upon request by contacting the company's corporate secretary at 604-683-6332.

About International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.

International Tower Hill Mines controls a 100-per-cent interest in the Livengood gold project, located along the paved Elliott Highway, 70 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.