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Westhaven Appoints Fraser Maccorquodale as Technical Advisor

Management Changes

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