Robert Rodger Resigns as President

Tagish Lake Gold Corp., Richmond, B.C. (TSX-V: TLG) ("Tagish" or "the Company") has received and accepted the resignation of Mr. Robert (Bob) Rodger as the President of the Company effective as of January 17, 2008.  Mr. Greg Hawkins, the current Chairman of the Company, has been appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer.  The Company wishes to thank Mr. Rodger for his services since the Company's inception.

About Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
Tagish Lake Gold Corp. explores for and develops high grade gold-silver mineral deposits in the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Company is currently focused on its wholly owned, 178 km² Skukum Mineral District located 80 km by road south of Whitehorse.  The Skukum Mineral District hosts the Skukum Creek gold-silver deposit and the Goddell Gully gold deposit, and has a currently defined measured plus indicated resource of 1,420,000 tonnes grading 6.8 g/t Au and 131 g/t Ag (MineTech August 2007, available on Sedar); and the Mt. Skukum gold deposit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, visit the Company's website at www.tagishgold.com, or contact:

Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
Greg Hawkins, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, visit the Company's website at www.tagishgold.com, or contact:

Tagish Lake Gold Corp.    
Greg Hawkins  
info@tagishgold.com   

Tel:  604-273-6477    
Fax: 604-273-6488    
www.tagishgold.com   

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Tel. : (514) 939-3989
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Certain statements contained in this news release using the terms "may", "expects to", "projects", "estimates", "plans", and other terms denoting future possibilities, are forward-looking statements in respect to various issues including upcoming events based upon current expectations which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. The future conduct of the Company's business and the feasibility of its mineral exploration properties are dependent upon a number of factors and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to conduct its operations as contemplate and the accuracy of these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are subject to a variety of risks that are beyond our ability to predict or control and which may cause actual results to differ materially from the projections or estimates contained herein.  The risks include, but are not limited to, the risks described in the above press release; those risks set out in the company's disclosure documents and its annual, quarterly and current reports; the fact that exploration activities seldom result in the discovery of a commercially viable mineral resource and are also significant amounts of capital to undertake and the other risks associated with start-up mineral exploration operations with insufficient liquidity, and no historical profitability.  The Company disclaims any obligation to revise any forward looking statements as a result of information received after the fact or regarding future events.

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