MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Dec. 31, 2012) - KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) ("KWG" or the "Company") has completed a non-brokered private placement (the "Placement") of 24,398,332 common shares of the Company issued on a "flow-through" basis at a price of $0.06 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,463,900. The proceeds from the Placement will be used for eligible flow-through exploration expenses and will be renounced for the 2012 taxation year. Marquest Capital Markets received a cash finder's fee in the amount of $87,834 as well as a fee in the amount of $2,825 (inclusive of tax) for certain corporate finance and due diligence services provided to KWG in connection with the Placement.

The shares issued in the Placement are subject to a hold period expiring on April 29, 2013.

Shares issued and outstanding: 691,577,273