West Mining Corp. announced that it has received assay results from two metallurgical test holes drilled on the Kena Gold and Gold Mountain Zones of its 100% owned Kena Gold and Copper Project in southeastern British Columbia. The two diamond drill holes were drilled at -90o and -70o dips to allow drilling to depth. Both holes were cored within the current gold resource estimate shell where the Gold Mountain and Kena Gold Zones contain a combined resource estimate with 561,900 ounces gold indicated and 2,773,100 ounces gold inferred.Hole KG21-01 returned 0.57 g/t gold over its entire 352.95 metres; including 140 metres grading 1.01 g/t gold.

Hole GM21-10 averaged 0.36 g/t gold over 522.58 metres including 72 metres grading 0.92 g/t gold. Both holes show remarkably consistent gold grades over their entire lengths. Upcoming metallurgical test work will be completed separately on drill core coarse rejects from each of the two drill holes identified above as the host lithologies for the gold mineralization in each hole differs.

The objective of this metallurgical testing program is to conduct baseline investigations to determine the Kena gold mineralization's amenability to gravity, flotation and cyanidation process options. The scope of this study consists of sample preparation, head sample characterization, baseline gravity concentration, cyanidation and sulphide flotation. If the test samples respond well to gravity concentration, then the following two combined process options will be tested at the optimum grind established from grind recovery tests: gravity pre-concentration followed by cyanidation of gravity tailings; and gravity pre-concentration followed by flotation of gravity tailings and then cyanidation of flotation concentrate.

Each process option will be tested at three grind sizes possibly ranging from 75- to 150 µm to investigate the effect of grind size on gold recovery. Prior to metallurgical testing, a set of mill calibration tests (test grinds) using a laboratory stainless still rod mill will be performed on the composite to establish the grind size vs. time curve.

The analytical work will be performed by BV Minerals - Analytical Laboratories, which have ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 accreditations. The quality control and assurance procedures will be included with results and submission of laboratory standards with each batch of samples analyzed. Results are anticipated in six weeks.

The 2022 field exploration program on the Kena Project will consist of detailed geophysical surveying, followed by 5000 metres of diamond drilling on both the strong gold and copper targets. The company is funded and permitted for the 2022 program.