Gemini Corporation (TSX VENTURE:GKX) today announced its third quarter financial
results for the period ended September 30, 2009.


Revenue in the third quarter totalled $23,891,000, a 15% increase over the
$20,810,000 achieved in the same period of 2008, bringing year to date revenues
for 2009 to $53,913,000 compared to $59,383,000 for 2008. The combination of
economic uncertainty and the merger and acquisition activity throughout the oil
and gas industry has constrained the capital spending of most clients to date in
2009. The Field Services segment started the year with very little activity and
in the third quarter projects that had been expected to commence in the second
quarter ramped up rapidly, thereby significantly increasing revenues. In
contrast, start of the year strength in Gemini's Engineering segment gave way to
much lower activity in the third quarter as a result of client spending
constraints on new projects. Recent project awards are expected to improve
fourth quarter revenues within Engineering, while Field Services revenue will
moderate from the third quarter peak. Sales and marketing efforts are continuing
to emphasize Gemini's integrated solutions capability, whereby engineering,
fabrication and construction services are combined to expedite project
execution. Many clients are responding positively to this approach with an
increasing number of projects being awarded on this basis. 


Gross profits for the third quarter of 2009 were $3,733,000 or 16% of revenue
compared to $4,094,000 or 20% of revenue in the same period last year. These
results reflect the combined impact of the increase in lower margin Field
Services revenues and the decrease in higher margin Engineering revenues. In
addition, client cost reduction demands significantly reduced margins within
Field Services and staff utilization within Engineering declined as activity
levels reduced.


"Considerable effort has gone into reshaping Gemini's strategy over the course
of the third quarter to respond to the current market conditions and prepare for
the future", said Doug Lautermilch, Gemini's President and CEO. "The results
achieved in Q3 clearly demonstrate the need for us to chart a new course for the
organization. We have begun an aggressive plan to enhance our sales and
marketing efforts to help stabilize our workloads and are continuing to refine
our systems and processes to improve efficiencies and profitability. Our theme
of "One Brand, One Company, One Culture" is expected to support our goal of
delivering both stand-alone and integrated solutions to our clients in a
seamless fashion."


About Gemini Corporation

Gemini Corporation offers a wide range of interrelated services including
project management, engineering, fabrication, construction, and maintenance of
oil & gas and industrial facilities within Canada and internationally. The
Corporation is a leading provider of engineered solutions and field services
through either stand-alone or integrated service approaches to a broadening
client base in an array of industry sectors. The Corporation's principal target
markets are conventional oil and gas, unconventional gas, heavy oil, industrial,
and renewable energy.


Shares of Gemini trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "GKX". For
more information about the Corporation and its services, go to
www.gemini-corp.ca. 


Gemini's 2009 third quarter report will be filed with SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com on November 20, 2009.




CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

                                 Three Months Ended       Nine Months Ended
Operating Highlights ($'000)   Sept 30,     Sept 30,    Sept 30,    Sept 30,
                                  2009         2008        2009        2008
Revenue                       $ 23,991     $ 20,810    $ 54,013    $ 59,383
Gross profit                     3,833        4,094      11,785      10,923
Earnings before interest &
 taxes                              35          955         757       1,532
Net earnings (loss)           $    (45)         556    $    373         774
Earnings per share (basic)    $ (0.001)    $  0.015    $  0.011    $  0.021
Earnings per share
 (diluted)                    $ (0.001)    $  0.015    $  0.011    $  0.021

Operating cash flow (i)       $    350     $    924    $  1,475    $  1,678
(excludes working capital
 changes)
Operating cash flow per
 share                        $  0.010     $  0.027    $  0.043    $  0.048


Balance Sheet Highlights ($'000)                       Sept 30, December 31,
                                                          2009         2008
Working capital                                       $ 12,074     $ 12,403
Total assets                                            33,028       28,554
Shareholders' equity                                    15,628       16,180

(i) Operating cash flow and operating cash flow per share are non-GAAP
    financial measures which do not have a standard meaning and therefore
    may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
    The Corporation provides these measures in its quarterly news releases
    to indicate the amount of cash generated for operating purposes during
    the period.



Disclaimer

This news release contains forward looking information that represents Gemini's
internal projections, expectations, estimates or beliefs concerning, among other
things, future operating results and various components thereof or Gemini's
future economic performance. All statements other than the statements of
historical fact may be forward-looking statements. In some cases,
forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may",
"will", "should", "expects", "projects", "plans", "anticipates", and similar
expressions. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such
forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions relating to
Gemini's performance and competition within the sectors in which it competes,
the continuation of the current regulatory and tax regimes in the jurisdictions
in which Gemini operates, and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, including risks and assumptions relating to client service
demand, field service costs, labour rates, and other factors that may cause
actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially
from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that events
or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted
or suggested. The Corporation does not undertake to update any forward-looking
information in this document whether as to new information, future events or
otherwise.
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