Western Forest Products : Announces Release Date of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2015 Results and Conference Call Details

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WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

Suite 510 - 700 West Georgia Street T D Tower, PO Box 10032 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V7Y 1A1

Telephone: [phone]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TSX: WEF

Western Forest Products Announces Release Date of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2015 Results and Conference Call Details

January 15, 2016 - Vancouver, British Columbia. Western Forest Products' fourth quarter and fiscal 2015 financial and operating results will be released on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.

Analysts, investors and media are invited to participate in Western Forest Products' fourth quarter 2015 conference call on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. PST (12:00 p.m. EST).

Don Demens, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Williams, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, will discuss the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal 2015 results followed by a question and answer session.

To join the conference call, dial: From Toronto: 416-340-2216

Toll-free from Canada and U.S.: 1-866-223-7781

To access the instant replay of the call, dial: From Toronto: 905-694-9451 (passcode: 9031827)

Toll-free from Canada and U.S.: 1-800-408-3053 (passcode: 9031827)

The instant replay will be available until February 29, 2016 at 8:59 p.m. PST (11:59 p.m. EST).

Western Forest Products Inc.

Western is an integrated Canadian forest products company, and is the largest coastal British Columbia woodland operator and lumber producer. The Company has an annual available harvest of approximately

6.4 million cubic metres of timber, of which approximately 6.2 million cubic metres is from Crown lands. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.1 billion board feet from seven sawmills and two remanufacturing plants. Principal activities conducted by the Company include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing. Substantially all of Western's operations, employees and corporate facilities are located in the coastal region of British Columbia, while its products are sold in more than 25 countries worldwide.

For further information, please contact:

Stephen Williams

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary 604-648-4572