Gil Leathley is appointed Chief Operating Officer of Sunward

VANCOUVER, Feb. 6, 2013 /CNW/ – Sunward Resources Ltd. (“Sunward” or the “Company”) (TSX: SWD) (OTCQX: 
SNWRF) announced today that Gil Leathley has been appointed to the position of
Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective immediately. Mr.
Leathley will be responsible for all technical and operating aspects
related to the advancement of the Company’s 100%-owned Titiribi project
in Colombia.  Prior to this appointment, Mr. Leathley served as a
Senior Advisor to the CEO. He will also continue to serve as a member
of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Mr. Leathley has more than 50 years of mining experience in the industry
where he has been involved in all aspects of mine construction and
operations around the world. Originally from Scotland, he trained as a
Mine Surveyor and Industrial Engineer with the Scottish National Coal
Board, working his way through coal and bauxite mines and eventually to
gold and copper mining. Mr. Leathley was the driving force in
overseeing the development of several major operating mines in Canada,
Australia and South America including Golden Giant, Jolu, Eskay Creek,
Santa Fe, Ruby Hill and Nickel Plate mines on behalf of Noranda Mining,
International Corona Corporation and Homestake Mining Company where he
served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer before
retiring in 2000. Most recently, he held the position of Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer of NOVAGOLD Resources Inc., a
precious metals company engaged in the exploration and development of
mineral properties in North America. Mr. Leathley also serves on a
number of Boards of North American mining and mineral exploration
companies.

Chief Executive Officer Philip O’Neill commented: “Gil’s wealth of experience in building and operating mines will be of
immense value to Sunward as the Company continues to advance Titiribi’s
Cerro Vetas project toward development and ultimately production. I am
looking forward to working with Gil on establishing concrete options
for a staged and cost-effective development of Titiribi, one of the
most significant gold-copper districts in South America.”

ABOUT SUNWARD:

Sunward Resources is a well-capitalized, Canadian-based company focused
on the exploration and development of gold/copper porphyry projects in
Colombia. The 100%-owned Titiribi Project is located approximately 70
kilometres southwest of the city of Medellin, Colombia, in Antioquia
department, within the historical Titiribi mining district (estimated
total production to date of 1.5 to 2 million ounces gold equivalent).
Access is by paved highway from Medellin.

Titiribi currently hosts an NI 43-101 compliant Measured & Indicated
Mineral Resource of 4.6 million ounces gold (within 275.4 million
tonnes grading 0.52 grams per tonne gold and 0.17 per cent copper,
using a 0.3 grams per tonne gold cut-off), along with an additional
Inferred Mineral Resource of 6.4 million ounces gold (within
359.6million tonnes grading 0.56 grams per tonne gold using a 0.3 grams
per tonne gold cut-off; see Report dated June 2012 available at www.sunwardresources.com and on SEDAR).

Titiribi thus contains 6.28 million ounces of gold equivalent in the
Measured & Indicated Resource categories and a further 7.51 million
ounces of gold equivalent in the Inferred Resource category, calculated
on the basis of gold price of $1,114 per ounce and copper price of
$3.07 per pound (See Report dated September 2011 available at www.sunwardresources.com and on SEDAR.)

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interpreting drilling results and other geological data; fluctuations
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acquire additional mineral properties; the availability of and costs of
required financing; economic, political and social uncertainties;
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material adverse change affecting the Company or its properties,
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SOURCE Sunward Resources Ltd.