Wescan Completes First Closing of Private Placements

Stock Symbol: WGF: TSX-VEN

SASKATOON, SK, Sept. 23 /CNW/ - George Sanders, President of Wescan
Goldfields Inc. ("Wescan") is pleased to report the completion of the first
closing of its non brokered private placement of an aggregate of 2,356,486
Units of Wescan at a price of $0.35 per Unit for gross proceeds of $824,770.10
and of an aggregate of 2,626,123 flow through shares at a price of $0.43 per
share for gross proceeds of $1,129,232.89. Each Unit consists of one share and
one half of one common share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant
exercisable into one common share for a period of 12 months from September 22,
2005 upon payment by the holder of $0.45 per common share. All of the
securities will be subject to a four-month hold period in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
Finders' fees of 6% totalling $40,624.20 and a 6% warrant fee totalling
116,069 warrants are payable on a portion of the Unit private placement. On
the flow through private placement, a finders' fee of 6% totalling $58,238.92
and a 6% warrant fee totalling 135,439 warrants is payable on a portion of the
placement.
Wescan anticipates further closings under the private placements sometime
next week.

Wescan is a Canadian based corporation engaged in the acquisition,
exploration and development of mineral properties. Shares of the Company trade
to the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "WGF".

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