CALGARY, AB -- (Marketwired) -- 09/28/16

Niko Resources Ltd. (the Company or Niko) (TSX: NKO) is pleased to report that at its annual and special meeting of shareholders held on September 28, 2016 that each of the nominees proposed by management as a director of the Company were elected as directors of the Company.

The detailed results of the vote by ballot are as follows:

                                                                            
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Nominee                             Votes For            Votes Withheld     
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                               Number    Percentage    Number    Percentage 
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Frederic F. (Jake) Brace     14,435,956    57.92%    10,490,004    42.08%   
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Glenn R. Carley              14,589,772    58.53%    10,336,188    41.47%   
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Robert S. Ellsworth Jr.      14,519,036    58.25%    10,406,924    41.75%   
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William T. Hornaday          18,369,053    73.69%     6,556,907    26.31%   
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E. Alan Knowles              18,407,075    73.85%     6,518,885    26.15%   
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Christopher Rudge            14,575,072    58.47%    10,350,868    41.53%   
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For further information, please contact:
Niko Resources Ltd.
(403) 262-1020
Glen Valk
VP Finance & CFO
www.nikoresources.com