Vancouver, British Columbia: Sunward Resources Ltd. ("Sunward" or the "Company") (TSX: SWD; OTCQX: SNWRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Paul Robertson as its Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.<br /><br />Mr. Robertson is a Chartered Accountant who brings to his position over 19 years of senior industry experience working with a variety of Canadian public resource companies with operations around the world. Currently, he is the managing partner of Quantum Advisory Partners LLP, a professional consultancy firm dedicated to providing financial reporting, taxation and regulatory advisory services to publicly-listed companies. Previously, Mr. Robertson held senior financial positions with a number of Colombia-focused companies. He holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario (1993) and has a Chartered Accountant designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (1997).<br /><br />Sunward wishes to thank Mr. Michael Malana, the outgoing Chief Financial Officer, for his years of service to the Company.<br /><br />ABOUT SUNWARD:<br /><br />Sunward Resources is a Canadian-based company focused on the exploration and development of the 100%-owned Titiribi Project in Colombia. Titiribi hosts NI 43 101-compliant Measured and Indicated Resource of 4.63 million ounces of gold contained within 285.8 million tonnes grading 0.50 grams/tonne and Inferred Resource of 6.01 million ounces of gold contained within 349.4 million tonnes grading 0.53 grams/tonne. All Titiribi resources were assessed using a cut-off of 0.3 grams/tonne gold. Titiribi also hosts 654.4 million pounds of copper in the Measured & Indicated Mineral Resource and 216.3 million pounds of copper in the Inferred Resource. For more information, please see the Company's press release dated September 12, 2013 as published on SEDAR and on the Company's website, as well as the technical report by Behre Dolbear & Company (USA), Inc. dated September 9, 2013.<br /><br />The Titiribi Project is located approximately 70 kilometres southwest of the city of Medellin, Colombia, in Antioquia department, within the historical Titiribi mining district (with estimated total production of 1.5 to 2 million ounces gold and gold equivalent). Access to Titiribi is by a paved highway from Medellin.