VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 15, 2013) - Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ)(NYSE:TRQ)(NASDAQ:TRQ) today announced that the nominees set forth in the company's management proxy circular dated March 22, 2013 and the press release dated May 1, 2013 were elected as directors of Turquoise Hill Resources. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Annual Meeting of shareholders, which took place on May 10, 2013 in Vancouver, are set out below.
Election of Directors
According to proxies received, each of the following 11 nominees proposed by management were elected as a director of Turquoise Hill Resources until the next annual shareholder meeting, or until such person's successor is elected or appointed, with the following results:
| Name of Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
| Virginia Flood | 841,466,708 | 98.7% | 11,371,757 | 1.3% |
| Jill Gardiner | 845,270,136 | 99.1% | 7,568,329 | 0.9% |
| R. Peter Gillin | 845,013,786 | 99.1% | 7,824,679 | 0.9% |
| Warren Goodman | 848,723,605 | 99.5% | 4,114,860 | 0.5% |
| Isabelle Hudon | 845,261,084 | 99.1% | 7,577,381 | 0.9% |
| Jean-Sébastien Jacques | 842,721,876 | 98.8% | 10,116,589 | 1.2% |
| David Klingner | 844,592,715 | 99.0% | 8,245,750 | 1.0% |
| Charles Lenegan | 850,616,821 | 99.7% | 2,221,644 | 0.3% |
| Kay Priestly | 843,232,338 | 98.9% | 9,606,127 | 1.1% |
| Russel C. Robertson | 850,730,221 | 99.8% | 2,108,244 | 0.2% |
| Jeffrey Tygesen | 846,939,007 | 99.3% | 5,899,458 | 0.7% |
Final results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of shareholders will be filed on SEDAR.
About Turquoise Hill Resources
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ)(NYSE:TRQ)(NASDAQ:TRQ), formerly Ivanhoe Mines, is an international mining company focused on copper, gold and coal mines in the Asia Pacific region. The company's primary operation is its 66% interest in the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in southern Mongolia. Other assets include a 58% interest in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ)(HK:1878); a 57% interest in copper-gold miner Ivanhoe Australia (TSX:IVA)(ASX:IVA); and a 50% interest in Altynalmas Gold, a private company developing the Kyzyl Gold Project in Kazakhstan, which is in the process of being sold.
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