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Message: WESTCORE COMMENCES 2011 DRILLING PROGRAM, INTERSECTS COMPOSITE 85-METRE COAL SEC

Westcore Energy Ltd. has commenced the winter drilling program at its coal properties in west-central Manitoba. The first target being drilled is the Ambit deposit on the Black Diamond property. Ambit was tested with only one hole last winter (hole BD-10-03) that intersected a 41.6-metre-wide continuous coal unit (see Westcore news release in Stockwatch dated March 22, 2010). The first hole of 2011 (AM-11-01) is located approximately 140 metres north of hole BD-10-03 and is situated over the centre of a pronounced, circular gravity low.

Hole AM-11-01 has been completed and was drilled to a depth of 178 metres. Hole BD-10-03, by comparison, was only drilled to 81 metres, having terminated within a 5.5-metre thick sand unit beneath the coal. Hole AM-11-01 intersected a coal unit of approximately 37 metres thickness, beginning around 44 metres depth, before it entered a similar sand unit around 80 metres depth. The hole, however, continued past the sand unit (which was seven metres thick) and entered into a second major coal unit, starting around 87 metres depth. The second coal unit measures approximately 48 metres in thickness, for a total coal thickness of approximately 85 metres. Visual inspection of both units indicates them to contain black to dark brown coal that is light in weight with very minor partings.

Paul Conroy, president and chief executive officer of Westcore, states: "We are extremely pleased to have received such impressive preliminary results from the very first hole of our winter program. The existence of a second major coal unit situated below an already remarkable thickness of coal at Ambit will substantially add to the coal reserves of the Ambit deposit. We now look forward to testing all of our targets for the existence of multiple, thick coal units."

The purpose of the winter drilling program is fourfold:

  1. Drill define at least three of the four known coal deposits at Black Diamond;
  2. Test known targets not previously drilled, the Black Diamond Calypso target and the Quasar target, located on the joint venture coal property (held jointly by Westcore and 49 North Resources Inc.);
  3. Test three new targets identified by the airborne gravity survey flown in December, 2010 (see Westcore's news releases in Stockwatch dated Dec. 6, 2010, and Dec. 14, 2010);
  4. Collect a one-tonne bulk sample for coal-to-liquids analysis.

After all of the holes planned for the Ambit deposit are completed, the drill will be moved to the Quasar target.

Ellen MacNeill, professional geoscientist in the province of Saskatchewan and qualified person for this news release, has

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