Vancouver, B.C. - Christopher James Gold Corp. ("the Company") has granted incentive stock options to directors to purchase 350,000 common shares of the Company, exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.73 per share. The options will vest over three years and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's January 10, 2006 Stock Option Plan, as amended.

About Christopher James Gold Corp.

Christopher James Gold Corp. is a Canadian mineral exploration company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, under the symbol "CJG".

The Company has over $7 million in treasury and is well-funded to explore its large portfolio of gold projects in British Columbia, Nevada and Mexico:

• Most notably, it has the exclusive option to acquire 100% of Guardsmen Resources Inc., a private company that owns a number of highly-prospective properties in the in northern British Columbia, including the high-grade Ranch gold and copper project.
   
• In Durango State, Mexico, the Company has an option to acquire up to a 65% interest in Chesapeake Gold Corp.'s Cucaracha Dorada gold project.
   
• In Nevada, the Company is currently conducting first-phase exploration under option on the Olympic-Sun and Cedar Mountain gold and silver projects.  At present it is approximately half way through a 1,500m RC drilling program.
   
• In southern British Columbia, it owns 100% of the copper and gold rights to the historic Craigmont mine, as well as the Brassie Creek, Big Kidd, and Portage Lake gold properties.

Christopher James Gold Corp.
Dr. Max Baker, President

FURTHER INFORMATION
Christopher James Gold Corp.
Dr. Max Baker, President
John Glanville, Investor Relations
Tel: 604 408 8829
Email: info@christopherjamesgold.com