CALGARY, ALBERTA, – December 21, 2006. West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. (“West High Yield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) of $1,100,000 through the sale of 2,200,000 units (“Units”) of the Company at a price of $0.50 per Unit to the MineralFields Group (“MineralFields”). Each Unit is comprised of one Common Share of the Company issued on a “flow-through” basis and one transferable non-flow-through common share purchase warrant (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant is exercisable into one common share of the Company at a price of $1.10 per share until December 6, 2007 and $2.10 per share until expiry on December 6, 2008. Limited Market Dealer Inc., an affiliate of MineralFields, was granted 176,000 compensation options exercisable at a price of $0.50 per Unit for two years from the closing date and a cash finder’s fee of $66,000. The Units issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four-month hold period from the date of closing of the Offering. Proceeds from the Offering will be used for the further development of the Company’s mining interests in British Columbia.
Frank Marasco, President and CEO of the Company, commented, “We are pleased to be entering into this relationship with MineralFields Group. This is an important milestone in the growth of West High Yield and we look forward to working with the MineralFields Group as we develop our holdings in our Rossland Gold Camp properties.”
About MineralFields Group
MineralFields Group (a division of Pathway Asset Management) is a Toronto-based mining fund with assets under administration that offer tax-advantaged super flow-through limited partnerships to investors throughout Canada during most of the calendar year, as well as hard- dollar resource limited partnerships to investors throughout the world. Information about the MineralFields Group is available at www.mineralfields.com.
About West High Yield
West High Yield Resources is a 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 properties.
For further information please contact:
Frank Marasco
President and Chief Executive Officer West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. 28 Arbour Lake Drive N.W.,
Calgary, Alberta T3G 3N8 Telephone: (403) 660-3488
Facsimile: (403) 206-7159
Email: [email protected]
Craig G. Robson
Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. Suite 520, 700 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2T8
Telephone: (604) 685-5851 or 888-685-5851
Facsimile: (604) 685-7349
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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