Westward Gold Inc. announced that Colin Moore join the Board of Directors. As part of the transition, Mr. Moore will also join the Company's Board of Directors, bringing the total amount of directors to five, four of whom are independent. Mr. Moore has spent his entire professional career in the mining industry, spanning mining engineering, investment banking and private equity.

He previously held positions on the mining investment banking team at Bank of Montreal in Toronto, and on the investment origination and management teams of Waterton Global Resource Management in Toronto and Pacific Road Capital in Vancouver, two mining private equity funds with combined assets under management of approximately USD 3 billion. He was also a co-founder and director of Momentum Minerals Ltd., a private gold exploration company which was acquired by Westward in July of 2021.