Mr. Clive Johnson reports

B2GOLD 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING DETAILS AND VOTING REMINDER

B2Gold Corp. is scheduled to hold its 2025 annual general and special meeting of shareholders on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 2 p.m. Vancouver time, in the Pacific Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 Georgia St. W, Vancouver, B.C., and on-line via live audio webcast. The meeting will be available to registered and non-registered shareholders and guests, and accessible via live webcast.

The company is pleased to announce the support of Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, which has recommended that shareholders vote for all proposed items to be considered at the upcoming meeting.

At the meeting, shareholders are being asked to vote on four items:

1. Setting the number of directors at 10;
2. Election of the directors;
3. Appointment of the auditor;
4. A non-binding, advisory vote on the company's approach to executive compensation.

The board of directors also recommends shareholders vote for on all four items. B2Gold strongly encourages all registered shareholders who would like to attend, participate and/or vote virtually on-line via live webcast to carefully follow the procedures outlined in the company's management information circular and the meeting's user guide, both filed on SEDAR+ on May 2, 2025, and on the company's website.

Shareholders who have questions or need assistance with voting their shares should contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the proxy solicitation agent, by telephone at 1-877-452-7184 (North America -- toll-free) or 1-416-304-0211 (outside North America), or by e-mail at assistance@laurelhill.com.

How to vote in advance of the meeting

Shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the meeting via the Internet or telephone using the control number found on the proxy or voting instruction form that was mailed to you to ensure your vote is received in a timely manner. For your proxy to be valid, you must submit your vote by no later than June 17, 2025, at 2 p.m. Vancouver time.

If you are a non-registered shareholder, you will be able to attend, participate and/or vote at the meeting on-line via live webcast only if you duly appoint yourself as proxyholder through the method specified by your intermediary, and comply with all of the requirements set out in the management information circular relating to appointment and registration, which must be properly completed before the proxy deadline on June 17, 2025, at 2 p.m. Vancouver time.

Management presentation

Once the meeting is adjourned, B2Gold executives will host a presentation reviewing B2Gold's performance in 2024, provide a general corporate update of the first half of 2025 and conclude with a Q&A (question-and-answer) session.

About B2Gold Corp.

B2Gold is a responsible international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines, the Goose project under construction in Northern Canada, and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries, including Mali, Colombia and Finland.