CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. (“West High Yield” or the “Company“) (TSXV:WHY) announces that the Company has on December 28, 2018 entered into a settlement agreement with Drinkard Metalox Inc. (“Drinkard”) of North Carolina. In the settlement and  subject to the required approvals of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company shall issue Drinkard cash in the sum of $25,000 and 416,667 Units (the “Units”) issued by the Company. Each Unit is comprised of one Common Share (a “Common Share”) and one-third of one Common Share Purchase Warrant (a “Warrant”) and each whole Warrant would entitle the holder to purchase one additional Common Share at an exercise price of $0.50 for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the Warrant. 

During 2016 and 2017, the Company engaged Drinkard for magnesium hydrometallurgical testing.  Drinkard filed a Statement of Claim (“Claim”) in Alberta claiming approximately $297,000 USD for alleged outstanding invoices owing by the Company to it relating to the magnesium hydrometallurgical testing. 

The Company included in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 and six months ended June 30, 2018 an amount of approximately $408,000 USD for a contingency related to Drinkard. During the quarter ended September 2018, the Company recorded a recovery of consulting and labour costs of approximately $142,000 CAD based on the Claim. The Company estimates an additional recovery of approximately $230,000 CAD as a result of the settlement.

About West High Yield

West High Yield is a publicly traded junior mining exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties in Canada with a primary objective to locate and develop economic gold, nickel and magnesium properties.

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