VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 26, 2013) - SG Spirit Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SG) ("SG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Yik, CA, as Chief Financial Officer of SG, effective immediately. Mr. Yik is a chartered accountant with over 20 years of diversified business experience in areas of accounting, finance, corporate development, marketing, and logistics, with focus primarily in the resource sector, and most recently, the oil & gas sector. Mr. Yik graduated from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Mr. Yik obtained his CA designation while articling with the Vancouver office of KPMG and is also a member of the CICA's (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountant) Small Business Advisory Group.

The board of directors of SG wishes to thank Yvette Harrison for her contributions to SG during her tenure as Chief Financial Officer.

About SG Spirit Gold:

SG Spirit Gold is a Vancouver based exploration company that has entered into a Letter of Intent dated April 5, 2013 with Pangea Energy Corp. to combine their businesses to create a well-funded, growth oriented, oil & gas company. Pangea is a private British Columbia corporation with its head office located in Lakewood, Colorado and has interests in oil & gas properties located in Romania and is in negotiation to acquire producing and non-producing properties in the United States. For more information regarding the business combination, the Pangea private placement and the Pangea convertible debenture financing, please see news releases dated April 8, 2013, May 22, 2013 and June 21, 2013 respectively.

ON BEHALF OF THE SG BOARD

Adrian Bray, President & CEO

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