Yukon Gold appoints Dan Hachey as a Special Advisor

TORONTO , Oct. 5 /CNW/ - Doug Oliver , President & CEO is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Hachey as Special Advisor to the Company. Mr. Hachey has a strong investment banking background with over twenty years of experience in the capital markets, largely in the area of public equity financings, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and private placements. Mr. Hachey has also been active in the area of mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions and other advisory work. Currently, Mr. Hachey is President and CEO of Greenwich Global Capital Inc., a public capital pool company listed on the TSX-V. In addition, Mr. Hachey has held Board of Directors' positions with both public (NASDAQ, AMEX, TSX and TSX-V) and private companies. Mr. Hachey has held senior investment banking positions with a number of firms and has worked in Toronto , New York and Montreal . Dan also held the title of President & CEO of a public mining company listed on the TSX-V. Mr. Hachey graduated from McGill University with a MBA degree in Finance. Prior to that he was enrolled in a Master of Science program at Universite de Montreal after earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University .

Doug Oliver stated that " Daniel Hachey brings a level of expertise and experience in the capital markets that we feel will be instrumental in assisting Yukon Gold to achieve its ambitious plans moving forward. We very much look forward to working with Dan."

Yukon Gold Corporation "Yukon Gold" or the "Company" (OTCBB:YGDC) Frankfurt (W8Y) is engaged in acquiring near production gold and silver projects with a commitment to financing and placing the mines in production.

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