Minco Gold Corporation is looking to diversify outside China in 2013. Peter Voulgaris, Vice President of corporate development of Minco Gold said, "We are actively evaluating advanced gold projects outside China for potential acquisition."

Minco Gold Corporation is planning to sell the non-core projects in China to generate working capital and maximize its shareholder value.

Minco Gold Corporation announced that Mr. Peter Voulgaris has been appointed as Vice President of Corporate Development and Mrs. Ellen Wei, the company's interim CFO, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, of the Minco Group of Companies. Mr. Voulgaris possesses nearly two decades of international mining experience, including exploration, mine development, operations, and corporate development. He worked as a project geologist at Placer Dome in Australia for seven years after which he joined Newmont Mines Ltd. as senior mine geologist for three years. Mrs. Ellen Wei has been with the Minco Group of companies since 2005. She worked at Zhonghua Accounting Firm, a subsidiary of Ministry of Finance of China, in Beijing for twelve years. Prior to joining the company, she worked at Ernst & Young LLP as an auditor in Hong Kong and Los Angeles for three years. Mrs. Wei was appointed as the CFO of Minco Mining (China) Co. Ltd. in Beijing in 2005 and was transferred to Minco's Vancouver office as controller of Minco Group in January 2009. She has served as the company's interim CFO from May 2012 to present.