West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. Acquisition of Madsen Gold Project Approved by Court

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — West [nxtlink id="268485"]Red Lake Gold Mines[/nxtlink] Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) announces that the British Columbia Supreme Court has approved the acquisition by the Company of all of the Madsen Gold Project through the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Pure Gold Mining Inc. (“Pure Gold”) (the “Acquisition”) pursuant to an Approval and Reverse Vesting Order (the “Order”) in Pure Gold’s proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The Order approved the transactions contemplated in the Share Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company, Pure Gold and a fund managed by Sprott Resource Lending Corp. dated May 17, 2023.  Details of the Acquisition and the Share Purchase Agreement can be found in the Company’s April 17, 2023 and May 18, 2023 news releases, which are available on the Company’s website and on SEDAR.

Closing of the Acquisition is subject to various conditions precedent including receipt of all required regulatory approvals including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company is working towards closing the Acquisition prior to June 28, 2023.

ABOUT WEST [nxtlink id="268485"]RED LAKE GOLD MINES[/nxtlink] LTD.

West [nxtlink id="268485"]Red Lake Gold Mines[/nxtlink] Ltd. is a mineral exploration company that is publicly traded and dedicated to creating value for its shareholders by discovering new gold mines in the highly productive Red Lake Gold District of Northwest Ontario, Canada. This district has yielded 30 million ounces of gold from high-grade zones and hosts some of the world’s richest gold deposits. WRLG holds an expansive property position spanning 3,100 ha in Red Lake, the Rowan Project, including three former gold mines – Rowan, Mount Jamie, and Red Summit. The Rowan Project covers a 12-km strike length along the Pipestone Bay St. Paul Deformation Zone and WRLG plans to continue exploring this property along strike and to depth aggressively in 2023.

ON BEHALF OF WEST [nxtlink id="268485"]RED LAKE GOLD MINES[/nxtlink] LTD.

“Tom Meredith”

Tom Meredith        
Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact:
Jasvir Kaloti
CFO & Corporate Secretary                                
Tel: (604) 609-6110

Amandip Singh, VP Corporate Development
Tel: 416-203-9181
Email: [email protected]
or visit the Company’s website at https://www.westredlakegold.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. Certain statements contained in this news release constitute “forward-looking statements”. When used in this document, the words “anticipated”, “expect”, “estimated”, “forecast”, “planned”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements or information. These statements are based on current expectations of management, however, they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this news release. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements. West [nxtlink id="268485"]Red Lake Gold Mines[/nxtlink] Ltd. does not undertake any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date hereof, except as required by securities laws. 

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