VANCOUVER
,
Dec. 30
/CNW/ - Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (
Toronto
Stock Exchange: YNG;
Frankfurt
Xetra Exchange: NG6) Robert F. Baldock, the President and CEO of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company has completed its mail out of materials relating to its Special Meeting which will be held on
January 12, 2010
at
10:00 Pacific Time
, at the Company's head office at No. 490, 688 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver
, British Columbia,
Canada
.
At the Meeting, the Company's shareholders will be asked to approve:
1. the issuance of up to 85,200,000 Inducement Warrants for the early exercise of Existing Warrants which expired on
December 17, 2009
.
2. the issuance of up to 87,200,000 Inducement Warrants for the early exercise of Existing Warrants expiring
June 17, 2010
.
3. the issuance of 10,000,000 Inducement Warrants for the early exercise of Existing Warrants expiring
February 6
and 28, 2012.
4. the issuance of one half of an Inducement Warrant for the exercise of 10,250,000 Existing Warrants expiring
February 28, 2012
.
With respect to item 4, the Company proposes to issue one-half Inducement Warrants to three of the warrant holders of the
August 2009
private placement who were unable to submit their Warrants which expire on
February 28, 2012
in time to meet the
September 30, 2009
deadline. Items 1 to 3 were previously announced by the Company in news releases dated
September 29, 2009
and
October 14, 2009
, and the Company contacted disinterested shareholders in an attempt to obtain written consent for the issues. The Company subsequently abandoned such attempts and elected to place the matters to shareholders at a meeting as a more expedient approach. For full details of the news releases as well as the matters to be brought before the meeting, please refer to the Company's web site at http://www.yukon-nevadagold.com/s/Warrants.asp or www.sedar.com.
The Company urges all of its shareholders to take the time to complete and return their proxies no later than
January 10, 2010
.
Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. is a North American gold producer in the business of discovering, developing and operating gold deposits. The Company holds a diverse portfolio of gold, silver, zinc and copper properties in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia in
Canada
and in Arizona and Nevada in the
United States
. The Company's focus has been on the acquisition and development of late stage development and operating properties with gold as the primary target. Continued growth will occur by increasing or initiating production from the Company's existing properties.
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The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
WARNING: The Company relies upon litigation protection for "forward-looking" statements.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the
United States
. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the
United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the
United States
or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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For further information: For further information: Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., Nicole Sanches, Investor Relations Manager, Tel: (604) 688-9427 ext 224, Email: [email protected], www.yukon-nevadagold.com; CHF Investor Relations, Jeanny So, Director of Operations, Tel: (416) 868-1079 ext. 225, Email: [email protected], www.chfir.com
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