WesternZagros's Annual General Meeting and Webcast June 4, 2015

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 20, 2015) -

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WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros" or "the Company") will hold its Annual General and Special Meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. MST. It will take place in the Wildrose Room, 2^nd Level, Sheraton Suites Eau Claire, 255 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 5C2. Shareholders and other interested parties are welcome to attend.

Simon Hatfield, CEO of Western Zagros, will make a presentation following the formal business of the meeting. The presentation will highlight the Company's achievements over the past year, latest developments and future plans.

The live webcast can be accessed at: http://www.gowebcasting.com/6467 and the archived webcast of the presentation will be available on the WesternZagros website, at www.westernzagros.com, the following day.

About WesternZagros Resources Ltd.

WesternZagros is an international natural resources company focused on acquiring properties and exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas in Iraq. WesternZagros, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, holds a 40 percent working interest in two Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. WesternZagros's shares trade in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WZR".

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