TORONTO, July 31, 2013 /CNW/ - White Tiger Gold Ltd. ("White Tiger" or the "Company") (TSX: WTG) announces that it has appointed Mr. Sergey Kashuba to its Board of Directors and as Chief Operating Officer.

Sergey Kashuba is currently the Chairman of the Russian Union of Gold Producers. Over the past ten years Mr. Kashuba held executive positions in a number of gold mining companies, including Zapadnaya Artel in Yakutia Republic, GeoProMining and  Zolotaya Zvezda in the Krasnoyarsk region. He has extensive experience in economic assessment, financing and trading in gold deposits in Russia and CIS countries. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Kashuba was the Chairman of the Committee on precious metals of the Russian Banking Association where he led development of legislative initiatives aimed at liberalization of the Russian precious metals market.  From 1996 to 2002 he was the head of Precious metals Department of Incombank and Investment Banking Corporation (Moscow).  Mr. Kashuba is a graduate of the Institute of Foreign Languages, and in his early career worked in various state enterprises including Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

Commenting on the appointment of Mr. Kashuba, Sergey Yanchukov, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of White Tiger Gold said, "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to welcome Mr. Kashuba to his dual role as a Director and Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Kashuba's extensive experience in the Russian mining sector will be a tremendous benefit to the Company."

About White Tiger

White Tiger Gold Ltd. is a TSX-listed mining and exploration company, focused on the development of mineral resources in the Russian Federation.

SOURCE White Tiger Gold Ltd.