Appointment of Henry M. Meixner to the Board of Directors

Q-Gold Announces Appointment of Geologist Henry M. Meixner to the Board of Directors

SEC 12g 3-2(b) Exemption # 82-4931

January 30, 2007

Q-Gold Resources Ltd. (TSXV: QAU; Frankfurt: QX9) is pleased to announce the appointment of geologist Henry M. Meixner, P. Geo. FGAC, to its Board of Directors effective January 26, 2007.  Mr. Meixner, a Canadian citizen, has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Geology from the University of British Columbia.  Since 1995, he has been a consulting Geologist to a number of Vancouver-based resource companies evaluating grass roots and advanced mineral exploration projects in North and South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Guyana and Mexico.

His extensive experience of over 40 years also includes General Manager of Orex Laboratories’ Barnaby, B.C., heavy minerals processing facility where samples from diamond exploration projects were analyzed.  Previous international consulting assignments include exploration projects in Botswana (where, for 4 years he was Project Head of the Kalahari Desert Drilling Project for the CIDA/Botswana Geological Survey), Indonesia, Kenya, Kazakhstan, and two years of geologic mapping in Iran for Watts Griffis and McQuat Ltd., Iran.

Mr. Meixner is also the author of two publications on the geology of Iran and one on the geophysical and geological results of the Botswana Project.

Under the Corporation’s stock option plan (approved by the shareholders in June 2006), Mr. Meixner has been granted 125,000 common share stock options, exercisable within 5 years at $0.24 per share.

Chairman, J. Bruce Carruthers II, said “We are indeed fortunate to have someone with Hank Meixner’s broad, worldwide geological and exploration experience on our Board.  We look forward to closely working with him as we launch our 2007 exploration program in the historic Ontario Gold Camp at Mine Centre, where we hold over 27,000 acres of prospective gold claims and leases.”

About the Corporation:
Q-Gold is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company currently exploring for precious and base metals on its extensive holdings at Mine Centre, Ontario.

For more information, please contact: J. Bruce Carruthers II, President at 888-779-0166.

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