Mr. Jiang Yu reports

ST. JAMES GOLD CORP. CLOSES PRIVATE PLACEMENT

St. James Gold Corp. has closed the previously announced non-brokered private placement and has issued 855,479 units at a price of 12 cents per unit for gross proceeds of $102,657.48. Each unit will be composed of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share at 20 cents per share for a period of one year from the date of issue. The company has decided not to sell any further units of the previously announced private placement.

All securities issued in connection with the offering will be subject to a four-month statutory hold period.

The proceeds of the offering will used to conduct exploration work on the company's Newfoundland properties, to conduct due diligence on potential acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

Completion of the private placement has been approved by the TSX Venture Exchange.

About St James Gold Corp.

St. James Gold is a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol LORD, in the United States market listed on OTCQB under LRDJF and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under BVU3. The company is focused on creating shareholder value through the discovery and development of economic mineral deposits by acquiring prospective exploration projects with well-delineated geological theories; integrating all available geological, geochemical and geophysical data sets; and financing efficient exploration programs. The company currently holds: (i) a 100-per-cent stake in 29 claims, covering 1,791 acres, in the Gander gold district in north-central Newfoundland located adjacent to New Found Gold Corp.'s Queensway North project; and (ii) a 100-per-cent stake in nine claims and an option to acquire a further 100-per-cent interest in 19 claims, covering a total 1,730 acres, in central Newfoundland located adjacent to Marathon Gold's Valentine Lake property.

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