Mr. Gareth Thomas reports

WESTHAVEN ANNOUNCES POSITIVE PRELIMINARY NICKEL SULPHIDE RESULTS FROM ITS BEN PROJECT

Westhaven Ventures Inc. has released positive preliminary nickel sulphide results from its Ben property, located approximately 50 kilometres north of Williams Lake, B.C.

A total of 55 samples from drill holes BN14-04, BN14-08, BN14-11, BN14-12 and BN14-13 were reanalyzed for nickel sulphides using ALS Minerals' ammonium citrate leach and hydrogen peroxide finish. The ammonium citrate leach results, which provide approximate sulphide nickel content, suggest the majority of assayed intervals contain a significant proportion of sulphide hosted nickel that may be available for recovery by conventional flotation methods.

For the full table of results please visit the company's website.

    SULPHIDE NICKEL GRADES FROM AMMONIUM CITRATE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE LEACH ANALYSES

Hole          From           To       Interval       Ni (ICP)*       Ni (ACE)*        NiS*
                (m)          (m)            (m)           (%)             (%)          (%)

BN14-04       12.8           34           21.5          0.27            0.12           44
BN14-08         18         46.5           28.5          0.28            0.17           58
BN14-11         34           42              8          0.21            0.11           52
BN14-11         60           69              9          0.21            0.14           67
BN14-12         99          150             51          0.18            0.12           69
BN14-12        150          185             35          0.19            0.05           26
BN14-13       17.4         26.5            9.1          0.21            0.16           78

ICP denotes analyses derived from multielement aqua regia ICP-MS analyses. ACE denotes 
analyses derived from ammonium citrate and hydrogen peroxide leach analyses. NiS denotes 
percentage of nickel present in sulphides.

Current drill program

Westhaven has started an approximately 800-metre drill program which is testing newly discovered ground magnetic anomalies within the vicinity of drill holes BN13-03 and BN14-12. Data from previous drill programs have indicated that higher nickel grades are associated with higher magnetic susceptibility readings.

Qualified person statement

L. John Peters, PGeo, who is a qualified person within the context of National Instrument 43-101, has read and takes responsibility for this release.

The samples were assayed at ALS Minerals laboratory in Canada using its Ni-ICP05 method. This method is based on the selective decomposition of nickel sulphide. A solution mixture of 10 per cent ammonium citrate and 35 per cent hydrogen peroxide is used to leach the samples. Hydrogen peroxide, a strong oxidizing agent, oxidizes Ni sulphide to sulphate and releases Ni sulphide into the solution.