Western Pacific Expands Rock Springs Property, Nevada

VANCOUVER, May 18 /PRNewswire/ - Western Pacific Resources Corp. (TSXV: WRP) is pleased to announce the acquisition, through staking, of 100 additional claims at its Rock Springs property located in Elko County, Nevada. The property lies 45 miles north of Newmont's Long Canyon property, along the northwest edge of the Bald Mountain/Pequop Trend which includes the Long Canyon project and Western's Mineral Gulch property.

The claim block has been expanded 15,000 feet east of Western's original claim block (20 claims) to cover historic surface sampling completed by Gold Fields Mining Corporation (GFMC) in 1987-1989. GFMC samples over the newly staked ground showed values including 1.64 ppm gold (0.048 opt), 11.85 ppm gold (0.346 opt) and 32.84 ppm gold (0.959 opt). Silver values up to 363 ppm (10.6 opt) were also taken from this area.

Sampling on the original 20 claims by Western personnel returned gold values up to 0.04 opt gold, 8.7 opt silver, 1.7 % lead and 2.0% zinc. Additional surface sampling, geologic mapping and a soil program are in the planning stages for the 2011 field season to help identify the gold bearing portion of this mineralizing system and potential drill targets.

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Western Pacific is a gold explorer focused on acquiring advanced-stage projects in the Western United States, and has the right combination of exploration and financial professionals to succeed in making a world class gold discovery. For more information, please visit our website at www.westernpacificresources.com.

Qualified Person

Curt Everson, M.Sc., P.Geo., is Western Pacific's Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has prepared or supervised the preparation of the disclosure of any scientific and technical information contained in this news release.

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Warwick Smith, Chief Executive Officer

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SOURCE Western Pacific Resources Corp.