2021 Annual General and Special Meeting of the Shareholders of B2Gold: Webcast/Dial-in/Playback Details and How to Attend/Participate/Vote

VANCOUVER, BC, June 8, 2021 /CNW/ - B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) ("B2Gold" or the "Company") will host its 2021 Annual General and Special Meeting of the Shareholders (the "Meeting") on Friday, June 11, 2021, at 2pm PDT/5pm EDT. Out of an abundance of caution, to proactively deal with potential issues arising from the public health impact of COVID-19, the Meeting will take place in a virtual-only format conducted via live video webcast online. 

As the Meeting will be in a virtual-only format, registered and non-registered shareholders of B2Gold will not be able to attend in person. The Meeting will be available to registered and non-registered shareholders and guests, and accessible via live webcast by clicking here: https://web.lumiagm.com/431696046. 

B2Gold strongly encourages all registered shareholders who would like to attend, participate and/or vote virtually online 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 10, 2021). 

If you are a non-registered shareholder, you will be able to attend, participate and/or vote at the Meeting online 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 that appointment and registration. 

How to attend and vote at the virtual Meeting as a registered shareholder or duly appointed proxyholder:

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders may virtually attend the Meeting using an internet connected device such as a laptop, computer, tablet or mobile phone. The meeting platform will be supported across browsers and devices that are running the most updated version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Internet Explorer. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders attending the Meeting online must remain connected to the internet at all times during the Meeting in order to vote when balloting commences. It is your responsibility to ensure that you remain connected to the internet for the duration of the Meeting.

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders wishing to attend and vote virtually at the Meeting should not complete or return the proxy form and should instead follow these steps:

1. Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/431696046 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures.
   
   
2. Click on "I have a login".
   
   
3. Enter your 15-digit control number as your username (located on the form of proxy or in the email notification you received).
   
   
4. Enter the Password: "b2gold2021" (case sensitive).

Shareholders who have duly appointed a proxyholder or themselves to attend and vote at the Meeting online MUST register the appointed proxyholder or themselves with Computershare by visiting http://www.computershare.com/B2Gold by no later than 2pm PDT/5pm EDT on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Computershare will ask for the appointed proxyholder's contact information and will send such appointed proxyholder a user ID number or username via email shortly after this deadline and then may proceed with the steps above to log into the virtual Meeting. Shareholders should note that if they participate and vote on any matter at the virtual Meeting, they will revoke any previously submitted proxy.

How to ask questions at the virtual Meeting:

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will have substantially the same opportunity to ask questions on matters of business before the Meeting as in past years when the annual meeting of shareholders was held in person. Upon shareholders logging into the virtual meeting platform, they will have the opportunity to start submitting questions prior to the Meeting and will continue to have the opportunity to submit questions during the Meeting. Questions may be sent to the Chair of the Meeting using the online Q&A tool on the meeting portal.

To ask a question, please follow the steps outlined below:

1. Tap on the icon and then type your question. 
2. Compose your question and then press the send to deliver your question to the Chair. 
3. Once you have pressed the send icon in step 2, confirmation that your question has been received by the Chair will appear.

Questions will be read by the Chair of the Meeting or a designee of the Chair and responded to by a representative of the Company as they would be at a shareholders meeting that was being held in person. As at an in-person meeting, to ensure fairness for all attendees, the Chair of the Meeting will decide on the amount of time allocated to each question and will have the right to limit or consolidate questions and to reject questions that do not relate to the business of the Meeting or which are determined to be inappropriate or otherwise out of order.

As part of the Meeting, the Company will hold a Q&A session during which the Chair and the Company's senior management intend to answer questions submitted during the Meeting.

How to attend the virtual Meeting as a guest:

1. Log into https://web.lumiagm.com/431696046 on the Meeting date at least 15 minutes before the start of the Meeting. You should allow ample time to check into the virtual Meeting and to complete the related procedures. 
   
   
2. Click on "I am a guest". 
   
   
3. Enter the password: "b2gold2021" (case sensitive).

How to vote in advance of the Meeting:

If you are a shareholder and are unable to participate in the Meeting online via live webcast, in order for your proxy to be valid you must submit your vote by no later than 2pm PDT/5pm EDT on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. 

Shareholders are encouraged to vote today via the internet or telephone using the control number found on the proxy or voting instruction form that was mailed out to you to ensure your vote is received in a timely manner.

Registered shareholders may vote by: shares held in own name and represented by a physical certificate

• Internet: www.investorvote.com
• Telephone: +1 866-732-8683

Beneficial shareholders may vote by: shares held with a broker, bank or other intermediary

• Internet: www.proxyvote.com
• Telephone: Call the number(s) listed on the voting instruction form and vote using the control number provided therein

Shareholder questions:

Shareholders who have questions, including with respect to Notice and Access, 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 email at [email protected].   

Dial-in and playback details:

In the unlikely event that your internet connection to the webcast is lost or interrupted, or as an alternative method to access the webcast, the Meeting will also be accessible by dialing +1 647-427-7450 (local – Toronto), +1 778-371-9827 (local – Vancouver) or +1 888-231-8191 (toll free – North America). However, participation through the conference line during the Meeting will only allow the attendees to listen in and you will not be able to vote or ask questions. 

A playback of the Meeting will be available until Friday, June 25, 2021, on B2Gold's events page or by dialing +1 416-849-0833 (local – Toronto) or +1 855-859-2056 (toll free – North America) (passcode 8154257).

Presentation:

Once the Meeting is adjourned, there will be presentations from Clive Johnson, President & CEO, and other B2Gold senior executives. The presentations will provide a review of B2Gold's performance in 2020, a general corporate update of the first half of 2021, and will conclude with a Q&A session.2021 A