Goldfield Reports Improved First Quarter Operating Results

MELBOURNE, Fla., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goldfield Corporation (NYSE MKT: GV) today announced improved revenue and operating income for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The Goldfield Corporation headquartered in Florida, through its subsidiary, Southeast Power Corporation, is a leading provider of construction services to electric utilities, with operations primarily in the southeastern, mid-Atlantic, and western regions of the United States.

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased 27.0% to $22.5 million from $17.7 million in the comparable prior year period. This increase was attributable to higher demand for our electrical construction services, primarily our transmission work.

Operating income grew 8.0% to $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $2.7 million during the same period in 2012.

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $1.8 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to net income of $2.7 million, or $0.10 per share, in the comparable prior year period. Net income in the first quarter of 2013 included income tax expense of $1.0 million (36.8%), compared to $51,000 (1.9%) in the first quarter of 2012. The income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was lower as a result of the Company's ability to utilize net operating loss carryovers and tax credits.

John H. Sottile, President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldfield said, "With the strong team we have now assembled at Southeast Power and the robust industry environment, we believe we are well positioned to expand our customer base and to take advantage of future opportunities. We are seeing significant prospects developing from both existing and new customers, some of which we believe will likely materialize later in the year," Mr. Sottile added.

About Goldfield
Goldfield is a leading provider of electrical construction and maintenance services in the energy infrastructure industry, primarily in the southeastern, mid-Atlantic, and western regions of the United States.  The company specializes in installing and maintaining electrical transmission lines for a wide range of electric utilities. 

For additional information on our first quarter results, please refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and visit the Company's website at http://www.goldfieldcorp.com.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 throughout this document.  You can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "plan," and "continue" or similar words.  We have based these statements on our current expectations about future events. Although we believe that our expectations reflected in or suggested by our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that these expectations will be achieved. Our actual results may differ materially from what we currently expect. Factors that may affect the results of our operations include, among others: the level of construction activities by public utilities; the concentration of revenue from a limited number of utility customers; the loss of one or more significant customers; the timing and duration of construction projects for which we are engaged; our ability to estimate accurately with respect to fixed price construction contracts; and heightened competition in the electrical construction field, including intensification of price competition. Other factors that may affect the results of our operations include, among others: adverse weather; natural disasters; effects of climate changes; changes in generally accepted accounting principles; ability to obtain necessary permits from regulatory agencies; our ability to maintain or increase historical revenue and profit margins; general economic conditions, both nationally and in our region; adverse legislation or regulations; availability of skilled construction labor and materials and material increases in labor and material costs; and our ability to obtain additional and/or renew financing.  Other important factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release are detailed in the Company's Risk Factors and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Goldfield's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on Goldfield's website: http://www.goldfieldcorp.com.  We may not update these forward-looking statements, even in the event that our situation changes in the future, except as required by law.

For further information, please contact:
The Goldfield Corporation
Phone:  (321) 724-1700
Email:   [email protected]

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