Mr. Clive Johnson reports

B2GOLD ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS FROM ITS 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING

B2Gold Corp. has released the voting results from its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on Friday, June 23, 2023. A total of 950,464,631 common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 73.46 per cent of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares.

Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of all items of business before the meeting. The nine director nominees listed in B2Gold's management information circular dated May 15, 2023, were elected as directors of B2Gold to hold office for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed. Detailed results of the vote for each director are set out herein.

Name               Total votes in favour   Total votes withheld   Outcome of vote

Kevin Bullock        887,166,749   98.96%     9,342,556    1.04%         Approved    
Kelvin Dushnisky     851,578,581   94.99%    44,930,724    5.01%         Approved    
Clive Johnson        859,697,022   95.89%    36,812,283    4.11%         Approved    
George Johnson       893,851,450   99.70%     2,657,855    0.30%         Approved    
Liane Kelly          891,612,607   99.45%     4,896,698    0.55%         Approved    
Jerry Korpan         841,819,914   93.90%    54,689,390    6.10%         Approved    
Thabile Makgala      893,936,929   99.71%     2,572,375    0.29%         Approved    
Lisa Pankratz        892,086,555   99.51%     4,422,750    0.49%         Approved    
Robin Weisman        887,306,532   98.97%     9,202,773    1.03%         Approved    

The resolutions to set the number of directors of the company at nine, to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the company and to amend the company's restricted share unit plan were approved with 99.41 per cent, 98.08 per cent and 93.15 per cent, respectively, of votes cast in favour.

The resolution regarding the advisory vote on the company's approach to executive compensation was approved with 94.14 per cent of votes cast in favour.

A report on all items of business voted on at the meeting will be filed on SEDAR.

About B2Gold Corp.

B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines and numerous exploration and development projects in various countries, including Canada, Mali, Colombia, Finland, Ivory Coast and Uzbekistan.