Westhaven drills 27.51 m grading 14.47 g/t Au & 52 g/t Ag at Shovelnose

35,000m resource infill drilling is 66% complete with four active drills on the South Zone deposit New highlight assays include: 27.51m grading 14.47 g/t Au and 52.3 g/t Ag 30.76m grading 3.31 g/t Au and 21.3 g/t Ag 0.52m grading 200 g/t Au and 141 g/t Ag 16.80m grading 4.63 g/t Au and 19.6 g/t Ag 11.65m grading 5.20 g/t Au and 15.9 g/t Ag A fifth, exploration focused drill is now operational on the property targeting potential resource growth through a 15,000m exploration drilling program VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN) (OTCQB: WTHVF) (FRA: 1W5) (“Westhaven” or the “Company”) is pleased to report the fourth batch of assay results from the ongoing 35,000m resource infill drilling program, presently supported by four drill rigs at the South Zone gold and silver deposit on the Shovelnose gold property in southern British Columbia. Ken Armstrong, President and CEO of Westhaven, commented: “Resource infill drilling of the South Zone deposit continues to return strong results, confirming the continuity of thick, high-grade gold and silver mineralization within both Vein Zone 1 and Vein Zone 2. Today’s results also include the highest gold assay (0.52 m grading 200 g/t gold and 141 g/t silver) returned to date from the program.

Interestingly this interval is located at the northern extent of the planned drilling of the deposit, indicating that exceptional gold grades continue to the north of the presently defined resource into the Alpine target area. With four drills now focused on the infill program and a fifth drill conducting exploration drilling on near deposit targets, we continue to expect a steady flow of results over the next several months as we work in parallel on expan