Mr. Morgan Good reports

WEST OAK ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES

West Oak Gold Corp. has appointed Morgan Good as chief executive officer, Bennett Liu as chief financial officer and Leighton Bocking to its board of directors.

Mr. Good was appointed to the board on Dec. 22, 2023 (please see the company's news release dated Dec. 22, 2023).

Mr. Liu has considerable experience in the areas of financial reporting, regulatory compliance and treasury for Canadian public companies. Mr. Liu has held diverse leadership roles within the mining and technology sectors, contributing his expertise to companies such as Inverite Insights, K92 Mining, South Star Battery and Aton Resources. Mr. Liu has earned his chartered financial analyst and chartered professional accountant designations.

Mr. Bocking has been working in the capital markets for over 18 years, and has been particularly focused on financing and structuring companies. He has held various director roles. In addition, he has worked in corporate development roles at Gold Standard Ventures Corp. and Timmins Gold Corp. (now Alio Gold Inc.).

In connection with the appointments above, Paul John has resigned as chief executive officer and director, and Robert Doyle has resigned as chief financial officer. The company would like to thank Mr. John and Mr. Doyle for their contributions, and wishes them well in their future endeavours.

The financing

The company intends to conduct a private placement financing to finance general working capital and its exploration efforts. Further details will be provided in a subsequent news release.

About West Oak Gold Corp.

West Oak is focused on gold exploration in Canada. It is currently actively exploring the Hedge Hog gold project located 15 kilometres north of the town of Wells in the Caribou mining division of central British Columbia. Investors are encouraged to review West Oak's prospectus and the technical report for the Hedge Hog property available at SEDAR+. Management and the board of directors of West Oak currently consist of Mr. Good (chief executive officer and director), Mr. Bocking (director), Adrian Smith (director) and Mr. Liu (chief financial officer).

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