Westhaven Appoints Fraser Maccorquodale as Technical Advisor
WESTHAVEN APPOINTS FRASER MACCORQUODALE AS TECHNICAL ADVISOR
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V ancouver, B.C. – Ap r il 30 th, 2024 – W esthaven Go l d Co r p. (TSX-V: WHN) is pleased to announce the
appointment of M r. Fraser M acC orquodale as a Technical A dvisor.
M r. M acC orquodale served as the G eneral M anager of E xploration at Newcrest M ining L imited ("Newcrest")
from 2008 to 2023. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in formulating and executing Newcrest's
growth strategy, overseeing the development of a world- class exploration team and establishing a robust
growth portfolio. His extensive experience spans 35 years in global gold and copper exploration,
encompassing expertise in near -mine, brownfield and greenfield exploration across diverse cultural and
geographical landscapes including A ustralia, Indones ia, Papua New G uinea, W estern C anada, the U nited
States of A merica, Ecuador and C hile.
Fraser M acC orquodale states, “ W esthaven has been highly successful over last few years in making several
discoveries within the prospective Spences B ridge G old B elt. I look forward to working with the team in
the search for the next generation of discoveries and to advance their existing prospe cts, including the
exciting Shovelnose deposit.”
G areth Thomas, President and C E O, of W esthaven states, “ W e are very fortunate to have someone of M r.
M acC orquodale’ s caliber join the W esthaven team. The ability to attract an exploration professional with
Fraser’ s expertise and experience in low -sulphidation epithermal projects demonstrates the quality of the
Shovelnose G old Property asset / discovery. His insights will be a valuable addition to our technical team
and will contribute towards expanding the property wide gold- silver resources not only on Shovelnose but
on all four of our properties across the Spences B ridge G old Belt .”
W esthaven has granted 200,000 incentive stock options to a consultant. The incentive stock options have
an exercise price of 25 cents per share, are valid for a five -year period from the date of grant and are
subject to regulatory approval. The company's stock option plan allows for the issuance of up to 10 per
cent of issued and outstanding share capital in the form of incentive stock options. A s a result of this grant,
the company has 13,535,000 stock options issued, representing 9.1 per ce nt of the issue d and outstanding
share capital.
On behalf of the B oard of Directors
WESTHAVEN GOLD CORP.
TSX-V:WHN
" G areth Thomas”
G areth Thomas, President, CEO & Director
A bout W esthaven G old C orp.
W esthaven is a gold-focused exploration company advancing the high-grade discovery on the Shovelnose project
in C anada’ s newest gold district, the Spences B ridge G old B elt. W esthaven controls 37,000 hectares (370 square
kilometres) with four gold properties spread along this underexplored belt. The Sho velnose property is situated
off a major highway, near power, rail, large producing mines, and within commuting distance from the city of
M erritt, which translates into low-cost exploration. W esthaven trades on the TSX V enture Exchange under the
ticker sym bol W HN. For further information, please call 604 -681-5558 or visit W esthaven’ s website at
www.westhavengold.com