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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Business Wire) -- WESTERN POTASH CORP., (the "Company") (TSX Venture: WPX) is pleased to
announce that as part of its Feasibility Study Process, two wells will
be drilled to collect drill core for geochemical analysis, rock mechanic
studies, and dissolution laboratory testing. The Company has executed an
agreement with Ensign Drilling Partnership of Calgary, Alberta to
complete this drilling. Drilling shall commence immediately.




Results from the geochemical analysis will be used to update future
resource estimation. An Updated NI 43-101 Resource Estimate and
Technical Report will be completed by Agapito Associates Inc. ("AAI");
that will incorporate new potash results from this drill program. AAI
has extensive experience in solution mining, resource characterization
and preparation of 43-101 Technical Reports on Potash Resources. AAI's
experience includes work for Intrepid Potash Inc in the US, Rio Tinto
and Vale at the PRC project in Argentina and for several prospective
potash projects located in Saskatchewan.




The 100% owned Milestone property, comprising 500 square kilometers, is
located 30 kilometers southeast of Regina, and southeast of Mosaic's
Belle Plaine Mine, one of the largest producing potash solution mines in
the world.




Western Potash Corp. is a mineral exploration company engaged in the
evaluation, exploration and development of potash mineral properties in
Western Canada. The Company intends to define and develop a world-class
potash deposit in an ecologically sustainable, economically efficient
and socially responsible manner.




The in-house qualified persons for the purposes of NI 43-101 guidelines
are J. Patricio Varas, P. Geo and Dean Pekeski, P. Geo, both of whom
have reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.




For more information on Western Potash Corp.'s projects, please visit
the Company's website at:
forward-looking statements other than as required by applicable
securities laws and regulations.




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.












Western Potash Corp.Patricio Varas, 604-689-9378