Westhaven Gold Corp. announced it has received its 650 drill hole permit on 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.

MYAB (Multi-Year Area Based) Permit: 5-year permit. 650 surface drill sites. Trenching/Bulk sampling.

Geophysical surveys. Exploration Access Construction. Approved activities must be conducted as outlined in the Description of Work Program.

Priority Target Areas: Additional drilling in and around multiple high grade gold intersections (MIK, Vein Zones in FMN-Tower-MIK area, Vein Zone 4 at FMN). Following up on previously intersected gold at HydBx-02, Line 6, Lear. Drill test unexplained elevated gold in single isolated core holes.

Drill gold anomalies in surface rock samples from outcropping quartz occurrences between Line 6 and MIK. Drilling in vicinity of anomalous pathfinder trends in past drill holes (Franz NW and Romeo). Drill testing zones of extensive silicification.