King's Bay Gold Corporation announces the appointment of Ray Prefontaine as a Director

King’s Bay Gold Corporation (TSX.V: KBG) (the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ray Préfontaine of Winnipeg, Manitoba as a Director of the Corporation subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. Mr. Préfontaine is currently the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer. This appointment is subsequent to the resignation of director Grant Hall as was announced in a news release dated June 24th, 2013. The Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. Préfontaine for agreeing to join the Board as a Director. Mr. Préfontaine was a director of the Corporation from August 2003 to March 2010. This appointment shall remain in effect until the next Annual and General Meeting of Shareholders which is tentatively scheduled to occur on September 5th, 2013 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


Ray Préfontaine

Mr. Préfontaine is a senior management professional with over 25 years of experience in managerial and directorship roles in the banking, brokerage, accounting and natural resources industries. Mr. Préfontaine is presently the Chief Financial Officer of Mainstream Minerals Corporation (TSX.V: MJO) and a founding shareholder of Accolade Resources Corporation (a private company based in Winnipeg, MB). He is currently a Director and the past-Chairman of the Saint-Boniface General Hospital Auxiliary Inc., a non-profit organization that manages all of the Hospital’s commercial enterprises. Mr. Préfontaine is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) degree in Marketing. He has completed various securities industry courses as provided by the Canadian Securities Institute and the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. During his university years, Mr. Préfontaine served his country as a commissioned naval officer and as a ship’s navigator in the Maritime surface program of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve.


About King’s Bay Gold Corporation

King’s Bay Gold Corporation is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company with mineral projects located in two of Canada’s emerging gold camps – the Rainy River / Kenora and Sturgeon Lake, ON gold camps.

KBG Shares Outstanding: 98,476,913



King’s Bay Gold Corporation
Peter Brooks, Director
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info@kingsbaygold.com
www.kingsbaygold.com



This news release includes certain forward-looking statements concerning the future performance of King’s Bay Gold Corporation’s business, its operations and its financial performance and condition, as well as management's objectives, strategies, beliefs and intentions. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently identified by such words as "may", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend" and similar words referring to future events and results. These forward-looking statements represent management's best judgment based on current facts and assumptions that management considers reasonable. The Company makes no representation that reasonable business people in possession of the same information would reach the same conclusions. All forward-looking information is inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, fluctuating commodity prices, competitive risks and the availability of financing and as described in more detail in the Company’s recent securities filings available at www.sedar.com. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance thereon.

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