Ero Copper Announces Annual General Meeting Voting Results

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ero Copper Corp. (TSX: ERO, NYSE: ERO) (“Ero” or the “Company”) announced the voting results of its annual general meeting today in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 93,474,205 Common Shares were represented at the Meeting, representing 90.96% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares as of March 5, 2024. Shareholders voted on all agenda items prior to the meeting, including the re-election of management’s nominees as directors for the following year and the advisory vote on executive compensation. Detailed voting results are listed below.

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Each item of business voted on at the Meeting is described in detail in the Company’s management information circular dated March 7, 2024 (the “Circular”), which is available on the Company’s website (www.erocopper.com) on SEDAR+ (www.erocopper.com). sedarplus.ca/landingpage/) and on EDGAR (www.sec.gov).

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Set the number of directors to ten

Shareholders approved the proposal to set the number of directors at ten with 99.99% of votes cast.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Shareholders re-elected ten directors as follows:

	Number of common shares voted on		Percentage of votes cast
Nominated Director	For	Withheld	For		Withheld
Christopher Noel Dunn	80,016,330	1,122,635		98.62%	1.38%
David Strang	81,120,943	18,022		99.98%	0.02%
Jill Angevine	80,792,549	346,416		99.57%	0.43%
By Lyle Braaten	80,945,359	193,606		99.76%	0.24%
Steven Busby	80,549,424	589,541		99.27%	0.73%
Dr. Sally Eyre	80,806,488	332,477		99.59%	0.41%
Robert Getz	80,578,444	560,521		99.31%	0.69%
Chantal Gosselin	81,055,224	83,741		99.90%	0.10%
Faheem Tejani	81,121,846	17,119		99.98%	0.02%
John Wright	81,022,538	116,427		99.86%	0.14%

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APPOINTMENT OF THE AUDITOR

The shareholders reappointed KPMG LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s auditor and authorized the Company’s directors to determine the remuneration payable to the auditor with 99.95% of the votes cast.

ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The shareholder agreed to the non-binding advisory resolution “Say on Pay” and thereby accepted the company’s approach to executive compensation described in the circular with 99.05% of the votes cast.

ABOUT ERO COPPER CORP

Ero is a high-margin, high-growth, low-carbon copper producer with operations in Brazil and corporate headquarters in Vancouver, BC. The Company’s principal asset is a 99.6% interest in Brazilian copper mining company Mineração Caraíba SA (“MCSA”), 100% owner of the Company’s Caraíba operations (formerly known as MCSA Mining Complex), located in the Curaçá Valley in the Brazilian state of Bahia and includes the Pilar and Vermelhos underground mines and the Surubim open pit mine. The Tucumã Project (formerly known as Boa Esperança), an IOCG copper project in Pará, Brazil. The Company also owns 97.6% of NX Gold SA (“NX Gold”), which owns Xavantina Operations (formerly known as NX Gold Mine), consisting of an active gold and silver mine in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Further information about the Company and its operations, including technical reports on the Caraíba, Xavantina operations and the Tucumã Project, can be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca/landingpage/ and on EDGAR (www.sec.gov). The Company’s shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ERO.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

Courtney Lynn, Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
(604) 335-7504
[email protected]