Westward Gold Inc. announced results from its regional rock chip sampling program completed in late 2023. A total of 353 samples were collected covering the Company's consolidated land position along the Cortez Trend, made up of the Toiyabe, Turquoise Canyon, and East Saddle Projects in Lander County, Nevada (collectively, the "Properties"). Gold and multi-element assay results will be analyzed in order to further define priority areas for continued exploration (including detailed mapping, geophysical surveys, and eventual drilling).

The results demonstrate that Carlin-type alteration is widespread on Westward's Properties, and continues to the east and south of known mineralization at the Toiyabe Project, onto the Turquoise Canyon and East Saddle Projects. This work further validates the need for aggressive exploration of those projects, which have seen little to no known drilling in the past. Notable results and locations from the East Saddle dataset with the highest reported value for each element highlighted.

The samples contain elevated values of gold, arsenic, mercury, antimony, thallium, and selenium ­ similar trademarks of Carlin-type deposits in the region. One notable sample returned 253 ppb Au from an upper plate siliceous chert and mudstone outcrop with abundant quartz veining and oxidation, key alteration features in Carlin-type systems. This sample also contained 782 ppm As (arsenic), a pathfinder element commonly associated with gold deposition. Two nearby samples returned gold values of 82 and 53 ppb, respectively, both in upper plate siliciclastic outcrops; these three samples coincide with a prominent gravity embayment from the Company's geophysical dataset.

A gravity embayment occurs when there are significant changes in density over short distances, and relates to alteration of carbonate rocks under cover (commonly decalcification). Similar prospective outcrops for 900 meters eastwards were not sampled in this program and will be followed up on in 2024. The samples contain elevated values of gold, silver, arsenic, mercury, antimony, and selenium ­ similar trademarks of Carlin-type deposits in the region.

Some samples contain elevated copper and zinc, which correlate to turquoise occurrences on this property. The highlighted gold value (71 ppb Au) was returned from a sample collected from a historical turquoise prospect. this sample also contained 85 ppm silver, and over 1% copper.

Three additional samples in the area returned copper values of >1%, 0.20%, and 0.21% respectively. This area is slated to be followed up on with detailed mapping and further sampling in 2024.