Not for distribution to U.S. news wire services or dissemination in the United States. Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — St. James Gold Corp. (the " Company " ) (TSXV: LORD) (OTCQB: LRDJF) (FSE: BVU3) is pleased to announce that, further to its August 5, 2021 press release and due to investor demand, it has upsized its private placement by $1,500,000, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $5,500,000. The Company has amended its agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. as lead agent (the " Lead Agent ") such that the Lead Agent will offer on a commercially reasonable efforts brokered private placement basis: (i) up to 931,667 units of the Company (each, a " Unit ") at a price of $3.22 per Unit; and (ii) up to 647,668 flow-through units of the Company (each, a " FT Unit ") at a price of $3.86 per FT Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to $5,500,000 (the " Offering ").