TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 13, 2013) - Samco Gold Limited (TSX VENTURE:SGA) ("Samco Gold" or the "Company") announces that Paul Richardson, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a director, has advised the Company that he will be leaving to pursue different opportunities effective August 13^th 2013. In order to maintain continuity Mr Richardson's consultancy company will continue to provide certain consultancy services to the Company for a period of time.

The role of Chief Executive Officer will be assumed by the Company's Executive Chairman, Charles Koppel with immediate effect.

Charles Koppel said:

"Paul has been with the Company from its inception and was instrumental in bringing the Company to market in a highly successful IPO and its subsequent development of two very exciting assets. All of us at the Company thank Paul for his dedication and hard work, and wish him the very best." 

About Samco Gold Limited

Samco Gold's principal business is the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metals resource properties in South America. The Company's principal mineral property is the El Dorado Monserrat epithermal gold project, located in the Deseado Massif region of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The Company's goal is to become a producer of gold through the exploration and development of El Dorado Monserrat. Samco Gold also owns a portfolio of other mineral exploration properties in the Deseado Massif including the Corina, Yasmin 1, Judite 1 and Ginette and Giancarla projects.

Additional details on the Company are available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements which can be identified by the use of words "commenced", "scheduled", "expect", "goal", and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "would", or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Information concerning the interpretation of drill and other exploration results may also be considered forward-looking statements as such information constitutes a prediction of what mineralization might be found to be present if and when a project is actually developed.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the results of due diligence activities, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in Samco Gold's Prospectus dated June 27, 2011 filed and publicly available under the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Although Samco Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligations, to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws.

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