WEST MINING CORPORATION PROVIDES UPDATE ON THE BLUE COVE COPPER PROJECT

Vancouver, BC, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Mining Corp. (“West” or the “Company”) (CSE: WEST) (OTC: WESMF) is pleased to provide an update on its Blue Cove Copper Project located at the head of Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. The Company has completed a review of its 2022 exploration efforts and based on positive results to date,will continue with further exploration on the Property. The Blue Cove Property, located near excellent infrastructure and deep sea port, consist of 232 contiguous claims covering a 5800 hectare area. Only a small portion of the property has been investigated and continued exploration efforts are warranted.

Nick Houghton, President and CEO comments, “We have been very encouraged by the initial results from the first phase of our exploration on the Blue Cove Property. The project has proven its merit to the Company though it has only seen limited work historically. Given our early findings of high grade copper, additional work is deemed necessary to advance this project to the next level in a diligent and cost effective manner.”

First phase reconnaissance exploration efforts on the Property have identified four key areas of interest with other new targets recently identified. The results of the 2022 exploration work can be found in Press Releases dated August 02, 2022 and September 28, 2022. The main targets currently under priority investigation include:

• Blue Cove - Significant outcrop showing with high grade copper up to 3.56% Cu assayed. Copper sulphides occurs as chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite, Notable silver and zinc assays are also present.
• Hilltop– Newly identified multi-element soil geochemical anomaly with coincident magnetic low feature and where historical drilling has intersected individual intersections within a 5 foot interval assaying up to 0.49% Cu, 2.0% Pb and 1.9% Zn.
• Yellow Cove – Large alteration zone with multi-element soil geochemical anomalies.
• RylesBarisway– Known copper minerlization in outcrop with surface samples grading 3.0% Cu. A recent soil geochemistry survey requires further delineation of anomalous samples on the west side of the recon grid area.

Moving forward, the Company plans on continued prospecting of the known target areas as well as follow-up on nearly identified prospective areas and overall prospecting of the Property in general including key geological structures of interest. Additional work expanding areas of soil geochemical sampling and continued ground geophysical techniques including magnetometer and induced polarization/resistivity surveying will also be undertaken. Should exploration results warrant, a drill program would likely be the next step to advance the project. A decision on drilling will be made once all data is carefully evaluated.