Notice of Results

28 Grosvenor Street London W1K 4QR United Kingdom www.fresnilloplc.com 17 May 2011 Fresnillo plc - Result of AGM The Board is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions put to shareholders  at today's Annual General Meeting were passed by means of a poll, including the ordinary resolutions  (resolutions 1 to 16) and special resolutions (resolutions 17 to 19) set out in  the Company's notice of AGM dated 12 April 2011. The final voting figures are shown below. +----------------+---------------+------------------+---------------+----------+ |Resolution | Total Votes | For (*) | Against (*) | Withheld | | | Cast +-----------+------+----------+----+ | | | | Number | % | Number | % | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |1: Presentation | 684,621,216|684,084,216| 99.92| 537,000|0.08| 4,925| |of the accounts | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |2: To approve | 684,626,141|684,611,141|100.00| 15,000|0.00| 0| |the final | | | | | | | |dividend | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |3: To approve | 684,620,381|684,456,817| 99.98| 163,564|0.02| 5,125| |the Remuneration| | | | | | | |Report | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |4: To re-elect | 662,724,891|648,248,036| 97.82|14,476,855|2.18|21,901,250| |Mr Alberto | | | | | | | |Baillères | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |5: To re-elect | 684,625,941|684,238,122| 99.94| 387,819|0.06| 200| |Lord Cairns | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |6: To re-elect | 683,868,399|682,731,321| 99.83| 1,137,078|0.17| 757,742| |Mr Javier | | | | | | | |Fernández | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |7: To re-elect | 683,840,097|680,285,142| 99.48| 3,554,955|0.52| 786,044| |Mr Fernando Ruiz| | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |8: To re-elect | 683,868,399|682,725,771| 99.83| 1,142,628|0.17| 757,742| |Mr Fernando | | | | | | | |Solana | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |9: To re-elect | 684,625,941|677,995,627| 99.03| 6,630,314|0.97| 200| |Mr Guy Wilson | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |10: To re-elect | 684,625,841|681,139,313| 99.49| 3,486,528|0.51| 300| |Mr Juan Bordes | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |11: To re-elect | 684,625,841|680,812,234| 99.44| 3,813,607|0.56| 300| |Mr Arturo | | | | | | | |Fernández | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |12: To re-elect | 684,625,941|680,812,084| 99.44| 3,813,857|0.56| 200| |Mr Rafael | | | | | | | |MacGregor | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |13: To re-elect | 684,625,941|681,299,534| 99.51| 3,326,407|0.49| 200| |Mr Jaime Lomelín| | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |14:To appoint | 684,620,291|684,066,939| 99.92| 553,352|0.08| 5,850| |the auditors | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |15: To allow the| 684,620,966|684,317,807| 99.96| 303,159|0.04| 4,925| |board to | | | | | | | |determine the | | | | | | | |auditors | | | | | | | |remuneration | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |16: To issue | 684,623,041|683,956,398| 99.90| 666,643|0.10| 3,100| |shares with pre-| | | | | | | |emption rights | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |17: To disapply | 684,625,810|684,573,503| 99.99| 52,307|0.01| 100| |pre-emption | | | | | | | |rights | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |18: To authorise| 684,626,041|684,609,679|100.00| 16,362|0.00| 100| |Share Repurchase| | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ |19: Notice of | 684,619,016|675,614,871| 98.68| 9,004,145|1.32| 7,125| |general meetings| | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+-----------+------+----------+----+----------+ (*) = Includes discretionary votes As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares and total voting rights of the Company was 717,160,159 shares in issue. The Company's Articles of Association set out that every member who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder on a poll. The scrutineer of the poll was Computershare Investor Services PLC. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, Fresnillo plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions dealing with the special business put to shareholders at the AGM today to the National Storage Mechanism, which will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do ENDS For further information, please visit our website,www.fresnilloplc.com or contact: Fresnillo plc London Office Arturo Espinola Head of Investor Relations                    Tel: +44(0)20 7339 2470 Mexico City Office Gabriela Mayor                                    Tel: +52 55 52 79 3203 About Fresnillo plc Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES. Fresnillo has five producing mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Ciénega, Herradura, Soledad-Dipolos and Saucito; one development project - Noche Buena; and six advanced exploration prospects - San Ramon, San Julián, Orysivo, Centauro Deep, Las Casas and Juanicipio, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects and, in total, has mining concessions covering approximately 1.91 million hectares in Mexico. Fresnillo has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mining development and reserves replacement, and a low cost of production, being in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold. Fresnillo's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and over 400,000 ounces of gold by 2018. This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. 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