Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 9, 2024) - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") has published its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") Report. To streamline reporting, this annual ESG report consolidates disclosure on the Company's strategy and performance for key topics including health and safety, environmental stewardship, water stewardship, climate action, and tailings management. The consolidated report and data tables summarizing the Company's performance against relevant Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) metrics are available for review and download on Equinox Gold's website at www.equinoxgold.com.

Greg Smith, President & CEO of Equinox Gold, commented: "Equinox Gold's 2023 ESG Report summarizes our responsible mining commitments and management approach to the ESG issues that matter most to our business and our stakeholders. We have dedicated significant effort over the last six years to ensuring our commitment to excellence in responsible mining creates the foundation for our corporate culture and business strategy. We are seeing year-on-year improvements to our performance as the result of those efforts, and I am confident our commitment to these principles will continue to drive progress in the years ahead."

2023 ESG Results

Environment

Beat all environmental targets, with a Significant Environmental Incident Frequency Rate of 0.29 per million hours worked compared to our target of 1.40, a 54% improvement compared to 2022
Reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 4% compared to 2022 as we advance our target of achieving a 25% reduction by 2030
Initiated the process to implement a comprehensive water stewardship strategy
Continued to implement best practices for tailings and heap leach management and updated our Tailings Management Overview Report
Published data for the third time to CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project)
Entered into renewable energy wind contracts for two of our Brazil operations that will reduce our GHG emissions and result in approximately US$40 million in savings over the 10-year contract
Achieved Towards Sustainable Mining Level A performance for the Biodiversity Conservation Management protocol at all our mines
Used 80% recycled water at our operations compared to 58% in 2022
Planted 11,786 trees in reforestation projects around our sites

Social

Beat all safety targets, realizing a 31% improvement compared to 2022 with a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate of 1.47 per million hours worked compared to our target of 3.25
Seven lost-time incidents and one fatality; four mines had no lost-time injuries for the year
Provided 167,000 hours of training to our employees, of which more than 34% was on health and safety topics and 120 hours was dedicated to cybersecurity awareness
Invested US$9.5 million to support community initiatives
96% of total procurement spent with in-country suppliers
Improved our community and Indigenous engagement practices and achieved Towards Sustainable Mining Level A performance for the Indigenous and Community Relations protocol at all our operating mines and Level AA at 60% of our operating mines

Governance

Achieved Level A rating in at least 95% of Towards Sustainable Mining protocols at all mine sites
Expanded our enterprise risk management process
Zero substantiated cases of bribery or corruption or human rights violations
Launched our Supplier Code of Conduct to ensure suppliers adhere to our high standards of responsible business conduct
Completed Code of Conduct and Business Ethics training for our entire workforce, including training on human rights

2024 ESG Priorities

Continue to improve our health and safety and environmental performance
Develop a corporate strategy for equity, diversity and inclusion
Achieve Level A rating in 100% of Towards Sustainable Mining Safety and Health protocols and at least 95% for the Crisis Management, Water Stewardship, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation protocols

More information about Equinox Gold's 2023 performance, 2024 targets and commitments to responsible mining is available in the reports and other disclosure on our website at www.equinoxgold.com/responsible-mining.

Equinox Gold Contacts

Greg Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer
Rhylin Bailie, Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel: +1 604-558-0560
Email: ir@equinoxgold.com

Equinox Gold Announces Results from Annual Shareholders Meeting.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 9, 2024) - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Equinox Gold shareholders approved all matters voted on at the annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today, including the election of management's director nominees, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor, and acceptance of the Company's approach to executive compensation.

Ross Beaty, Chair of Equinox Gold's Board of Directors, commented: "I thank all our shareholders for their ongoing support of Equinox Gold as we continue our mission to become a major global gold producer. I am also pleased to welcome our new director, Trudy Curran. Trudy brings a wide range of legal, governance, capital markets and leadership experience and will be a wonderful addition to our Board."

Trudy Curran has extensive experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, governance and human resources across a range of industries, particularly oil and gas and mining. Ms. Curran previously served as a director of several resource companies and currently serves as a director of Baytex Energy, Trican Well Services Limited and the Alberta Securities Commission. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Curran has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and is the recipient of the Governor General's Bronze medal award for her academic, athletic and community achievements.

Each of the matters voted on at the meeting are described in detail in the Company's Management Information Circular dated March 25, 2024, which is available on the Company's website at www.equinoxgold.com. A total of 205,468,093 common shares were represented at the meeting, being 62.32% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares.

Board Size
Resolution Votes For Votes Against
To set the number of directors of the Company at nine 180,102,476 (99.78%) 402,320 (0.22%)



Election of Directors
Director Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld
Mr. Ross Beaty — Chair 180,183,257 (99.82%) 321,540 (0.18%)
Mr. Lenard Boggio — Lead Director 173,532,994 (96.14%) 6,971,803 (3.86%)
Ms. Maryse Bélanger 179,465,491 (99.42%) 1,039,306 (0.58%)
Mr. Gordon Campbell 179,479,778 (99.43%) 1,025,019 (0.57%)
Ms. Trudy Curran 180,042,099 (99.74%) 462,698 (0.26%)
Dr. Sally Eyre 178,735,609 (99.02%) 1,769,188 (0.98%)
Mr. Marshall Koval 175,074,525 (96.99%) 5,430,272 (3.01%)
Mr. Fraz Siddiqui 179,778,637 (99.60%) 726,160 (0.40%)
Mr. Greg Smith 180,136,631 (99.80%) 368,166 (0.20%)



Appointment of Independent Auditor
Resolution Votes For Votes Withheld
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the ensuing year, and authorizing the Board to set the auditor's pay 204,370,326 (99.46%) 1,100,796 (0.54%)



Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
Resolution Votes For Votes Against
A non-binding advisory resolution approving the Company's approach to executive compensation 175,071,454 (96.99%) 5,433,342 (3.01%)



Equinox Gold Contacts

Greg Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rhylin Bailie, Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel: +1 604-558-0560
Email: ir@equinoxgold.com