Westhaven Drills 24.95 Metres of 14.66 g/t Gold and 35.52 g/t Silver, Including 0.66 Metres of 280 g/t Gold And 222 g/t Silver at Shovelnose - Seite 2

Kirton Target – Currently Drill Testing

Kirton targets are situated near the western margin of the Shovelnose claim block. Geophysical data indicates the presence of both a broad scale potassic alteration halo and a west-northwest trending structural break parallel to the Zone One Trend, hosting the South Zone, FMN Zone and Franz Zone and located ~2km to the northeast. Soil and rock geochemical sampling has returned anomalous values for gold and other pathfinder elements within a restricted area. The Kirton target is represented by a sizable (200 x 500m) zone of outcropping felsic hydrothermal breccias elongated on a northeastern trend.

Several showings at the Kirton target to the west are currently being tested by drilling on two sections, including the Brookmere East / YJ Vein, a prominent zone of veining that has been traced northwest for 200m in outcrop. Three holes drilled here so far have successfully encountered zones of quartz veining below mapped vein outcrops.

Franz Zone

Detailed mapping has recommenced at Franz. This initiative began in November 2022, however, was not completed due to snowfall. This work will help guide follow-up detailed surface sampling to compliment the previously completed and ongoing drilling. Next steps to establish a resource, and to potentially facilitate the collection of a larger surface sample, would be additional shallow drilling, preliminary metallurgical test work and enhanced environmental baseline studies.

Hydrothermal Breccia No.2 Target

Three of four holes drilled at the Hydrothermal Breccia No. 2 target encountered quartz veining similar to the gold bearing vein zones encountered last year in holes SN22-249 (3.28 g/t Au over 0.92m) and SN22-257 (1.39 g/t Au over 1.2m and 1.23 g/t Au over 6.0m). Results are pending for these holes.

Preliminary Economic Assessment – South Zone Resource at the Shovelnose Gold Property

Westhaven has engaged P&E Mining Consultants Inc. to provide a National Instrument 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and Technical Report based on an underground mining scenario at the South Zone. In January 2022, Westhaven published an initial pit constrained mineral resource estimate for the South Zone comprising 791,000 ounces gold plus 3,894,000 ounces silver in the Indicated category, and 263,000 ounces gold plus 1,023,000 ounces silver in the Inferred category. The PEA will only include mineralization identified within the current South Zone pit constrained mineral resource. (Link to full release here: https://westhavengold.com/news-and-media/news/news-display/index.php?c ... ).