PRESCOTT, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Western Sierra Mining Corp., (OTC Pink: WSRA) announced today that it has executed an agreement with Aspen Development Corporation to assist it with an initial public offering. Aspen is a real estate development company that specializes in the acquisition, rehabilitation and resale of residential properties in the Denver and Mountain markets. Western will utilize its $52 million asset base to provide bridge financing and will draw upon its experienced consulting relationships to provide Aspen with the real estate industry and other expertise required for the development and implementation of its business plan and in obtaining financing through an initial public offering. In exchange for these financing and consulting services Western will receive ownership in Aspen. Western also intends to build upon its recently completed acquisition of water rights in Northern Colorado to increase its $52 million asset base. The Company will be making additional announcements about Aspen and its other natural resource-related projects.

About Western Sierra Mining Corp

Historically, Western Sierra Mining Corporation has focused on the strategic acquisition, sale, joint venture, management and extraction of precious metals. In order to take advantage of current and forecast market trends, opportunity and demand, WSRA intends to aggressively pursue development of the water rights and gold and silver assets it currently owns and to simultaneously pursue a diversification into other natural resource-related projects. Over the coming weeks and months, WSRA will begin systematically implementing its new business model resulting in the creation of new commodity based endeavors to the direct benefit the Company’s shareholders.

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