• Planned 12,000 metres of Life of Mine (LOM) Extension grade control and infill drilling program
• Targeting strike and down-dip extensions to the existing deposits
• Designed to add tonnes and ounces within the existing RPEEE pit framework

Western Gold Resources Ltd (ASX: WGR) is pleased to outline plans for a LOM Extensions grade control and infill drilling program at its 100%-owned Gold Duke Project, located in Western Australia's northeastern Goldfields. The program comprises approximately 12,000 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling, targeting south and north extensions to the Emu, Eagle, Joyners Find and Gold King South deposits, immediately adjacent to and down-dip of the current Stage 1 mining areas. The LOM Extensions drilling program has been designed to directly align with the geological, economic and technical framework applied in the December 2025 Mineral Resource Estimate, which reported a total resource of 4.8 Mt at 1.8 g/t Au for 277,000 ounces. Key alignment points include consistent drill spacing and orientation, targeting of mineralisation within and immediately adjacent to existing RPEEE pit shells, and focus on oxide-dominated, near-surface mineralisation suitable for open-pit mining and conventional CIL processing. The program is not exploration-driven, but production-focused, targeting areas where geological continuity has already been demonstrated by exploration drilling and where additional drilling is expected to deliver immediate operational value. The drilling will be undertaken by VM Drilling, who successfully delivered the 2025 grade control campaign.

The Company anticipates the LOM Extension drilling to provide additional shareholder value by extending the Stage 1 Life of Mine (LOM) along with potentially adding further tonnage & ounces above the planned ~43,000 oz.

The Company intends to develop Stage 2 brownfields drilling activities that will further extend LOM and increase resources into M&I categories via Stage 1 Mining Cashflow.