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CALGARY, Aug. 8 /CNW/ - Western Energy Services Corp. ("Western" or the "Company") announced today that the Company's non-core Plata-Inca mining property (the "Property"), located in the Yukon Territory, has been sold for the cash purchase price of C$1,000,000. The Plata-Inca property was valued on the Company's books at a cost base of $nil for accounting purposes.
Western is an oil field services company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada under the symbol "WSV". Western is active in Canada, Texas and Latin America.
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