EX-99.54 39 d467792dex9954.htm EX-99.54

EXHIBIT 99.54

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

130 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2200

Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5

Telephone: (416) 368-9932 or 1 (866) 788-8801

(All amounts are in United States dollars unless stated otherwise)

Monday, January 9, 2012

Alamos Gold Provides Notice of the Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 Financial

Results and Conference Call

Toronto, Ontario - Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX: AGI) (“Alamos” or the “Company”) plans to release its fourth quarter and year-end 2011 financial results before the start of trading on February 23, 2012. Senior management will host a conference call to discuss the financial results at 12:00 pm ET later that day.

Notice of 2011 Year-End Financial Results and Conference Call

The Company’s senior management will host a conference call on Thursday, February 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm ET to discuss the fourth quarter and year-end 2011 financial results, and to provide an update of the Company’s operating, exploration, and development activities.

Participants may join the conference call by dialling 1 (800) 355-4959 or 1 (416) 695-6617 for calls outside Canada and the United States or via webcast on the Company’s website at www.alamosgold.com.

A recorded playback of the conference call can be accessed after the event until March 8, 2012 by dialling 1 (800) 408-3053 or 1 (905) 694-9451 for calls outside Canada and the United States. The pass code for the conference call playback is 5252443. The archived audio webcast will also be available on the Company’s website at www.alamosgold.com.

About Alamos

Alamos is an established Canadian-based gold producer that owns and operates the Mulatos Mine in Mexico, and has exploration and development activities in Mexico and Turkey. The Company employs nearly 500 people in Mexico and Turkey and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighbouring communities. Alamos has over $210 million cash on hand, is debt-free, and unhedged to the price of gold. As of December 31, 2011 Alamos had 118,383,006 common shares outstanding (124,788,706 shares fully diluted), which are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “AGI”.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

John A. McCluskey |  | Allan Candelario
President and Chief Executive Officer |  | Investor Relations
(416) 368-9932 |  | (416) 368-9932 x 406

TRADING SYMBOL: TSX:AGI

The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Non-GAAP Statements

The Company believes that investors use certain indicators to assess gold mining companies. They are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared with GAAP. “Total cash costs” as used in this analysis is a non-GAAP term typically used by gold mining companies to assess the level of gross margin available to the Company per ounce of gold by subtracting these costs from the unit price realized during the period. This non-GAAP term is also used to assess the ability of a mining company to generate cash flow from operations. There may be some variation in the method of computation of “total cash costs” as determined by the Company compared with other mining companies. In this context, “total cash costs” reflects the per ounce “cash operating costs” allocated from in-process and dore inventory associated with ounces of gold sold in the period, plus applicable royalties. “Total cash costs” may vary from one period to another due to operating efficiencies, waste-to-ore ratios, grade of ore processed, gold recovery rates and gold prices during the period.

Cautionary Note

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This News Release includes certain “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release, including without limitation statements regarding forecast gold production, gold grades, recoveries, waste-to-ore ratios, total cash costs, potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of Alamos, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to mining and processing of mined ore, achieving projected recovery rates, anticipated production rates and mine life, operating efficiencies, costs and expenditures, changes in mineral resources and conversion of mineral resources to proven and probable reserves, and other information that is based on forecasts of future operational or financial results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.

Exploration results that include geophysics, sampling, and drill results on wide spacings may not be indicative of the occurrence of a mineral deposit. Such results do not provide assurance that further work will establish sufficient grade, continuity, metallurgical characteristics and economic potential to be classed as a category of mineral resource. A mineral resource which is classified as “inferred” or “indicated” has a great amount of uncertainty as to its existence and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that any or part of an “indicated mineral resource” or “inferred mineral resource” will ever be upgraded to a higher category of resource. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into proven and probable reserves.

Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”, “estimates” or “intends”, or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.

There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Alamos’ expectations include, among others, risks related to international operations, the actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as future prices of gold and silver, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Alamos’ Annual Information Form. Although Alamos has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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