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Golden
Eagle Settles Lawsuit with Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.
SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH—(MarketWire)---August 25, 2010---Golden Eagle International,
Inc. (OTCBB: MYNG)
announced today that it has settled its lawsuit with Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.
(YNG.TO) and its
subsidiary, Queenstake Resources USA, Inc. (“Queenstake”).
As a
result of the settlement, the parties have agreed that all claims in the lawsuit
in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Elko County (Queenstake Resources USA, Inc. v.
Golden
Eagle International,
Inc. v. Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp, et al., CV-C-09-544), may be dismissed,
each party bearing its own costs and attorneys’ fees.
Pursuant
to the settlement, Golden Eagle expects to receive $3,467,152 over the next four
months. The settlement agreement also provides that Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. will
deliver 2 million shares of its issued and outstanding common stock to Golden
Eagle on or before October 20, 2010.
Golden
Eagle has concurrently filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on its EDGAR electronic library regarding the
settlement of the lawsuit.
Golden
Eagle recommends that you review its disclosures, risk statements, previous
press releases, annual reports, quarterly reports and current reports found at
its website: http://www.geii.com.
Eagle
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CONTACT: Sabrina
Martinez in Investor Relations: (801) 619-9320
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISKS DISCLAIMER
This press
release contains information that is “forward-looking” in that it may describe
events and conditions that Golden Eagle International, Inc. (“Golden Eagle” or
“the Company”) reasonably expects to occur in the future. Expectations for
the future performance of the business of Golden Eagle are dependent upon a
number of factors, and there can be no assurance that Golden Eagle will achieve
the results as contemplated herein and there can be no assurance that Golden
Eagle will be able to conduct its operations as contemplated herein.
Certain statements contained in this release using the terms “may,” “expects
to,” “intends to,” “believes” and other terms denoting future possibilities, are
forward-looking statements. The accuracy of these statements cannot be
guaranteed as they are subject to a variety of risks, which are beyond Golden
Eagle’s ability to predict or control, and which may cause actual results to
differ materially from the projections or estimates contained herein, including
those risks identified elsewhere herein and in Golden Eagle’s annual report on
Form 10-K and reports subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and available at: www.sec.gov. It is
important that each person reviewing this release understand the risks attendant
to the operations of Golden Eagle. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement made herein.
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