Loyalist Appoints Douglas Chornoboy as Chief Financial Officer

Loyalist Group Limited ("Loyalist" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LOY) is
pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas Chornoboy as Chief Financial
Officer of the Company. 


Mr. Chornoboy is a seasoned financial executive and leader. He has 30 years of
experience in finance, including previous work as a CFO, and over 20 years of
experience in the banking industry. 


Mr. Chornoboy's experience includes;



--  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northern Group of
    Companies 
--  Chief Financial Officer of Northern Securities Inc.(a full service
    investment dealer) 
--  Chief Financial Officer of Jaguar Financial Corporation(TSX: JFC) 
--  Chief Financial Officer of Northern Financial Corporation(TSXV: NFC) 
--  Senior Vice President and Controller at Canadian Imperial Bank of
    Commerce(CIBC) 
--  Managing Director of CIBC World Markets 
--  Vice President of Wood Gundy  



Most recently Mr. Chornoboy was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk
Officer of Jameson Bank.


"With the recent growth of Loyalist, we have been able to attract a talented and
seasoned chief financial officer, who will be a key player in managing our
growth and integration of acquired companies," said Andrew Ryu, Chief Executive
Officer of Loyalist. "He has extensive experience in finance and operations,
which he can use as a basis to strengthen our management team as we continue to
grow."


Contemporaneously with Mr. Chornoboy's appointment, Nancy Lee has stepped down
as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Lee will continue to provide
accounting support to the Company during the transition of CFO functions to Mr.
Chornoboy.


About Loyalist

Loyalist owns and operates private English as a Second Language (ESL) Schools,
Career Colleges and Community Colleges in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and
Halifax.


Forward-Looking Statements 

This news release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking information and statements are
not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but
instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or
objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside
of the Company's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled",
"estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or
"believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements
that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or
"will be taken, "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The
forward-looking information contained herein includes information relating to
the Company's management team. By identifying such information and statements in
this manner, the Company is alerting the reader that such information and
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such information and statements. Any number of important factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking
statements as well as future results, including but not limited to: risks
related to any of the Company's announced or proposed acquisitions failing to
close or becoming delayed before closing; the Company 's reliance on its South
Korean contract; carrying on business and activities in international
jurisdiction where Canadian laws do not apply; any loss of certain key
personnel; levels of student enrolment; delays in rolling out the online
education programs; competition in the educational services market; and currency
fluctuations. 

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking information and statements, there may be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the
expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and
statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking
information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information
and statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking information or statements contained in this press release. The
forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the
date hereof, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
information that is contained or referenced herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable
securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward looking information and
statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is
expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
David McAdam
Loyalist Group Limited
VP Corporate Development
[phone]
[e-mail]


Douglas Chornoboy
Loyalist Group Limited
Chief Financial Officer
[phone]
[e-mail]