Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. intersects additional strong gold mineralization at the Ketza River Project

VANCOUVER, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) is pleased to announce favorable results from its restarted and on-going 2010 drilling program at Ketza River. The Ketza River property is wholly-owned by Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., and it is a past gold producer located near the town of Ross River in the Yukon Territory, Canada.

The recently received assay results are from the Bluff Zone at the Ketza River Project. The Bluff Zone is an individual mineralized zone located west of the proposed Peel open-pit resource area and east of the proposed Lab-Calcite open-pit resource area. All drill holes referenced in this news release are diamond drill holes completed from one drill rig between November 2009 and February 2010 and for which assays were recently received.

The Bluff Zone is a structurally-controlled, steeply-dipping sulfide replacement (manto) zone in limestone. Mineralization at the Bluff Zone has been exposed in several places on the surface by trenching. In addition, a small limestone quarry is located nearby to the Bluff Zone. Several of the previously reported 2008 drill holes intercepted massive pyrrhotite replacement mineralization with strong gold values. Drill hole KR-08-1355 intersected 11.2 meters of 9.7 g/t Au starting at a depth of 12.1 meters whereas drill hole KR-08-1351 intercepted 4.8 meters grading 11.5 g/t Au starting at 5.6 meters as previously reported in a news release issued on April 15th, 2009.

Following up on the 2008 work, a series of 2010 drill holes were completed to step down dip from the earlier intercepts. The table below lists the 2010 significant drill hole intercepts in the Bluff Zone. Highlights include drill hole KR-10-1471 that intercepted 2.42 meters averaging 20.8 g/t Au, and drill hole KR-10-1473 that intercepted 3.24 m averaging 12.2 g/t Au.

    Summary of Significant Intercepts from the Bluff Zone

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    Drill Hole Number     From (m)   To (m)   Thickness (m)*   Grade (g/t)
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    KR-10-1471             17.02     19.44         2.42             20.8
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    KR-10-1473              4.45      7.69         3.24             12.2
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    KR-10-1474             19.95     22.10         2.15              9.9
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    *Note: True thickness is the same as the drill hole thickness
    Drill holes KR-10-1469,1470,1472,1475 and 1476 returned no significant
    intersections

Neither the 2008 drill holes nor these recent drill intercepts from the Bluff Zone were included in the data used for the NI 43-101 resource estimate released on April 14, 2008 and therefore are likely to lead to an increase in the resource at the Ketza River project. These recent encouraging drill intercepts in the Bluff Zone will be used by mine engineers to help determine if an additional open pit is warranted in the area. A complete table of updated results for the 2008 drilling program can be found on our website: http://bit.ly/bkWFoM

A shallow Induced Polarization ("IP") anomaly just west of the Lab Zone manto was tested by two diamond drill holes: KR-09-1467 and KR-09-1468. Based on geological logging of the diamond drill core from these drill holes, the bulk of the anomaly was caused by barren pyrite hosted in black shale. Minor pyrrhotite was intersected in limestone rock at depth, but it did not contain significant gold in either drill hole.

Additional IP anomalies from the Titan-24 survey remain to be tested. We are awaiting assay results from the drill holes that tested the deep IP anomaly in the area underlying the QB resource.

This news release was reviewed and approved by the Chief Geologist for the Ketza River project, Ed Gates (M.Sc., P.Geo), and Vice President of Exploration for Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., Todd Johnson (M. Sc.). Ed Gates is the qualified person for the purpose of this release.

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