VANCOUVER, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Veris Gold Corp. (TSX: VG) (OTCQB: YNGFF) (Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6A) ("VG" or the "Company"), announces today that Whitebox Advisors LLC ("Whitebox") has exercised its option to amend the exercise price of the Whitebox Warrants (as defined below) from $3.00 (on a post-consolidated basis) to $1.95 as per terms of the subscription agreement, subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. No other provisions of the Whitebox Warrants will be amended and none of the Whitebox Warrants are held directly or indirectly by insiders of the Company. The amendment to the exercise price of the Whitebox Warrants will be effective as of ten trading days from the date of this release.

The Whitebox Warrants were issued pursuant to a subscription agreement between the Company and Whitebox Advisors LLC ("Whitebox"), as part of a private placement completed by the Company (the "Private Placement"), as disclosed in the June 15, 2012 news release, whereby the Company issued an aggregate principal amount of CDN$6,000,000 in unsecured convertible debentures, 201,012 common shares (on a post-consolidated basis) and 2,010,125 common share purchase warrants (the "Whitebox Warrants") (on a post-consolidated basis) to Whitebox. Each Whitebox Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one common share until June 15, 2015.

Veris Gold Corp. is a growing mid-tier North American gold producer in the business of developing and operating gold mines in geo-politically stable jurisdictions. The Company's primary asset is the permitted and operating Jerritt Canyon gold mine located 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada, USA. The Company also holds a diverse portfolio of precious metals properties in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, Canada, including the former producing Ketza River mine. The Company's focus has been on the re-development of the Jerritt Canyon mining and milling facility.

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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" and "forward looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation, statements relating to plans for or intentions with respect to the offering of Securities and the Company's use of proceeds from the sale of Securities are forward-looking statements. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". By their nature, forward-looking statements and information are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include among other things the following: the Company's ability to engage underwriters, dealers or agents on terms and conditions deemed reasonable by the Company; the need to satisfy regulatory and legal requirements with respect to any offerings; gold price volatility; discrepancies between actual and estimated production and mineral reserves and resources; the speculative nature of gold exploration; mining operational and development risk; and regulatory risks. See our Annual Information Form for additional information on risks, uncertainties and other related factors. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, 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. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

SOURCE Veris Gold Corp.