Mr. Zhaoxue Sun, Chairman of China Gold International Awarded the '2011 CCTV Chinese Annual Economic Figures'

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/13/11 -- China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd. (TSX: CGG)(HKSE: 2099) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that on December 12, 2011, Mr. Zhaoxue Sun, the Company's Chairman and former CEO, was honoured as one of the top 10 '2011 CCTV Chinese Annual Economic Figures'.

Since becoming the president of China National Gold Group Corporation(CNG) in 2006, Mr. Sun made great achievements in growing CNG into the largest gold producer in China. He also led CNG's investment in the Company, and CNG is currently the largest shareholder of the Company which has been designated as the only overseas flagship vehicle for CNG's international business development.

After CNG became the largest shareholder of the Company, Mr. Sun led the management team in its efforts to improve the Company's CSH operation, ramping up production from 57,517 ounces in 2008 to 111,000 ounces in 2010 and an estimate of 125,000 ounces in 2011. Under his great leadership, the resource for the Company's Jiama mine increased from 1.38 million tonnes of copper resource (M&I grade 0.74%) to 4.08 million tonnes of copper resource (M&I grade 0.41%) in 2010.

Under Mr. Sun's current leadership, the Company is aggressively looking for potential gold and other non-ferrous properties globally with a goal of becoming a truly international gold mining company.

About the Award

Selection of the CCTV Chinese Annual Economic Figures has a history of 12 years. It is hailed as the annual searching engine of Chinese economy. With standards of 'driving force, influence, innovation and responsibility', this selection takes 'the quality of growth' as the theme of the year. It searches the leaders and best practitioners who have changed the developing mode of China in 2011.

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