Legend Gold Announces Appointment of New Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer and Grant of Incentive Stock Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 21, 2013) - Legend Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Legend Gold") (TSX VENTURE:LGN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Casswell as Corporate Secretary and David Miles as Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect. This is the result of Legend signing an administrative management contract with Seabord Services Corp. of Vancouver to improve the efficiency of corporate administration as the Company goes forward with its new plans.

Douglas Perkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Legend Gold stated, "As the Company gears up for an aggressive exploration season in West Africa, I would like to welcome Kim and David to the team. I look forward to working with them to grow the Company. At the same time, I would like to thank Jo-Anne Archibald and Kyle Appleby for the excellent service they delivered as Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer to Legend during some very difficult times over the past year. They were true professionals and I wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

"The Company also announces that pursuant to the Company's stock option plan that 315,000 incentive stock options, exercisable at $0.30 per share, for a period of 10 years have been granted to certain officers, and management company employees of the Company.

Legend staff are planning their exploration programs for the coming season on our large portfolio and we continue to look for other opportunities in these distressed markets."

About Legend Gold

Legend Gold is a mineral exploration and development company focused on exploring for gold in the Republic of Mali, West Africa. Legend Gold's fifteen main projects include the Lakanfla, Diba, Badiazilia, Mougnina, and Tiekoumala among others. There have been significant discoveries made at Diba, Lakanfla and Tiekoumala. Please visit Legend Gold's website www.legendgold.com to view project details.

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