West Mountain Provides Clarification Regarding $3.5 Million Debt Financing

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 12, 2012) - West Mountain Capital Corp. ("the Company") (TSX VENTURE:WMT) announces that the scope of the guarantee anticipated to be provided by Export Development Canada ("EDC"), in support of the $3.5 million in debt financing committed to be provided by HSBC Bank Canada ("HSBC") is to be limited to the $500,000 demand revolving loan and the $1.5 million capital loan. Please refer to the Company's news release of October 10, 2012 for additional information regarding the HSBC debt financing. The potential provision of the EDC guarantee remains subject to the standard review, underwriting, and final approval processes of EDC prior to its official commitment to HSBC. The HSBC debt financing is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent including the finalization and execution of formal loan and security documentation.

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PS2 is an established Canadian environmental solutions company specializing in the thermal treatment of a variety of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. It employs a unique indirectly heated, closed loop technology that allows it to extract even the most hazardous contaminants from soil, industrial sludge and waste converting much of it into reusable oil and synthetic natural gas that it uses to sustain the process. This methodology offers significant opportunity for greenhouse gas reduction over traditional hazardous waste destruction technologies. PS2's management team maintains expertise in hazardous waste management and contaminated site remediation with experience spanning North America and internationally throughout 14 countries.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective", "ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking information or statements. More particularly and without limitation, this news release contains forward-looking statements with respect to a new debt credit facility. The forward-looking statements and information are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by West Mountain, including expectations and assumptions concerning the plan to be awarded contracts to treat waste material. Although West Mountain believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking statements and information are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward looking statements and information because West Mountain can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct.

Since forward-looking statements and information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to, the risks associated with the treatment of pesticide contaminated soil, oily sludge and hazardous industrial sludge in general, attempting to secure work, the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to the value of the contract, health, safety and environmental risks, transportation costs, environmental risks, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the contract, failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals, and changes in legislation, including but not limited to environmental regulations, and risks associated with doing business in China. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and West Mountain undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.