Gravel Creek Resource Area Targeting Expansion East At Jarbidge Rhyolite

VANCOUVER - Western Exploration Inc. reported on resource expansion drilling, targeting the Jarbidge rhyolite east of the Gravel Creek resource area at the Aura gold-silver project. Assay results in combination with oriented core structural studies from 2023 drilling identified a significant North-South trending/moderately west dipping zone with multiple high-grade Au-Ag bearing quartz-pyrite-marcasite vein, stockwork and hydrothermal breccias, located 140 meters to 250 meters east/north-east of the Gravel Creek resource area. Multiple +20.0 g/t AuEq intercepts in two parallel vein zones and associated splay structures have been traced along a dip length of over 200 meters, with drill widths ranging from 0.3 to 4.6 meters and grades up to 257.0 g/t Au and 1,655.0 g/t Ag.

Drilling will focus on bracketing the 2023 discovery section with 80-meter step out fence drilling on strike to the north and south, as well as 80 meters up dip. Site preparations will commence in mid-June with drilling commencing shortly thereafter. With confirmation of grade and structural trends, the Company anticipates that drilling can be expanded to link with other +5.0 g/t AuEq legacy drill intercepts within the Jarbidge rhyolite, located in an open-ended area of 550 meters by 350 meters in dimensions, covering a 615-m vertical range immediately east-northeast of the of the current Gravel Creek resource.

CEO, Darcy Marud, said, "The structural interpretation based on 2023 oriented core results has provided a breakthrough that identifies significantly expanded resource potential in the Jarbidge rhyolite to the east/north-east of the current Gravel Creek resource area. The 2024 core drilling program will focus on extending vein zones intersected on the 'Discovery Section' with 80-meter step out holes, with the goal of expanding the Gravel Creek resource base. Longer term, the Company anticipates completing additional drilling to identify a link with multiple legacy intercepts in the high-grade Au-Ag vein zones in the Jarbidge rhyolite, which could significantly expand the Gravel Creek resource base."