Western Alaska Minerals Named Fifth IN Mining ON the TSX Venture Top 50 List
NEWS RELEASE
WESTERN ALASKA MINERALS NAMED FIFTH IN MINING ON THE TSX VENTURE TOP 50 LIST
TUCSON, ARIZONA, US – February 21, 2023 – Western Alaska Minerals Corp. (the "Company" or
"WAM") (TSXV:WAM) is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the TSX Venture
Exchange as a 2022 Top 50 Company. WAM is ranked fifth within the Mining Industry sector.
The TSX Venture 50 is the Exchange’s flagship program, ranking the top 10 performing companies
from each of five sectors based on three equally weighted criteria; share price appreciation,
trading volume, and market capitalization growth.
WAM CEO and Co-Founder, Kit Marrs stated, “We are proud and humbled that WAM has been
selected by the TMX Group as one of the top 10 performing Mining Industries companies. This
ranking reflects the outstanding performance of our team across all areas of our business and
speaks to our commitment to the excellence and the high level of execution from every member
of the WAM team since before we went public and especially over the past year.”
TSX Venture 50 companies were awarded a congratulatory video from the Exchange . View the
video here.
About WAM
WAM is an Alaska and Arizona based company, listed on the TSX -V and focused on discovery of
high-grade, district -scale ore systems in the historic Illinois Creek Mining District located in
western Alaska. WAM’s 100% owned claims cover 73,120 acres (114.25 square miles or 29,591
hectares), roughly 45 km from the Yukon River. The Illinois Creek Mining District encompasses
at least five deposits containing gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc and was originally discovered
by Anaconda Minerals Co. in the early 1980's. Since 2010, WAM, along with precursor Western
Alaska Copper & Gold Company, has reassembled the Anaconda pro perty package and been
engaged in exploring the Illinois Creek Mining District.
On behalf of the Company
“Kit Marrs”
Kit Marrs
President & CEO
Phone: 1-520-200-1667
For further information please contact:
Vanessa Bogaert, Director of Corporate Communications/IR
Or visit our website at: www.westernalaskaminerals.com
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the TSXV) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward Looking Information
Certain statements made, and information containe d herein may constitute "forward looking
information" and "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and
United States securities legislation. These statements and information are based on facts
currently available to the Compan y and there is no assurance that actual results will meet
management's expectations. Forward-looking statements and information may be identified by
such terms as "anticipates", "believes", "targets", "estimates", "plans", "expects", "may", "will",
"could" or "would". Forward-looking statements and information contained herein are based on
certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the estimation of mineral
resources and reserves, the realization of resource and reserve estimates, metal prices, taxation,
the estimation, timing and amount of future exploration and development, capital and operating
costs, the availability of financing, the receipt of regulatory approvals, environmental risks, title
disputes and other matters. While the Com pany considers its assumptions to be reasonable as
of the date hereof, forward -looking statements and information are not guaranteeing of future
performance and readers should not place undue importance on such statements as actual
events and results may d iffer materially from those described herein. The Company does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements or information except as may be required
by applicable securities laws.