Westward Gold Inc. provided preliminary details surrounding planned 2024 exploration activities at the Company?s 100%-owned Toiyabe, Turquoise Canyon, and East Saddle Projects situated along the Cortez Trend (within the broader Battle Mountain ? Eureka Gold Trend) in Lander County, NV (collectively, the ?Properties?). Together, the Properties represent a newly-consolidated district-scale opportunity covering approximately 39 square kilometers of contiguous mining claims, a short distance away from some of Nevada?s most productive gold mining operations.

The Company has drawn from its considerable in-house expertise in Carlin-type gold exploration in formulating its strategy to systematically advance priority target areas, with the added benefit of broad-scale interpretations of data amalgamated from all three Properties. There is mounting evidence that Westward?s exploration ground contains many of the same key geological features that were identified at the nearby Cortez Hills Mine during its early-stage exploration (now operated by Nevada Gold Mines). These include dike-filled fault corridors, multiple compressional tectonic events, shallow gold mineralization in tandem with a second deeper zone (both open in several directions), and multiple horizons of favourable carbonate host rocks.

Notably, Steven Koehler (Westward Technical Advisor) has been instrumental in the Company?s understanding of this important analogue, having been on the initial discovery team at Cortez Hills in the early 2000s. 2024 Exploration Program ? Main Drivers of Future Success: Exceptional opportunity to apply proven, systematic exploration methods designed by a team of experts with Nevada discovery pedigree; Multi-year land consolidation efforts have created a highly-compelling yet under-explored prospect with scale, only 10 km from the massive Cortez Mine Complex; Exploration breakthroughs point to new robust target zones in classic Carlin geological, geophysical, and geochemical settings ?

including a 6 km-long corridor of interest (the ?Hilltop Corridor?) which has never been drilled; Westward will bolster these advancements with additional mapping, geochemical, and geophysical coverage, fine-tuning the best targets while mitigating risks, and will select the top contenders for drilling.