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Western Potash Corp. (the "Company") (TSX.V: WPX, FSE:
AHE) is pleased to announce that AMEC Americas Limited, a TSX publicly
traded, international supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering
and project management services with an office in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan has been engaged and has initiated a preliminary economic
assessment of the Milestone Potash Project (the "Scoping
Study"). AMEC is currently managing multiple potash
expansion projects with a capital value of several billion dollars. AMEC
was chosen by the Company because of their experience, proven record
and commercial expertise, though final selection was primarily due to
their depth of technical expertise within the potash industry.
The preliminary economic assessment will aim to conceptualize
the viability of a potash mining operation on the Milestone
property. The Scoping Study will place particular focus on
quantifying the expected beneficial effects that the higher Potash
formation temperatures measured at Milestone may have on reducing the
energy requirements of a Potash operation, so as to estimate potential
operating cost savings. Golder Associates Ltd. of Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan will assist the Company with environmental baseline
studies and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement
("EIS") for the project. The target date for delivery of the
Scoping Study is estimated to be toward the end of July of 2010.
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. The contents of this news release were also reviewed and
approved by J. R. Briton, P. Geol., P. Eng., a Qualified Person
under NI 51-101 Rules and Policies.
For more information on Western Potash Corp.'s
projects, please visit the Company's website at: www.westernpotash.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"J.
Patricio Varas"
J. Patricio Varas
President and CEO
This
news release contains Forward Looking Statements regarding our
intentions and plans. Forward looking statements in this news release
include that AMEC Americas
Limited has been engaged and has initiated a preliminary economic
assessment of the Milestone Potash Project (the "Scoping Studythat
AMEC was chosen by the Company because of their experience,
proven record and commercial expertise, though final selection was
primarily due to their technical expertise within the potash
industry; that the preliminary economic assessment will aim to
conceptualize the viability of a potash mining operation on the
Milestone property; that the Scoping Study will place particular focus
on quantifying the expected beneficial effects that the higher Potash
formation temperatures measured at Milestone may have on reducing the
energy requirements of a Potash operation, so as to estimate potential
operating cost savings; that Golder Associates Ltd will assist the
Company with environmental baseline studies and the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the project that
the target date for delivery of the Scoping Study is estimated to be
toward the end of July of 2010. . It is the Company's
policy not to update forward looking statements. Various factors may prevent or delay our
plans, including but not limited to, contractor availability and
performance, weather, access, mineral prices and success and failure of
the exploration and development carried out at various stages of the
program. Readers should review risk factors applicable to junior
mining exploration companies generally to understand the variety of
risks that can affect the Company.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not
reviewed and does not accept responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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