VANCOUVER, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) has released results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. All amounts in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated.
During the quarter the Company focused its efforts on providing detailed reports to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) outlining its plans for ongoing compliance with the concerns raised in the stop order received in March 2008. Having satisfied those concerns and implemented an interim system to improve the capture of mercury emissions at the mill, the Company received approval from the NDEP to restart the operations and has been working to bring the process mill to full operations over the last several weeks.
For the three months ended March 31, 2009, Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (the "Company") reported a net loss of $5.2 million ($0.02 per share), due to the continued shutdown of the mill and mine operations extending from 2008, and compared to a loss of $8.9 million ($0.05 per share) for the three months ended March 31, 2008.
Subsequent to the quarter-end, the Company has entered into an agreement with Great Basin Gold Limited to provide toll milling services at our wholly owned Jerritt Canyon property in Nevada for an additional 11,600 tons of ore at a price of $88 per ton. The Company has worked closely with Great Basin Gold since restarting the mill to complete this agreement and looks forward to future opportunities to provide toll milling services that are needed.
Graham Dickson, President and CEO of the Company, comments, "We are pleased that Great Basin Gold has decided to utilize our refurbished milling facilities to treat their ore. It shows a measure of confidence, matching our own, in our ability to operate the milling facilities in a profitable and environmentally sound manner. We will continue our efforts to identify other customers within trucking distance of the property who can have their ore processed at our facility."
Details of the Company's financial results are described in the unaudited consolidated financial statements, and management's discussion and analysis, which will be available on SEDAR, http://www.sedar.com/ and on the Company's website, http://www.yukon-nevadagold.com/s/FinancialStatements.asp.
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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