� West Timmins Mining Expands La Dura East Discovery
(Vancouver, June 26, 2007) West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX: WTM) announced today that new drill and surface sample results from the La Dura East target have confirmed the presence of lead-zinc-silver-gold mineralized occurrences, similar to those in discovery hole LD07-01 (95.75 metres grading 2.51% combined lead+zinc; NR07-16 May 29, 2007), for over 2,800 metres in a north-south direction on the Company's 100% owned Monta�a de Oro Project in Sonora, Mexico.
Drill hole LD07-02, collared 1,300 metres southwest of discovery hole LD07-01, intersected a 13.27 metre interval of skarn-breccia mineralization grading 2.01% combined lead plus zinc, 6.87 g/t silver and 0.03 g/t gold. In addition ongoing surface mapping and prospecting have identified lead-zinc-silver-gold mineralization 1,600 metres north of the discovery hole, expanding the mineralized trend to over 2,800 metres. The northern occurrences returned values ranging from 1.41% to 10.94%combined lead + zinc(7.08% zinc and 3.86% lead), 24.90 to 52.50 g/t silver and 0.08 to 0.31 g/t gold.��
"The results from hole LD07-02 and our surface sampling program represent a major expansion of the polymetallic La Dura system," said Darin Wagner, President of West Timmins Mining. "Follow-up drill testing at La Dura East will begin within the next two weeks and we anticipate results from drilling recently completed in the La Dura West discovery area in the same time frame."
Drilled to test a zone of massive magnetite skarn associated with elevated copper values, hole LD07-02 intersected strong skarn alteration from the collar to the end of the hole (262 metres), including the lead-zinc zone outlined above. Anomalous copper values (561 to 3,300 ppm Cu) are locally associated with a zone of massive magnetite (12.60 metres grading 24.00% Fe) intersected within the upper portion of hole LD07-02 (26.85-39.45 metres). The mineralized intercepts are interpreted to represent 110-115% of true thickness. Two drills continue to be active on the Monta�a de Oro Project.
The La Dura discovery is one of over 20 zones of precious and base metal mineralization identified to date within the Monta�a de Oro Project area, the majority of which remain to be drill tested. The Monta�a de Oro Project sits at the heart of the Three States District, less than 50 kilometres from seven new mines or mine development projects including Goldcorp's El Sauzal gold deposit, Palmarejo Silver and Gold's Palmarejo-Trogan deposit and Pan American Silver's Alamo Dorado silver mine.
Quality Control and Assurance
Geochemical results from drill holes reported herein are from halved drill core samples collected from the Company's Monta�a de Oro project. Core sampling is conducted on site by trained personnel and sealed samples are transported to ALS-Chemex's preparation facilities in Hermosillo, Mexico by employees of consulting firm Minera Cascabel S.A. de C. V. on behalf of West Timmins Mining. Surface samples are collected from outcrops on the property, sealed�on site and similarly transported. Samples were assayed for gold by standard fire assay- ICP finish with a 30 gram charge. Samples additionally underwent 34 element ICP-MS analysis. Silver, zinc, copper and lead values in excess of 100 ppm, 1%, 1% and 1% respectively were re-analyzed by fire assay. The remaining half of the drill core is stored in a secure facility on the project site. For quality control purposes blank and analytical control standards were inserted into the sample sequence at regular intervals. Mr. Darin Wagner (M.Sc., P.Geo), the Company's President, has acted as qualified person for this news release. The Qualified Person has visually examined the drill core and verified that there are no significant discrepancies in the quality control samples submitted along with the drill core and surface samples reported herein.
About West Timmins Mining Inc. - (www.westtimminsmining.com)
West Timmins currently has five drills, completing a total of 40,000 metres, turning on its exploration projects in the Sierra Madre Belt of Mexico and in the Timmins Gold Camp of Northern Ontario. West Timmins is focussed on the exploration and development of district-scale gold and related base metal projects in the major gold camps of North America. 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.
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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