Mr. George Ogilvie reports

KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

At Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.'s annual meeting of shareholders held on Oct. 22, 2014, all resolutions proposed to shareholders were duly passed.

Based on proxies received prior to the meeting, 46,510,276 shares representing 64.52 per cent of outstanding shares were voted, and the listed individuals were elected as directors of the company until the next annual meeting of shareholders. The results are set out in the attached table.

                                            % of                        % of
                        Votes cast    votes cast    Votes cast    votes cast
Name of nominee                for           for      withheld      withheld

Barry Cooper            42,849,400         99.89        45,225          0.11
D. Harry W. Dobson      42,263,691         98.53       630,934          1.47
Pamela Klessig          42,818,824         99.82        75,801          0.18
George O. Ogilvie       42,853,820         99.90        40,805          0.10
Barry P. Olson          42,855,700         99.91        38,925          0.09
Jeffrey Parr            42,855,700         99.91        38,925          0.09
John S. Thomson         34,344,911         80.07     8,549,714         19.93
Dawn P. Whittaker       34,393,045         80.18     8,501,580         19.82

For detailed voting results on each resolution, please refer to the company's report of voting results filed on SEDAR.

Further information on new directors

Barry Richard Cooper, aged 62, retired from CIBC as the No. 1 ranked gold analyst in the Brendon Wood survey covering the precious metals sector across North America. His independent studies on publicly traded companies, gold prices and the mining industry were well recognized by investors and corporations throughout his 17-year career as an equities analyst.

Prior to joining CIBC in 1996, Mr. Cooper was employed by Cameco Corp., the world's largest producer of uranium. At Cameco, Mr. Cooper was responsible for the company's gold diversification program, primarily in North America, but also in other parts of the world. Before joining Cameco, he worked as an exploration geologist in Western Canada and for Inco as a mine geologist at two of its nickel operations in Sudbury. Mr. Cooper graduated with an earth sciences degree from the University of Waterloo and obtained an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan.

Mr. Cooper has not held any directorships within the last five years, nor does he hold any shares in the company. See below regarding subsequent grant of stock options.

Barry Paul Olson, aged 61, has over 25 years of experience in strategic management, and leadership in engineering, construction, start-up and operations of gold mining companies, including Amax Gold Inc., where he spent 10 years (1988 to 1998), Coeur (2001 to 2006), and more recently at Goldcorp Inc. where he moved from vice-president to senior vice-president in project development from August, 2006, to October, 2013. He has successfully managed multibillion-dollar international projects with operations in Nevada, California, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.

Mr. Olson does not currently hold any other directorships, and was previously a director with Sociedad Contractual Minera El Morro within the last five years. Mr. Olson does not currently hold any shares in the company. See below regarding subsequent grant of stock options.

Jeffrey Scott Parr, aged 57, a chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA 1984), received his master of business administration degree from McMaster University in 1982 and a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1979. He has over 28 years of experience in the mining and service provider industries. He joined Centerra in 2006 and was appointed chief financial officer in 2008. From 1997 to 2006, he worked for Acres International as CFO, and from 1988 to 1997, held progressively senior financial positions at WMC International, ultimately serving as the company's executive vice-president.

Mr. Parr is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants, Financial Executives International and the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

Mr. Parr is currently a director of Centerra Gold (KB) Inc., and previously held a directorship with AGR (Luxembourg) SARL within the last five years. Mr. Parr does not currently hold any shares in the company. See below regarding subsequent grant of stock options.

Except as set out above, there is no information specified by paragraph (g) in Schedule 2 to the AIM rules that is required to be disclosed.

Grant of options to new directors

The company further reports that on Oct. 22, 2014, pursuant to their nomination at the annual meeting, it granted a total of 450,000 incentive stock options to the new directors under the company's stock option plan. These options are exercisable at a price of $4.96 per share, and vest as to one-third immediately and one-third annually until fully vested. The directors named were granted options as indicated in the attached table.

                               Number of options   Total options outstanding
Director/officer                      this grant            after this grant

Barry Cooper                             150,000                     150,000
Barry P. Olson                           150,000                     150,000
Jeffrey Parr                             150,000                     150,000
Total                                    450,000                     450,000