Western Exploration Inc. announced details for proposed 2024 resource expansion drilling, targeting the Jarbidge rhyolite east of the Gravel Creek resource area at the Company's wholly-owned Aura gold-silver project (the ?Aura Project?). Focus for 2024 Drill Program Assay results in combination with oriented core structural studies from 2023 drilling identified a significant North-South trending/moderately west dipping zone with multiple high-grade Au-Ag bearing quartz-pyrite-marcasite vein, stockwork and hydrothermal breccias, located 140 meters to 250 meters east/north-east of the Gravel Creek resource area. Multiple +20.0 g/t AuEq intercepts in two parallel vein zones and associated splay structures have been traced along a dip length of over 200 meters, with drill widths ranging from 0.3 to 4.6 meters and grades up to 257.0 g/t Au and 1,655.0 g/t Ag.

Major Drilling Group International Inc. (?Major Drilling?) has been contracted to supply two drills to complete a 4,000-meter oriented core drill program. Drilling will focus on bracketing the 2023 discovery section with 80-meter step out fence drilling on strike to the north and south, as well as 80 meters up dip. Site preparations will commence in mid-June with drilling commencing shortly thereafter.

With confirmation of grade and structural trends, the Company anticipates that drilling can be expanded to link with other +5.0 g/t AuEq legacy drill intercepts within the Jarbidge rhyolite, located in an open-ended area of 550 meters by 350 meters in dimensions, covering a 615-m vertical range immediately east-northeast of the current Gravel Creek resource. Structural trends Provide Focus for 2024 Oriented Core Drilling Analysis and interpretation of oriented core data collected in 2023 by Oriented Targeting Solutions identified a complex array of intersecting veins, stockwork and hydrothermal breccias following steep to shallow north-west to north-east trends that mimic the known structural controls on mineralization. The strongest correlation between 2023 holes WG456 and WG457 linked mineralized structures to a north/north-west trending corridor, with moderate dips west/south-west towards the main GC Fault zone.

Multiple legacy intercepts along two sub-parallel veins zones show grades of over 20.0 g/t AuEq along a dip length of over 200 meters. The two main veins are defined by the following: Upper Vein (4 intercepts): 2.07-meter drill width at 28.05 g/t AuEq Lower Vein (4 intercepts): 3.13-meter drill width at 25.26 g/t AuEq Initial drilling in 2024 will bracket the discovery section, 500N, with holes drilled along strike and up dip on 80-meter step outs. Future Exploration Targets in the Jarbidge Rhyolite Future work will focus on extending resource expansion drilling NE of Gravel Creek into an area of multiple legacy intercepts measuring 550-meter by 350-meter in size, covering a 615-m vertical range.

As an example, the long section in shows that multiple high-grade Au-Ag intercepts are present in the rhyolite at the current northeast limit of drilling, including 3.04m @ 53.50 g/t AuEq, 0.3m @ 60.05 g/t AuEq and 1.95m @ 21.96 g/t AuEq (85:1 Ag: Au ratio). These present drill-ready priority exploration targets.