Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. announced that Dr. Guy Joseph Della Valle and James Longshore were elected as directors of the company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed. Robert Casaceli did not stand for re-election as a director.

Dr. Guy Joseph Della Valle, Ph.D., M.Sc., P.Geo, Temp. is Vice-President, Exploration of Buccaneer Gold since June 2011. James Longshore is a co-founder of Xtra-Gold and formerly served as the company's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer from March 4, 2007 to June 1, 2010 and a director from September 1, 2006 to June 1, 2010.