November 12, 2010 (FinancialWire) (http://www.financialwire.net/) — Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX: YNG) has named Franìois Marland to its board of directors. Marland has been appointed vice chairman of the board and chairman of the strategic planning committee.

Marland founded a group of 100 companies from 1987 until 1992. His group was composed of various industrial, distributional, internet and financial companies.

In 1992 he sold the group, then turned his attention to investing in capital risk ventures. Since 1992, Marland has acted as an advisor and capital risk-taker to more than 300 companies from different sectors of the market.

According to Yukon-Nevada, Marland's goal as a director of the company and chairman of the strategic planning committee is to finance the acquisition of sulphide and refractory ore reserves in the region of the Jerritt Canyon gold mine, to organize the structures to manage them and to focus on establishing YNG as a mid-sized gold producer in Nevada within the next three years.

Canada-based Yukon-Nevada Gold is in the business of discovering, developing and operating gold deposits. The company holds a portfolio of gold, silver, zinc and copper properties in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia in Canada and in Nevada in the United States.

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