West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. announce positive metallurgical test results from the Rowan Mine Deposit, which is part of the 100% owned Rowan Property located in the prolific Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Highlights of Metallurgical Test Results The Rowan Mine Deposit exhibits an excellent response using conventional metallurgical techniques with a very high percentage of Gravity Recoverable Gold. As expected, the GRG component occurs as coarse gold, which is also seen at Madsen and the satellite deposits Russet, Fork and Wedge.

The metallurgical test work was completed using the Madsen Mill Flowsheet with the same specifications and parameters currently in place at the Madsen Mill. Test work completed on the Rowan Master Composites indicates that Rowan veinmaterial can be processed through the Madsen Mill with minor changes to the existing flowsheet. The results indicate the MCs tested produce very high gravity recovery with overall gold extraction above 98% after a 48-hour cyanide leach of the gravity tailings.

Gravity Recoverable Gold ranged from 75.8% to 94.9% and the gold was found to be coarse to very coarse. At a primary grind of 80% passing (P80) 75 microns, very low cyanide consumptions, below 0.23 kilogram per tonne (?kg/t?), were required to achieve gold extractions above 98%. The metallurgical test program was completed by Base Metallurgical Laboratories, a leading metallurgical testing and consulting firm based in Kamloops, British Columbia.

The test work was completed on four MC samples representative of Rowan vein zones 101, 102, 103 and 104. The MC samples were created from contiguous intervals of material from 14 NQ-diameter diamond drill holes throughout the Rowan deposit. The metallurgical test program was designed and supervised by Kelly McLeod, P.Eng.

(K-Met Consultants Inc.). The preliminary test work completed on the Rowan MCs indicates the material can be processed through the Madsen Mill with minor changes to the existing flowsheet. The results indicate the MCs tested produced very high gravity recovery with overall gold extraction after a 48-hour cyanide leach of the gravity tailings above 98%.

Like Madsen, the leach tests were completed at low cyanide consumptions and successfully achieved the target Cyanide Weak Acid Dissociable in the final tailings of less than 1 ppm using the previously established Madsen conditions for cyanide destruction. Mineralogy and Comminution Bulk Mineralogy Analysis was completed on all four MC samples. As observed at Madsen and the Satellite deposits, the main sulphides present are pyrrhotite followed by pyrite.

Sphalerite is also present at Rowan and tends to often be spatially associated with visible gold. Sulphur Deportment Chart showing relative abundance of sulphide minerals in the Rowan Master Composites. Comminution test work conducted on the MCs yielded the following results: The Rowan samples tested were harder than the Madsen and Satellite deposits.

The Bond Ball Work Index for the Rowan MCs ranges from 16.2 to 18.2 kilowatt-hour per tonne for comparison Madsen ranges from 9.7 to 17.1 kWh/t and averages 14.4 kWh/t. The SAG Mill Comminution test results are outlined. Gravity Tests Gravity Recoverable Gold test work was completed on MC-101, -102 and -103. All three MCs have a significant amount of coarse gravity gold.

MC-101, MC-102 and MC-103 had a GRG of 93.0%, 94.9% and 75.8%, respectively. The gravity component is coarse to very coarse as seen in the Madsen and Satellite deposits. Leach Tests The leach tests were completed using the Madsen Mill Flowsheet.

The gold extraction at 24 hours was above 95% for all four MCs tested with high gravity recovery for comparison, the Madsen mill averaged 95%. The final extractions at 48 hours were above 98% with cyanide consumptions below 0.23 kg/tonne. High gravity recoveries to the pan concentrate of over 67% were recorded with the exception of MC-103 which had a recovery of 42.3%.

Operational data from the Madsen mill averaged 45% recovery to the pan concentrate. Due to the coarse nature of the Rowan gold and slightly slower leach kinetics of MC-102 an additional leach tank will be added to the flowsheet. The Madsen detox circuit is designed for 1 hour residence time, 5:1 SO2:CNWAD and 30 mg/L CuSO4.5H2O with a target of less than 5 ppm CNWAD.

The cyanide destruction test work completed on the MC?s indicates the Rowan material can achieve a final tailings CNWAD of less than 1 ppm Au following the Madsen design parameters and flowsheet.