Additional Exploration Results At Gravel Creek Resource Area

VANCOUVER - Western Exploration Inc. reported on its surface exploration work program on the Gravel Creek resource area of the Aura Project. Rock geochemistry and detailed structural mapping completed in 2022 support the concept of NE-trending structures as a secondary ore control to the Gravel Creek system, which were noted in 2020 oriented core. This is an area with multiple high-grade Au-Ag vein intercepts of up to 40.05 g/t Au and 1,951 g/t Ag in the overlying felsic volcanic rocks will be targeted for drilling, focusing on NE trending structural zones with potential to expand resources. The Au-Ag-As-Sb-Mo anomalies in soil and rock geochemistry occur up to 2.0 kilometers to the NE of the Gravel Creek resource, further extending the exploration potential.

CEO, Darcy Marud, said, "Western Exploration has long believed in the potential to greatly expand resources within the Wood Gulch/Gravel Creek mineralized system, and this data gives us additional confidence for drilling in the upcoming field season. The integration of structural alteration and geochemical data with the oriented core from hole WG450 has brought a greater understanding of the controls on the high-grade veins in the Jarbidge rhyolite overlying and peripheral to the Gravel Creek deposit. Oriented core is planned to verify structural trends and continuity of mineralization, with the ultimate goal of adding the known mineralization into the project resource base. The data also gives us further encouragement to continue to evaluate the Gravel Creek resource area for new areas of mineralization."