WESTERN POTASH CORP. is Granted New Potash Permits in Saskatchewan

June 4th, 2008

Western Potash Corp. (the “Company”) (TSXv: WPX, FSE: AHE) is pleased to announce that it has been granted its first potash permits in south-eastern Saskatchewan.  The three contiguous permits, KP-407, KP-408, and KP-409, granted by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources comprise a total of 123,948 acres.

The newly-acquired potash permits are immediately adjacent to potash permits held by BHP-Billiton, Kennecott Canada Exploration and Potash One.  The three permits are located approximately 30 km south and southeast of Regina, and to the southeast of the Mosaic Company's Belle Plaine KL-106-R mining lease, which hosts one of the largest producing potash solution mines in the world.

Western Potash Corp. is a mineral exploration company engaged in the evaluation, exploration and development of potash mineral properties in Western Canada.  The Company intends to define and develop a world-class potash deposit in an ecologically sustainable, economically efficient and socially responsible manner.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“J. Patricio Varas”     
J. Patricio Varas
President and CEO

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the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


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