Result of AGM

Hochschild Mining plc ("the Company")

The Company announces the following results of the poll taken at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today:

FOR

AGAINST

Resolution

Description of Resolution

Number of Votes

% of Votes Cast*

Number of Votes

% of Votes Cast*

Total Number of Votes Cast

Votes Withheld

1

Receipt of 2008 Report and Accounts

275,098,570

95.15

14,000,000

4.85

289,098,570

105,523

2

Approve 2008 Directors' Remuneration Report

288,280,541

99.77

647,352

0.23

288,927,893

276,200

3

Approve 2008 Final Dividend

289,098,570

99.96

102,723

0.04

289,201,293

2,800

4

Elect Miguel Aramburú

274,690,230

99.81

508,463

0.19

275,198,693

14,005,400

5

Elect Ignacio Rosado

274,690,230

99.81

508,463

0.19

275,198,693

14,005,400

6

Re-elect Jorge Born Jr.

274,333,150

99.86

360,502

0.14

274,693,652

14,510,441

7

Re-elect Nigel Moore

289,133,191

99.97

65,502

0.03

289,198,693

5,400

8

Re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

288,671,252

99.89

295,000

0.11

288,966,252

237,841

9

Authorise the Audit Committee to set the auditors' remuneration

289,092,362

99.99

6,208

0.01

289,098,570

105,523

10

Authorise directors to allot shares

287,667,652

99.79

592,255

0.21

288,259,907

944,186

11

Disapply pre-emption rights

289,103,964

99.96

92,229

0.04

289,196,193

7,900

12

Authorise the Company to make market purchases of own shares

289,106,193

99.96

95,100

0.04

289,201,293

2,800

13

To authorise general meetings other than AGMs to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice

289,042,138

99.94

156,555

0.06

289,198,693

5,400

14

Amend, with effect from 1 October 2009, provisions of the Articles of Association

289,106,193

99.96

90,000

0.04

289,196,193

7,900

15

To revoke any deemed limit in the Articles of Association on the number of shares the Company may allot

289,103,464

99.96

96,929

0.04

289,200,393

3,700

*excluding Votes Withheld