/PRNewswire/ -- St. James Gold Corp. (TSX – V: LORD) (OTC: LRDJF), the "Company" is pleased to announce that it has secured the sole and exclusive option to acquire a 100% interest in the Quinn Lake Claims comprising two contiguous map-staked mineral licenses, for a landholding of 1,730 acres (the "Property") in the emerging prolific central Newfoundland island gold district. Entered into at arm's length, the Property is adjacent to Marathon Gold.'s Valentine Lake property where over 4 million ounces of gold have been developed to pre-feasibility, and situated 17 km northeast from the Marathon gold deposit and along strike of the main gold bearing structure in the district, the Valentine Shear Zone. The Property is accessible by a network of well-maintained seasonal gravel resource roads originating at Millertown approximately 35 km to the north.