Westhaven Gold Corp. announced results from its drill campaign at its 100% owned 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.

Westhaven is reporting assays for 4 holes from its drill campaign at Shovelnose. An additional 6 holes are in the lab pending assays. (60.0 - 75.9m) 15.9m of 1.49 g/t Au and 27.69 g/t Ag, including 2.0m of 6.55 g/t Au and 101.3 g/t Ag.

SN22-335: Franz: (29.0 - 43.33m) 14.33m of 1.59 g/t Au and 2.7 g/t Ag, including 1m of 16.3 g/t Au and 4.8 g/t Ag. (111.38 - 114.73m) 3.35m of 3.08 g/t Au and 3.27 g/t Ag, including1.16m of 7.2 g/t Au and4.29 g/t Ag. SN23-336: Franz: (32.05 - 49.04m) 16.99m of 1.01 g/t Au and 15.94 g/t Ag, including 3.0m of 2.76 g/t Au and 40.76 g/t Ag.

(88.0m) 4.0m of 1.71 g/t Au and 35.49 g/t Ag, including 0.74m of 6.29 g/t Au and 107 g/t Ag. Drilling data to date is insufficient to determine true width of mineralization. Shovelnose Spring Drill Program: Westhaven's Spring drilling program has focused on three targets on Shovelnose, the Franz target at the northwest end of main Vein Zone 1 trend, and at two targets beyond this trend, the Hydrothermal Breccia No.

2 target to the northeast, and the Kirton target to the southwest. The Franz drilling saw the completion of three shorter holes at the Franz showing and a longer broad step out to the northwest. The three shorter holes were drilled on two sections at the Franz showing and returned 14.66 g/t Au over 24.95m in hole SN23-337, a 25m step out northwest of hole SN22-333 (39.42 g/t Au over 12.0m).

Hole SN23-338, the fourth broad step out to the northwest, was drilled as a near surface test of the Zone One Trend 390m northwest of the Franz showing but failed to intersect the zone because of the unexpected thickening of the glacial till cover. An undercut is being planned for this target. Kirton targets are situated near the western margin of the Shovelnose claim block.

Geophysical data indicates the presence of both a broad scale potassic alteration halo and a west-northwest trending structural break parallel to the Zone One Trend, hosting the South Zone, FMN Zone and Franz Zone and located 2km to the northeast. Soil and rock geochemical sampling has returned anomalous values for gold and other pathfinder elements within a restricted area. The Kirton target is represented by a sizable (200 x 500m) zone of outcropping felsic hydrothermal breccias elongated on a northeastern trend.

Several showings at the Kirton target to the west are currently being tested by drilling on two sections, including the Brookmere East /YJ Vein, a prominent zone of veining that has been traced northwest for 200m in outcrop. Three holes drilled here so far have successfully encountered zones of quartz veining below mapped vein outcrops. Franz Zone: Detailed mapping has recommenced at Franz.

This initiative began in November 2022, however, was not completed due to snowfall. This work will help guide follow-up detailed surface sampling to compliment the previously completed and ongoing drilling. Next steps to establish a resource, and to potentially facilitate the collection of a larger surface sample, would be additional shallow drilling, preliminary metallurgical test work and enhanced environmental baseline studies.

Hydrothermal Breccia No.2 Target: Three of four holes drilled at the Hydrothermal Breccia No. 2 target encountered quartz veining similar to the gold bearing vein zones encountered last year in holes SN22-249 (3.28 g/t Au over 0.92m) and SN22-257 (1.39 g/t Au over 1.2m and 1.23 g/t Au over 6.0m). Results are pending for these holes.