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February 13 2009 - King's Bay Gold Corporation (TSX.V: KBG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. John Archibald, P.Geo., as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Corporation, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. Mr. Archibald has worked with the company over many years on the majority of its mineral exploration projects as the Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101. As such, the company is presently in discussions with several qualified individuals for the purposes of becoming the new Qualified Person going forward.
Mr. John Archibald replaces Mr. Richard Rivet who served as the Corporation's President and Chief Executive Officer for almost 11 years from the time company was incorporated on March 20th, 1998 until his resignation as announced on January 26th, 2009.
Mr. John Archibald
John Archibald, A.P.G.O., P.Geo., is self-employed as a consulting geologist working under contract for a number of mineral exploration companies. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Geology. Mr. Archibald is a member of the Ontario Prospectors Association (Southern Ontario Branch) and is a Fellow in the Geological Association of Canada (FGAC). Since graduation from university, he has accumulated 35 years of experience as a geologist.
About Kings Bay Gold
King's Bay Gold is unique in the industry in that it owns most of the equipment required to carry out the various phases of exploration. The Corporation is a very active Canadian mineral exploration company with mineral projects located in Canada's main gold camp - Red Lake, ON.
Strategic properties include - (1) The Headway, a property located directly adjacent to Canada's richest gold mine; (2) The Bobjo Mine, a past producing gold mine, located between two past producing mines (South Bay and Uchi Lake); (3) The Fort Frances Property (PGEs and diamonds), located on the same ultra-mafic structure and on strike of a new diamond discovery, and; (4) the relatively new Phyllis Lake discovery project.
KBG Shares Outstanding: 45,256,903
King's Bay Gold Corporation Raymond Préfontaine Director & Chief Financial Officer (204) 253-4653info@kingsbaygold.comwww.kingsbaygold.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Some of the statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements, such as estimates and statements that describe KBG's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that KBG or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties.
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