This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Rules and not a prospectus and not an offer of securities for sale in any jurisdiction. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") that will be published by Yamana Gold Inc. in connection with the proposed admission of its common shares to the Standard Listing segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange" or "LSE") (together, "Admission"). Once approved, the Prospectus will be available on the Company's website: www.yamana.com.

YAMANA GOLD INC. (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY) ("Yamana" or "the Company") is pleased to announced that it has been included in this year's TSX30 ranking of top performing stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX").

, /PRNewswire/ -- What do the founders and shareholders of the company that made one of the biggest high-grade gold discoveries of the decade in know that investors don't know? They think they know when and by whom the next big discovery might likely be made. Mentioned in today's commentary includes(NYSE: NEM),(NYSE: GOLD),(NYSE: KGC),(NYSE: AUY),(NYSE: KL).