PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Dec. 22, 2014) - Mawson West Limited (TSX:MWE) ("Mawson West" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has today filed a technical report regarding the Company's Kapulo Copper Project prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101.

The report supports the disclosure made by the Company in its news release of 3 December 2014 entitled "Mawson West Kapulo Mineral Reserves Update", which included updated estimates of Mineral Reserves for the Company's Kapulo Copper Project.

The report, entitled "Kapulo Copper Project, DRC, Feasibility Study Update", which has an effective date of 30 November 2014, was prepared by the Company and authored by Gary Brabham, MSc, FAusIMM, MAIG and John Winterbottom, BSc, MAIG both of Mawson West, Jonathon Abbott, BASc Appl. Geol, MAIG of MPR Geological Consultants Pty Ltd and Quinton de Klerk, NHD (RSA), FAusIMM, MAICD of Cube Consulting Pty Ltd.

The technical report is available for review under the Company's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company's website (www.mawsonwest.com).

About Mawson West

Mawson West is a copper and silver-focused resource company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and based in Perth, Australia.

The Company's two key projects are the Dikulushi copper-silver mine and the Kapulo copper mine located in the Katanga province of the DRC. Mawson West also continues to focus on exploring multiple prospective targets located within its significant land holding of approximately 7,300km² in the copper rich DRC.

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