WESTERN GOLD EXPLORATION LTD. announced it has commenced drilling on its Lagalochan Property, near Oban in Scotland. The drilling programme will primarily test the skarn mineralisation on the western margins of the system that has never previously been drilled, extensions to the porphyry-stockwork zone at North Hill, and secondary porphyry targets to the west. Several historic drill holes from surface to > 500m depth with low grade porphyry stockwork mineralisation encountered (e.g., hole LD13-01A, 537m @ 0.18% Cu, 0.1 g/t Au, 2.6 g/t Ag, 73 ppm Mo - see disclosure in the NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Lagalochan Property).

Skarn mineralisation is an important source of copper, lead, zinc and gold mineralisation worldwide and occurs where the porphyry intrudes into carbonate rocks. An outcrop in the area has indicated copper and gold mineralisation is present in skarns (with values up to 1m @ 29.4 g/t Au, 30.2 g/t Ag 0.11% Cu), encountered in rock chip sampling. The Company expects to advance the Lagalochan Property exploration work in accordance with the Technical Report recommendations.

Additional exploration of the Lorne Project may include Geophysics testing, including a joint IP/Mag. survey proposed to test the subsurface expression of mineralised bodies, identifying and prioritising potential target areas, site preparation and drilling.