VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 22, 2015) - East Africa Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EAM) ("East Africa" or the "Company") announces voting results from its Annual Meeting (the "Meeting") of Shareholders held today in Vancouver, BC.

A total of 47.8 million common shares, representing approximately 46.83% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares, were voted in connection with the Meeting. East Africa shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of all items of business, including the election of each director nominee as follows:

East Africa shareholders voted 99.91% in favour to appoint PricewaterhouseCooper LLP as auditors, 99.56% in favour of the Company's Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, and 99.55% in favour of its rolling stock option plan.

About East Africa Metals

The Company's principal assets and interests include both the 70%-owned Harvest polymetallic VMS exploration Project, which covers approximately 116 square kilometres in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, 600 kilometres north‐northwest of the capital city of Addis Ababa, and the Adyabo Project, covering 264 square kilometres immediately west of the Harvest Project. The Company owns 55% of the Adyabo Project and has an option to acquire up to 80% of the Adyabo Project. East Africa now has mineral resources defined at both projects in Ethiopia and continues to test priority targets. Additionally, the Company owns the 93 square kilometre Handeni Property located in north-eastern Tanzania. The Company recently signed a binding letter agreement with an arm's length private exploration and development company to develop its properties in Tanzania, including the Magambazi Project, a gold deposit discovered in 2009.

Additional information about East Africa including news releases, interim financial statements and other public documents can be viewed at the Company's website at www.eastafricametals.com or at www.sedar.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors:

Andrew Lee Smith, P.Geo.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

East Africa Metals
Nick Watters
Business Development
+1 (604) 488-0822
investors@eastafricametals.com
www.eastafricametals.com