Wesdome to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results February 22, 2017

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - February 15, 2017) - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) ("Wesdome" or the "Company") today announces that the Company intends to release its fourth quarter and full year 2016 financial results after market close on February 22, 2017. The financial statements will be available on the Company's website at www.wesdome.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. A conference call to discuss these results will be held on February 23, 2017 at 9:00 am ET. Wesdome invites participants to join the call using the following details:

Wesdome Gold Mines 2016 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results Conference Call:

North American Toll Free: +1 (844) 202-7109
International Dial-In Number: +1 (703) 639-1272
Passcode: 73151421
Webcast link: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/959b3kdf
Webcast can also be accessed under the News and Events section of the Company's website (www.wesdome.com)

A replay of the call will be available on the Company's website until 12:00 pm ET, March 2, 2017:

North American Toll Free: +1 (855) 859-2056
International: +1 (404) 537-3406
Passcode: 73151421
Webcast will also be available for replay on the Company's website within 24 hours after the conference call concludes.

ABOUT WESDOME
Wesdome Gold Mines is in its 29^th year of continuous gold mining operations in Canada. The Company is 100% Canadian focused with a pipeline of projects in various stages of development. The Eagle River Complex in Wawa, Ontario is currently producing gold from two mines, the Eagle River Underground Mine and the Mishi Open pit, from a central mill. Wesdome is actively exploring its brownfields asset, the Kiena Complex in Val d'Or, Quebec. The Kiena Complex is a fully permitted former mine with a 930 metre shaft and 2,000 tonne per day mill. The Company has further upside at its Moss Lake gold deposit, located 100 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, which is being explored and evaluated to be developed in the appropriate gold price environment. The Company has approximately 130 million shares issued and outstanding and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WDO."

This news release contains "forward-looking information" which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press release and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances, management's estimates or opinions should change, except as required by securities legislation. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company has included in this news release certain non-IFRS performance measures, including, but not limited to, mine operating profit, mining and processing costs and cash costs. Cash costs per ounce reflect actual mine operating costs incurred during the fiscal period divided by the number of ounces produced. These measures are not defined under IFRS and therefore should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to or more meaningful than, net income (loss) or cash flow from operating activities as determined in accordance with IFRS as an indicator of our financial performance or liquidity. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow.