Westward Gold Inc. announced remaining assay results from vertical diamond drill hole T2301 at the Company's Toiyabe Gold Project in Lander County, Nevada (Toiyabe). T2301 was drilled to a total depth (TD) of 612 meters, and significant gold intervals for the entire length of the hole. Key takeaways from T2301: New zone of Carlin-type gold mineralization discovered down-section, to the northeast of previously- identified gold mineralization at depth (the SSD Zone); Confirmed the mineralizing system continues to produce high-grade gold (>2 g Au/t) near surface and at depth, both gold zones remain open in every direction.

The hydrothermally-altered SSD Zone extends and strengthens to the northeast and gold mineralization is associated with significant oxidation; SSD Zone strike length now increased to 625 meters; Pervasive vertical alteration of favourable lower plate carbonate host rocks indicates the potential for continuation of the gold system to the north and northeast. Hole location (NAD83 UTM 11N): E 523084, N 4432898, Elev. 2335m.

Gold intervals reported were calculated using a 0.14 g Au/t cut-off. Weighted averaging was used to calculate reported intervals. True widths are estimated at 70-90% of drilled thicknesses.

Hole T2301, the third-deepest ever drilled at Toiyabe, was designed to test for northeast extensions of the recently-identified SSD Zone. This hole was collared as a 300-meter northeast step-out from the closest hole that intersected the SSD Zone (legacy hole T1002 intersected 16.7m of 2.15 g Au/t from 298.1m depth). T2301 intersected significant mineralization ~350m downdip to the northeast from the T1002 intersection, making the total known strike length of the SSD Zone approximately 625m in length trending northeast from hole T2210 drilled by Westward in 2022 to hole T2301.

The SSD Zone encountered in T2301 continues to be clay-altered and oxidized to TD at 612m.