Westward Gold Inc. (CNSX:WG) will look for M&A opportunities. Westward Gold ('Westward' or the 'Company') announced that it is upsizing its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the 'Offering'), and now intends to issue up to 18,750,000 units (each, a 'Unit') at a price of CAD 0.08 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to CAD 1,500,000. The net proceeds from the Offering will be used primarily (i) to fund advanced drill-targeting efforts at the Company's consolidated land package on the Cortez Trend (the 'Properties'), including detailed geological mapping, rock-chip and soil sampling programs, and geophysical surveys, (ii) to fund ongoing due diligence of potential M&A opportunities, and (iii) for general working capital purposes.