SUN VALLEY, IDAHO--(Marketwired - June 15, 2015) - Sun Valley Gold LLC ("Sun Valley") announced today that it acquired control and direction over 15,784,100 common shares of West Kirkland Mining Inc. ("West Kirkland") on June 12, 2015 on behalf of Sun Valley Gold Master Fund Ltd. (the "Master Fund"), a client account over which Sun Valley has discretionary trading authority. The 15,784,100 common shares were purchased pursuant to a private agreement with a single shareholder of West Kirkland at a price of $0.055 per share.

Following completion of such transactions, Sun Valley exercises control and direction over 89,238,400 common shares and 1,778,000 warrants for and on behalf of the Master Fund. The 89,238,400 common shares over which Sun Valley exercises control and direction for and on behalf of the Master Fund represent approximately 30.34% of the issued and outstanding common shares of West Kirkland. If exercised, the 1,778,000 warrants over which Sun Valley exercises control and direction for and on behalf of the Master Fund would, together with such shares, represent approximately 30.76% of the issued and outstanding common shares of West Kirkland (after giving effect to the exercise of such warrants, but not the exercise of any other share purchase warrants issued by West Kirkland).

The securities of West Kirkland were acquired for investment purposes. Sun Valley may increase or decrease its ownership of securities of West Kirkland depending upon future market conditions.

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