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Westhaven Samples 51.10 G/T GOLD, 165.00 G/T Silver at the Newly Discovered Franz Zone at Its Shovelnose GOLD Property __________________________________________________________________________________________

Drill Results Sampling & Geoscience Results

WESTHAVEN SAMPLES 51.10 G/T GOLD, 165.00 G/T SILVER AT THE NEWLY DISCOVERED

FRANZ ZONE AT ITS SHOVELNOSE GOLD PROPERTY

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Vancouver, B.C. – August 26th, 2020 – Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V:WHN) is pleased to provide

grab sample assay results from its newly discovered Franz Zone at its 17,623-hectare Shovelnose gold

property. Shovelnose is located within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB), which borders

the Coquihalla Highway 30 kilometres south of Merritt, British Columbia.

Grab Samples from Franz:

SAMPLE Weight (Kg) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Outcrop/Float

V074702 7.65 0.34 33.40 Outcrop

V074703 7.69 1.47 10.80 Float

V074704 6.21 0.52 3.88 Outcrop

V074705 2.29 51.10 165.00 Outcrop

V074706 2.30 4.19 52.50 Outcrop

V074707 3.92 0.04 0.65 Outcrop

V074708 1.25 34.90 120.00 Float

V074709 6.19 0.05 1.23 Outcrop

V074710 3.56 1.53 14.75 Outcrop

*Please see pictures/map below.

Gareth Thomas, President & CEO of Westhaven Gold stated: “The newly discovered Franz vein zone

is located approximately ~2.8 kilometres from the high -grade gold discovery at the South Zone. This

demonstrates we are dealing with a large and robust mineralized system and it is not just limited to

the South Zone. The Franz Zone was discovered just over a week ago, so we don’t yet know the extent,

but this is the most significant mineralized zone discovered on surface at Shovelnose.”

Peter Fischl, Exploration Manager for Westhaven Gold adds: ”Grab sampling of outcrop and float over

a 50 metre by up to 12 metre area oriented east-west over the Franz vein zone, an 80x20 metre outcrop

of quartz veined rhyolite oriented at 110/290 o azimuth, returned significant gold and silver assays.

Most notably are the two western most outcrop grab samples (see map below), which returned 4.19

g/t gold and 51.1 g/t gold. These two grab samples occur over an east- west distance of five metres.

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The Franz vein zone outcrops at an elevation of 1285 metres, and confirms the productive, dominantly

rhyolite hosted gold -silver bearing horizon at South Zone is also preserved here. This outcrop, may

represent the northwestward continuation of Vein Zone 1, suggesting a total strike length of at least

3.7 kilometres for the zone. Drilling will be required to confirm this strike continuity. Drilling will

commence at Franz shortly.”

Westhaven is a gold -focused exploration company advancing the high -grade disc overy on the

Shovelnose project in Canada’s newest gold district, the Spences Bridge Gold Belt. Westhaven controls

37,000 hectares (370 square kilometres) with four 100% owned gold properties spread along this

underexplored belt. The Shovelnose property is situated off a major highway, in close proximity to

power, rail, large producing mines, and within commuting distance from the city of Merritt, which

translates into low cost exploration.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

WESTHAVEN GOLD CORP.

"Gareth Thomas"

Gareth Thomas, President, CEO & Director

Qualified Person Statement

Peter Fischl, P.Geo ., who is a Qualified Person within the context of National Instrument 43 -101 has

read and takes responsibility for this release. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services

Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Vent ure Exchange) accepts responsibility for the

adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Westhaven trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol WHN. For further information, please

call 604-336-6921 or visit Westhaven’s website at www.westhavengold.com

34.90 g/t Gold and 120.00 g/t Silver 51.10 g/t Gold and 165.00 g/t Silver

4.19 g/t Gold and 52.50 g/t Silver 1.53 g/t Gold and 14.75 g/t Silver