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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

June 8, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Gold Reserve Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

  Yukon Territory, Canada                 001-31819                                                NA

         (State or other jurisdiction                             (Commission                                                       (IRS Employer

                 of incorporation)                                     File Number)                                                   Identification No.)

 

 

 

926 West Sprague Ave, Suite 200, Spokane, Washington 99201

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

509-623-1500

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 507.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Gold Reserve Inc. held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 8, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”).  The following are the results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting:

 

 

 

 

 

Outcome of Vote

 

Votes For

Votes Withheld

 

Abstain

1.

Election of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are elected and have qualified;

 

The election of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockne J. Timm

 

FOR

39,453,185

307,558

 

 

A. Douglas Belanger

 

FOR

39,447,848

312,895

 

 

James P. Geyer

 

FOR

39,391,769

368,974

 

 

James H. Coleman

 

FOR

39,436,718

324,025

 

 

Patrick D. McChesney

 

FOR

39,407,692

353,051

 

 

Chris D. Mikkelsen

 

FOR

39,453,849

306,894

 

 

Jean Charles Potvin

 

FOR

39,455,249

305,494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Appointment of Auditor

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor until the close of the next annual meeting or until a successor is appointed.

 

 

FOR

 

 

39,598,736

 

 

102,359

 

 

 

59,648

 

 

There were no broker non-votes for either of the matters listed above.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  June 10, 2010

 

 

 

GOLD RESERVE INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Robert A. McGuinness

Robert A. McGuinness

V.P. Finance and Chief Financial Officer