Epithermal Mineralization Expansion West Of Gravel Creek & Below the Saddle Zone

VANCOUVER – Western Exploration Inc. reported on four reverse circulation (RC) holes drilled down dip of the Saddle Resource in the Tomasina target, approximately one kilometer west of the Gravel Creek at the Company’s wholly owned Aura gold-silver project. Widespread clay +/- silica alteration, with local quartz-pyrite-marcasite veins in both the Frost Creek tuff and underlying Schoonover Formation, confirm the presence of an extensive hydrothermal alteration system extending at least 300 meters below the Saddle Zone resource, 1.0 kilometer west of the Gravel Creek resource.
Broad zones within the altered areas are highly anomalous in gold and silver, including: 1) 1.52 meters of 3.24 g/t Au and 71.1 g/t Ag within 19.81 meters @ 0.45 g/t Au and 11.1 g/t Ag in WG468. 2) 1.52 meters of 4.68 g/t Au and 10.0 g/t Ag within 15.24 meters @ 0.86 g/t Au and 4.1 g/t Ag in WG471.
Intervals of greater than 3.0 g/t Au (up to 10.90 g/t Au and 308.0 g/t Ag) have now been intersected on five widely spaced sections testing portions of a 1.5 kilometer long trend that is open in all directions. Overall results from the 2025 RC drill program justify further drilling along the +2.5-kilometer-long Tomasina Trend. Key areas that remain to be tested include: 1) The highly prospective 500 meter-long “GAP Zone” down dip from the Wood Gulch Pit area, which is bracketed by holes WG467 (3.0 meters @ 7.1 g/t Au) and WG360 (1.52 meters @ 7.28 g/t Au). 2) The entire Hammer Head target (southeast of the impressive alteration plume in WG463 and the chargeability anomalies in Line 2023 IP Line 5.
CEO, Darcy Marud, said, “The 2025 drilling expands the known epithermal alteration zone an additional 1.0 kilometer west of Gravel Creek and has now identified an epithermal footprint of at least 7.0 kilometers by 2.4 kilometers in size through drilling, surface sampling and mapping. Western Exploration is encouraged by first pass drill results from the deep extension of the Tomasina Fault Zone. Drilling on wide-spaced centers has intersected +3.0 g/t Au mineralization on 5 sections along a 1.5 kilometer strike length of the Tomasina Fault Zone.
Additional drilling of the 2.5-kilometer-long Tomasina structural corridor, including the highly prospective GAP zone down dip from the Wood Gulch Pit area and the Hammer Head target, will be prioritized in conjunction with 2026 Gravel Creek-Jarbidge drill targeting. All near term exploration will be focused on the areas with highest potential for resource expansion.”