West Kirkland Drills New Gold Zone Near TUG Deposit, Long Canyon Trend, Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 26 (MARKET WIRE) --
West Kirkland Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WKM) ("West Kirkland" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce drill results for the first four holes
recently drilled on the 12 Mile prospect in Nevada. Highlights include
6.10 meters of 0.72 g/t Au from a depth of 12.2 meters. Overall the
drilling returned near-surface grades and thicknesses similar to the
Company's TUG deposit located ten kilometers to the east. Three further
holes at 12 Mile have assays pending.

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From To Length
Hole ID (m) (m) (m) Au g/t Ag g/t
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12M12-001 67.06 77.72 10.66 0.34 1.03
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and 88.39 96.01 7.62 0.23 0.67
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and 99.06 108.20 9.14 0.31 0.75
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12M12-002 0.00 12.19 12.19 0.31 0.98
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and 123.44 128.02 4.58 0.19 0.24
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and 131.06 135.64 4.58 0.21 0.06
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12M12-003 0.00 22.86 22.86 0.35 1.12
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including 10.67 15.24 4.57 0.52 1.14
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12M12-004 7.62 25.91 18.29 0.44 1.67
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including 12.19 18.29 6.10 0.72 2.19
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Michael G. Allen, Vice President of Exploration for the Company said,
"The initial results from 12 Mile confirm a gold bearing system in the
same units as our nearby TUG deposit. The results from 12 Mile continue
to validate our regional exploration program in the Long Canyon trend.
Drilling to date has tested a strike length of approximately 250 meters
and the gold system is open to expand further to the north and west. This
robust mineralizing system identified will be tested through further
drilling."

Details

Drilling at 12 Mile has intersected significant gold mineralization in a
similar geological setting to the nearby TUG deposit, with the best
grades of mineralization occurring just below the contact between the
Chainman Shales and Guilmette Carbonates. The best grades cut in the
current drilling are extremely shallow, giving the potential to develop a
low strip ratio open pit resource at 12 Mile. In addition, further zones
of alteration and mineralization occur deeper within the Guilmette
formation. These zones of alteration and mineralization may come closer
to surface to the west, where surface samples returned up to 1.73 g/t Au.

West Kirkland has an option to earn up to 60% of the mineral rights to
the 12 Mile prospect from Rubicon Minerals. 12 Mile is located within the
Company's Long Canyon Trend property packages, where the Company controls
approximately 1,000 square kilometers of mineral rights. West Kirkland
has completed its first year obligations under the Rubicon agreement. The
12 Mile prospect is located on private mineral rights within Elko County,
Nevada.

In addition to drilling at 12 Mile, as part of the Company's exploration
program within the Long Canyon Trend, two reverse circulation holes were
also drilled at Toano prospect, which is located approximately 23
kilometers northeast of the Long Canyon deposit.

Company Focus

The Company's focus in the United States is to expand and complement the
TUG gold deposit through regional exploration for near surface gold
deposits. The structural model for gold deposits in the Long Canyon Trend
has accelerated exploration in the area since the discovery of Newmont's
large scale Long Canyon deposit. The Long Canyon Trend is delineated by
the Long Canyon deposit in the south west and TUG deposit 65 kilometers
to the north east. West Kirkland has the dominant land position between
the two deposits.

Data, Verification, Quality Control and Assurance

Drill intersections are reported at drilled thickness, true thickness is
estimated to be between 60 and 90% of drilled thickness. Composites were
calculated using an internal cut-off of 0.1 g/t Au. Drill samples were
assayed by ALS Chemex in North Vancouver, BC (ISO 9001:2008). Gold was
assayed for using fire assay with an ICP finish. Samples that returned
values in excess of 1 g/t Au were re-assayed using gravimetric methods.
Silver and other elements were analyzed by ICP-MS using four acid
digestion. QA/QC included the insertion and monitoring of standards and
blanks within the sample stream as well as the collection of duplicate
samples.

Michael G. Allen, Vice President of Exploration for West Kirkland, and a
qualified person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the
technical information in this news release. He is the non-independent
qualified person for the purpose of this news release.

About West Kirkland

West Kirkland was formed in 2010 to focus on gold exploration along major
trends in North America. The Company has consolidated significant mineral
rights positions in the Kirkland Lake area of Ontario and within major
gold trends of northeastern Nevada - two of North America's premier gold
jurisdictions. The founders and Board of West Kirkland have successful
gold discovery, development and mine operations experience in both
Ontario and Nevada over the past 40 years.

Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking information within the
meaning of Canadian securities laws. Such information includes, without
limitation, information regarding proposed exploration activities.
Although the Company believes that such information is reasonable, it can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.
Forward-looking information is typically identified by words such as:
believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar
expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future
events. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking
information provided by the Company is not a guarantee of future results
or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those
in forward looking information as a result of various factors, including,
but not limited to, the state of the financial markets for the Company's
equity securities, the state of the market for gold or other minerals
that may be produced generally, recent market volatility; variations in
the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be
located, the Company's ability to obtain any necessary permits, consents
or authorizations required for its activities, to raise the necessary
capital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies and
other risks associated with the exploration and development of mineral
properties. The reader is referred to the Company's public filings for a
more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects
which may be accessed through the Company's profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts:
West Kirkland Mining Inc.
R. Michael Jones
(604) 685-8311

West Kirkland Mining Inc.
Michael Allen
(604) 685-8311

West Kirkland Mining Inc.
Knox Henderson
(604) 685-8311
(604) 484-4710 (FAX)
info@wkmining.com
www.wkmining.com

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