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PHI Gold Corporation (PINKSHEETS: PHIG) (FRANKFURT: RPBA), a majority owned subsidiary of PHI Group, Inc. (OTCBB: PHIE) (FRANKFURT: PR7) (XETRA: PR7), announced today that the company has completed the name change process to reflect its sole focus on gold mining and has declared a special stock dividend to the company's shareholders.

The company has also changed the name of its wholly owned subsidiary, Indochina Mining Corp., to Indochina Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation, to concentrate on non-gold and other industrial mineral properties.

As part of the restructuring plan, PHI Gold Corp. has declared a special dividend of Indochina Resources, Inc. stock to the company's shareholders of record as of February 28, 2011. Eligible shareholders of PHI Gold Corp. will be entitled to receive 0.13 share of Indochina Resources, Inc. for each share of PHI Gold Corp. held as of the record date. Indochina Resources, Inc. will register the special dividend stock before making the distribution as free-trading shares.

PHI Gold Corporation will use the recently acquired Maisy Mae Mining Inc. as a platform for further acquisitions of gold mines in the Yukon Territory, Canada. It is currently investigating other gold ore properties in the U.S. and Asia.

PHI Gold Corporation will continue to complete the audits of its financial statements and file the required reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission to regain its full reporting status on the OTCBB and upgrade to a senior exchange in the future when appropriate.

Henry Fahman, Chairman of PHI Gold Corp., said, "We are pleased with the progress of PHI Gold's acquisition plan and also intend to bring substantial assets into Indochina Resources, Inc. to create greater value for our shareholders."

About PHI Gold Corporation

PHI Gold Corporation is focused on acquiring and developing gold ore properties. The company has acquired Maisy Mae Mining Inc., a New Brunswick corporation, with mining operation in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Web site: www.phigoldcorp.com.

About PHI Group

PHIGroup (OTCBB: PHIE) provides M&A advisory and consulting services, develops real estate and natural resources and invests in special situations. PHIGroup, which specializes in raising capital and helping take companies public, is developing PHILand Ranch (FRANKFURT: 1P8), one of the largest master planned communities in Vietnam. This project includes Pointe91, a luxury resort and premium residential community in Quang Nam province in central Vietnam (www.PHILandranch.com). PHIGroup is also engaged in mining activities through its majority-owned subsidiary PHI Gold Corporation (PINKSHEETS: PHIG). Website: www.phiglobal.com.

Safe Harbor: This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based upon management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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