Mr. Ernest Mast reports

PRIMERO ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At Primero Mining Corp.'s May 4 annual general and special meeting of shareholders, all directors nominated as listed in the management information circular dated March 22, 2016, were re-elected.

The detailed results are shown in the accompanying table.

Director                   Votes for          %      Withheld votes          %     

Wade Nesmith             109,208,954      98.06           2,160,202       1.94   
Joseph Conway            109,731,083      98.53           1,638,073       1.47   
David Demers             101,906,947      91.50           9,462,209       8.50   
Grant Edey                94,284,473      84.66          17,084,683      15.34  
Eduardo Luna              94,581,315      84.93          16,787,841      15.07  
Brad Marchant            110,791,854      99.48             577,302       0.52   
Ernest Mast              110,283,330      99.03           1,085,826       0.97   
Robert Quartermain       101,740,415      91.35           9,628,741       8.65   
Michael Riley            104,242,898      93.60           7,126,258       6.40   

In addition, Primero reports that shareholders voted in favour of the company's amended stock option plan, the amended 2013 phantom share unit plan and the advisory vote on executive compensation (say on pay).