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Western Sierra Mining Begins the Permitting Process for Battle Mountain

Posted on: Thursday, 1 September 2005, 18:00 CDT

Western Sierra Mining Corp. (Pink Sheets:WSRA) announced today that it had entered into a contract with Dyer Engineering Consultants, Inc. of Reno, Nevada; (DEC) to head up the company's permitting process for its barite project at Battle Mountain, Nevada.

Under the direction of Mr. Dan Dyer, DEC will prepare a water Pollution Control Permit and a Plan of Operations for Western's barite mine at the Mud Springs property which is located between the Battle Mountain and Carlin trends south east of the city of Battle Mountain.

Initially the plan calls for a 1,000 tons per day excavation using a minimum amount of mechanized equipment, a grinding and crushing circuit and minor improvements of access and haul roads.

Western will first clear and level two of the existing pits setting the high benches and stockpiling some 50,000 tons of barite material during the initial clearing process. Once the stockpiled material is crushed and prepared for delivery, a drill program will be implemented to further delineate the barite structure and allow Western to block out the appropriate areas for mine development.

Commenting on the project, Mr. Bob Garcia, Vice President of Extraction Operations, said, "We have had several meetings with Nevada BLM at Battle Mountain and believe we can proceed normally through the permitting process. There are significant mining activities recently approved for placer gold adjacent to our property and the Battle Mountain/Mud Springs has a long history of both large and small scale mining activities. The property has previously been mined for barite and placer gold and the proposed areas of disturbance are relatively small. We hope to submit the initial plan of operations prior the end of September."

Western Sierra Mining Corp is an international precious and industrial metals mining company.

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Technical complications that may arise could prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically significant plan(s) outlined above. The company cautions that these forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Source: Business Wire

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