WTM FINALIZES SURFACE RIGHTS ACCESS AGREEMENT - LLUVIA DE ORO, MEXICO
(Vancouver, September 4, 2008) West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX: WTM) (the "Company") announced today that it has finalized a surface rights access agreement with the Lluvia de Oro Ejido, paving the way for initial drill testing of the Company's Lluvia de Oro Gold-Silver Project. Drilling is slated to commence in October of 2008 pending drill availability. Located in southern Chihuahua State, Mexico, WTM's Lluvia de Oro Project hosts one of Mexico's highest grade former gold-silver producers with reported historic production grades of 95 g/t (2.80 oz/ton) gold and 865 g/t (24.80 oz/ton) silver.
Under the terms of the access agreement, WTM will undertake a series of community and access improvement projects over the minimum two year term of the agreement.
"We are pleased to be working with the community of LLuvia de Oro in moving this project forward" said Darin Wagner, President and CEO of West Timmins Mining Inc. "We look forward to the receipt of results from the recently completed underground and surface sampling at LLuvia and to the commencement of the Phase 1 drill program this fall."
Mr. Darin Wagner (M.Sc., P.Geo), the Company's President, has acted as non-independent qualified person for this news release. The qualified person has visited the project site and reviewed the historical records from the project.
About West Timmins Mining Inc. (www.westtimminsmining.com):
WTM is focussed on the exploration and development of district-scale gold and related base metal projects in the major gold camps of North America. In August the Company announced the start of a 22,000 metre drill program targeting recently discovered high-grade gold mineralization on its Thunder Creek Property in Timmins. WTM also has five active exploration projects in Mexico, highlighted by the Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico where the Company is testing the La Dura Copper Porphyry discovery and the high-grade Lluvia de Oro gold-silver Project in Chihuahua, Mexico. West Timmins Mining is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WTM.
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On behalf of the Board of West Timmins Mining Inc.
"Darin W. Wagner"
Darin W. Wagner President and Chief Executive Officer
For further information contact: Darin W. Wagner, President & CEO West Timmins Mining Inc., Vancouver Tel: (604) 685-8311 / Toll Free: (866) 685-8311 E-mail: info@westtimminsmining.com
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