Western Pacific Samples 6.1m at 3.7 g/t at Mineral Gulch

VANCOUVER, BC - Warwick Smith, President of Western Pacific Minerals reported additional gold assays from ongoing sampling at the Company's Mineral Gulch project in Idaho.

Highlights of the most recent results include: MG-ES-052 which returned 3.7 g/t Au over 6.1m from the B Pit. MG-ES-053 which returned 4.3 g/t Au over 5.5m from the B Pit.  MG-ES-077 which returned 2.5 g/t Au over 4.6m from A Pit. In addition, 2 grab samples (MG-ES-080 and 081) from the Hazel Pine area, located half a mile northeast of the Tallman Pit, returned 2.64 g/t Au and 0.73 g/t Au with 267 ppm Ag and 356 ppm Ag, respectively. The current results are from forty samples, collected mainly from the A and B Pits, with one sample from D Pit, two from the Hazel Pine area and three from the Tallman Pit. All samples returned anomalous gold assays ranging from 0.01 to 6.5 g/t Au, and averaging 1.29g/t Au with a median grade of 0.7g/t Au. The average grade is in line with the historic average production head grade of about 1.5 g/t Au reported by Pegasus Gold. The B Pit results are particularly encouraging. The samples are mainly oxide material with some minor carbon. The higher grade B Pit samples came from the east wall of B Pit. They may correspond to an extension of the higher grades obtained from the west wall of the Tallman Pit, suggesting that there may be mineralization in the area between B and Tallman Pits. It is worth noting that only two pre-mine drill holes appear to have tested this zone (the results of these holes are unknown at this time). Mineral Gulch is located in Cassia County, Idaho, along the southeast edge of the Black Pine Mountains, approximately 128 kilometers southeast of Burley, Idaho. Western Pacific owns 100 per cent of the project which it acquired through staking. The project encompasses the historic Black Pine mining district and surrounding exploration ground. Western Pacific recently acquired the historical proprietary data for the property from Newmont Mining Corp. The company's address is 355 Burrard Street- Suite 830, Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8, (604) 801-5432, fax: (604) 662-8829.