ONTARIO(BullionStreet): RJK Explorations Ltd. (RJX.A: TSX) has begun its 2013 exploration program on its 100% owned Blackwater properties, located approximately 120 km south of Vanderhoof, BC and adjacent to New Gold Inc’s Blackwater multi-million ounce bulk tonnage gold deposit.

Approximately 25 kilometers of additional gridding is currently underway and will be followed-up with IP geophysical and geochemical surveying, envisioned to close off a large, 1.7 km long anomaly located at West Grid 4 on the Blackwater West property where limited drilling last season has been highly encouraging. Drill permitting for a phase 2 follow-up to this and last seasons work is nearing completion.

RJK recently acquired a number of claim groups for an additional 5,816 hectares of lands within the evolving Blackwater Gold Camp, bringing its total 100% owned land position of highly prospective lands to approximately 27,000 hectares.

RJK also announces that the company has appointed Fred Sharpley, BA Sc, PGeo. as Vice-President of Exploration.

Fred is a seasoned explorationist with over 50 years experience as a professional geologist since graduating from the University of Saskatchewan. He has been directly involved in exploration for gold, silver, base metals and uranium in Canada, Mexico, Central America and Africa. Fred worked for the Keevil Mining Group (now Teck Resources) for nine years in exploration and as a mine geologist and has assisted several junior and senior mining companies over the years, including most recently, Detour Gold Corp.

The company has granted an aggregate of 1,750,000 stock options to certain of its directors, officers and employees. Each such stock option entitles the holder thereof to acquire one Class A subordinate voting share of the company at an exercise price of $0.10 for a period of 5 years from the date of grant.