St. James Gold Corp. announced that, effective immediately, the company has appointed Leigh Hughes to its board of Directors.

Mr. Hughes is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has over 20 years' experience working with private and public companies across the globe, in particular North America, Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. Mr. Hughes is the Founder of COMVERJ Ventures. The company also announced that Ning Wu has resigned as a Director of the Company.