AQUA METALS, INC. (TYO:8058) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters To a Vote of Security Holders

We held an annual meeting of stockholders on December 21, 2016,
for purposes of:

• Electing five directors, each to serve until our 2017 Annual
  Meeting of Stockholders; and
• Ratifying the appointment ofArmanino LLP as our independent
  registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
  December 31, 2016.

All of the persons nominated to serve on our board of directors,
namely Stephen Clarke, Thomas Murphy, Vincent DiVito, Mark Slade
and Mark Stevenson, were elected to our board of directors, with
shares voted as follows:

In addition, our shareholders ratified the appointment ofArmanino
LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, with shares voted as
follows:

There were 6,195,409 broker non-votes in the election of
directors.

Item 8.01, Other Information.

On December 23, 2016, we received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC notifying us that, based upon the appointment of Mark
Stevenson to our board of directors on December 21, 2016, we had
regained compliance with the requirements for continued listing
on The Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Listing Rules
5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2), which require that a majority of our
directors be independent and that we have an audit committee of
at least three independent directors.

About AQUA METALS, INC. (TYO:8058)

Mitsubishi Corporation manufactures and markets a range of products, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals and living essentials. The Company’s segments include Global Environmental & Infrastructure Business Group, which conducts infrastructure projects and related trading operations; Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group, which develops shosha-type industrial finance business; Energy Business Group, which conducts a range of activities, including oil and gas exploration, development and production business; Metals Group, which trades, develops business and invests in a range of fields, including steel products; Machinery Group, which handles sales, finance and logistics across various sectors in which it also invests, and Living Essentials Group, which provides products and services, develops businesses and invests in various fields, including food products and food, textiles, essential supplies, healthcare, distribution and retail.

AQUA METALS, INC. (TYO:8058) Recent Trading Information

AQUA METALS, INC. (TYO:8058) closed its last trading session down -21.00 at 2,516.50 with 2,745,000 shares trading hands.