Wescan to raise $4,000,000

Stock Symbol: WGF: TSX-VEN 

SASKATOON, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - George Sanders, President of Wescan
Goldfields Inc. ("Wescan") is pleased to announce that Wescan is conducting a
non brokered private placement of up to 5,800,000 Units of Wescan at $0.35 per
Unit and a non brokered private placement of up to 4,600,000 flow-through
shares priced at $0.43 per share. Each Unit is comprised of one common share
of Wescan and one half of a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant
entitles the holder to purchase an additional common share at a price of $0.45
for a period of one year from the closing date of the offering. In the event
the offering is fully subscribed, the Unit offering will generate gross
proceeds of $2,030,000 and the flow through shares will generate gross
proceeds of $1,978,000 for total gross proceeds of $4,008,000.
The securities offered hereby will be subject to a four-month hold period
from the closing date in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Proceeds will be applied to further drilling on Wescan's 100% owned Fork
Lake property which includes the former producing Jasper Gold Mine; for
geophysical surveys of the Company's 50% owned uranium prospecting permits in
the Athabasca Basin, and for general working capital purposes.
Wescan will pay a 6% cash fee and 6% warrant of the gross proceeds raised
by a finder related to this private placement. The placement is subject to
final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

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


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    responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."