Wesdome Gold Mines Appoints Charles Page, P.Geo to the Board of Directors

TSX:WDO

TORONTO, July 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Page, P.Geo to the Board of Directors effective immediately.

Rolly Uloth, President and CEO, commented, "On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to welcome Charles to the Wesdome team. As the Company's growth plans are anchored around increasing production rates at the Eagle River Complex, at both the Mishi Open Pit and Eagle River underground mines, Charles' knowledge and work experience in the camp will be a tremendous asset, as he is credited with the discovery of the No Name Lake zone on the property."

Charles Page is a professional geologist with over 30 years' experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Queenston Mining, leading the discovery and development of the Upper Beaver deposit in the Kirkland Lake Gold camp until the Company's acquisition by Osisko Mining. He is currently a director of Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. and Unigold Inc. Mr. Page holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Waterloo.

Charles Page replied, "As part of the original team that discovered the first gold showing at Eagle River I am excited in joining the Board. The potential for new discoveries on the property is exceptional and I am looking forward in working with the Wesdome team."

Wesdome also wishes to report it has appointment Reg Howe as a consultant. Reg will provide analytic and strategic advisory services to the Company.

Reginald (Reg) Howe, JD, is a former gold analyst, beginning his business career in 1964 as a financial analyst with the international division of the Kendall Company, and a retired partner of the Boston law firm Palmer and Dodge, where in addition to his litigation practice he also served on the firm's investment committee. In 1983, Mr. Howe started Golden Sextant Associates, a general partnership for investing in developing North American gold assets, and later in a successor endeavor of like name provided consulting, management and investment banking services to companies in the same space as well as founding the Golden Sextant website. Reg is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Bologna Centre of the John Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

ABOUT WESDOME

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is in its 28^th year of continuous gold mining operations in Canada.  The Company is currently producing from its Eagle River and Mishi gold mines in Wawa, Ontario, which have earned consistent free cash flow during times of low gold prices.  Wesdome's corporate goal is to build a profitable, long-life, sustainable gold mining Company with modest initial capital costs.  This strategy has enabled the Company to acquire strategic property and infrastructure assets in two politically stable and historically proven mining camps.  Wesdome has significant upside through ownership of its two other properties, the Kiena Mine Complex in Val d'Or, Quebec and the Moss Lake gold deposit located 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ontario.  These assets are being explored and evaluated to be developed in the appropriate gold price environment.  The Company has approximately 111.0 million shares issued and outstanding and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WDO".

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