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Westhaven Engages San Diego Torrey Hills Capital for Investor Relations

Marketing Announcement

Westhaven Engages San Diego Torrey Hills Capital for Investor Relations

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 25, 2026 -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN) (OTCQB:

WTHVF) (“Westhaven” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an initial three-month investor

relations agreement, effective April 1, 2026, with San Diego Torrey Hills Capital ("SDTHC"), a U.S.-based investor relations and

corporate communications firm.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will pay SDTHC a monthly cash fee of US$7,000 and will reimburse certain

expenses incurred by SDTHC in the performance of the services. Following an initial three-month term, the agreement will be

automatically extended for an indefinite term unless terminated by either party with 30 days’ prior written notice. The

engagement of SDTHC is intended to support Westhaven’s expanding U.S. capital markets presence following its recent

OTCQB listing. SDTHC will assist the Company in strengthening investor awareness, coordinating virtual and in-person non-

deal roadshows, facilitating institutional outreach, and enhancing communications across North American markets. SDTHC is

at arm's length to the Company and, to the Company's knowledge, does not hold any securities of Westhaven as of the date

of this release.

San Diego Torrey Hills Capital was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The firm provides

investor relations, corporate communications, market visibility strategies, and U.S. capital markets advisory services to

emerging growth companies listed in Canada and the United States.

The SDTHC agreement is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”). The services to be provided are

subject to compliance with the policies and guidelines of the TSXV and other applicable legislation.

About Westhaven Gold Corp.

Westhaven is a gold and silver focused exploration and development company targeting low sulphidation, high-grade,

epithermal style gold and silver mineralization within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt in southern British Columbia. Westhaven

controls ~60,263 hectares within four gold properties spread along this underexplored belt.

The Shovelnose Gold project is the most advanced property, with a 2025 updated Preliminary Economic Assessment that

validates the project’s potential as a robust, low cost and high margin 11-year underground gold mining opportunity with

average annual life-of-mine production of 56,000 ounces gold and 313,000 ounces silver with a CDN$454 million after-tax net

present value (at a 6% discount rate) and 43.2% IRR (base case parameters of US$2,400 per ounce gold, US$28 per ounce

silver and CDN/US$ exchange rate of CDN$1.00=US$0.72).1 

On February 23, 2026, Westhaven closed a strategic earn-in agreement with Dundee Corporation, whereby Dundee may earn

up to a 60% interest in Westhaven's four Spences Bridge Gold Belt properties through up to CDN$85,000,000 in staged

project expenditures. Under the first phase, Dundee has committed a minimum of CDN$30,000,000, inclusive of a fully funded

50,000m drill program at Shovelnose, that is currently underway and expected to continue through the remainder of 2026. The

agreement allows for the accelerated exploration and evaluation of one of Canada's most compelling, undeveloped, high-margin

gold and silver assets.

Qualified Person

The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Robin Hopkins, P.Geo.

(NT/NU), Vice President, Exploration for Westhaven and a Qualified Person for the Company under the definitions established

by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

1 See Westhaven's news release entitled "Westhaven Announces Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Shovelnose Gold Project, British Columbia" and dated

March 3, 2025 .

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WESTHAVEN GOLD CORP.

“Ken Armstrong”

President & CEO

For further information, please contact:

Kaeli Gattens

Vice President Communications

T: 604-681-5558

E: [email protected]

W: www.westhavengold.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX

Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. These forward

-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and Westhaven does not intend, and does not assume any

obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Forward-looking statements in this news release may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the

engagement of a US-based investor relations and corporate communications firm and the potential benefits to the Company

from this engagement; future planned activities; future mineral production and future growth potential for the Company and its

projects; the interpretation of preliminary results from exploration undertaken to date at the Shovelnose project using various

exploration techniques and analysis; statements with respect to potential styles of epithermal mineralization at the Shovelnose

Project; and, the possibility that the Company’s Shovelnose project may host multiple gold bearing epithermal systems. In

certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not

expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or

"believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",

"might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of

management as of the date such statements are made, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and

other factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-

looking statements or forward-looking information. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the price of

gold and other precious metals; costs of exploration and development; the estimated costs of development of exploration

projects; the Company’s ability to operate in a safe and effective manner and its ability to obtain financing on reasonable

terms.

Although management of Westhaven Gold Corp. have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results

to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other

factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Many factors, both known and unknown, could

cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements

that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Such factors

include, without limitation: the Company's dependence on one group of mineral projects; precious metals price volatility;

regulatory, consent or permitting delays; risks relating to reliance on the Company's management team and outside

contractors; risks regarding mineral resources and reserves; the Company's inability to obtain insurance to cover all risks, on

a commercially reasonable basis or at all; currency fluctuations; risks regarding the failure to generate sufficient cash flow

from operations; risks relating to project financing and equity issuances; risks and unknowns inherent in all mining projects,

including the inaccuracy of reserves and resources, metallurgical recoveries and capital and operating costs of such projects;

laws and regulations governing the environment, health and safety; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining

or development activities; employee relations, labour unrest or unavailability; the Company's interactions with surrounding

communities; the speculative nature of exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of

reserves; stock market volatility; conflicts of interest among certain directors and officers; and the factors identified under the

caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s management discussion and analysis. Mineral exploration involves a high degree of

risk and few properties, which are explored, are ultimately developed into producing mines. There can be no assurance that

such forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ

materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking

statements and forward-looking information. The Company will not update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking

information that are incorporated by reference herein, except as required by applicable securities laws.