Westcore Announces Commencement of Drilling, Intersection of 97.2 Metre Composite Coal Interval and Warrant Extension Approval

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Feb. 22, 2012) - WESTCORE ENERGY LTD. (TSX VENTURE:WTR) ("Westcore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce drilling has commenced on its Black Diamond coal property near The Pas, Manitoba. All of the planned 2012 drill targets at the 'Discovery' deposit have now been completed. Three new boreholes were drilled and all successfully intercepted coal, including a 97.2 metre composite coal interval at Discovery.

The Discovery deposit was first identified in Westcore's 2009 winter drilling program (see Westcore's news release of April 9, 2009). The Company used the gradient gravity data from its latest airborne survey (see Westcore's news release of September 21, 2011) to plan three (3) new delineation drill targets at the Discovery deposit for the 2012 drilling program. Westcore is pleased to report it has intersected a composite thickness of 71.3 metres of coal in D-12-A, 12.9 metres in D-12-B and 97.2 metres in D-12-C (see Table 1 & Figure 1). To date and cumulatively, the Company has drilled 8 holes at the Discovery deposit for a total of 789 metres.

The Company is currently drilling on the Cyclops deposit south of the Discovery deposit. The Company expects drilling on the Cyclops deposit to be completed this week and then plans on moving onto the next deposit before the weekend.

The results from the Discovery deposit are intended to be incorporated into a resource report prepared in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").

Paul Conroy, President and CEO of Westcore states "We are extremely excited to have received such impressive results from the first targeted deposit of our winter drilling program. The continuous lateral existence and increased vertical coal stratification will substantially add to the coal resources of both the Discovery and Cyclops deposits. We look forward to testing the rest of our targets in this manner in the coming weeks."

Peter Graham, Professional Geologist and Qualified Person (as defined in NI 43-101) for this news release, has reviewed and approved its contents.

WARRANT EXTENSION GRANTED

Westcore is also pleased to announce that its previously announced application to the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") to extend the term of all outstanding common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") from one (1) year to two (2) years from the date of issuance has been approved. An aggregate of 4,518,446 Warrants, each with an exercise price of $1.00 per Warrant, were issued in connection with the Company's private placement that closed on February 28, 2011. The expiry date of these Warrants has now been extended from February 28, 2012 to February 28, 2013. There are no insiders of the Company that hold these Warrants.

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Table 1: 2012 Discovery Coal Intercepts

Hole	Description	From (m) *	To (m) *	Width (m)*
	Coal + Minor Silt	53.6	54.2	0.6
	Coal + Minor Silt	56.8	61.3	4.5
	Coal + Minor Silt	63.1	66.6	3.5
	Coal + Minor Silt	70.3	96.3	26.0
	Coal	102.7	122.0	19.3
D-12-A	Silty Coal	124.4	124.8	0.4
	Silty Coal	127.4	130.3	2.9
	Coal	132.1	140.1	8.0
	Silty Coal	140.1	145.3	5.2
	Coal	145.3	146.2	0.9
		Total (Composite)		71.3
	Silty Coal	35.7	36.8	1.1
	Coal	36.8	38.2	1.4
	Coal + Minor Silt	39.1	43.2	4.1
	Coal	43.7	44.0	0.3
	Silty Coal	44.0	44.8	0.8
	Coal	44.8	45.3	0.5
D-12-B
	Silty Coal	45.3	46.3	1.0
	Coal + Minor Silt	46.3	48.0	1.7
	Silty Coal	48.7	49.3	0.6
	Silty Coal	52.8	53.9	1.1
	Silty Coal	54.5	54.8	0.3
		Total (Composite)		12.9
	Coal	42.8	43.6	0.8
	Coal	44.3	84.7	40.4
	Coal + Minor Silt	90.8	102.2	11.4
	Silty Coal	104.8	105.3	0.5
	Silty Coal	114.1	121.0	6.9
D-12-C	Coal	121.0	127.1	6.1
	Silty Coal	127.7	140.8	13.1
	Coal	140.8	149.6	8.8
	Silty Coal	150.4	151.6	1.2
	Coal + Minor Silt	152.4	160.4	8.0
		Total (Composite)		97.2

* Depths determined by interpretation of down-hole elog density of 1.6 g/cc or less & visual inspection of cuttings

To see a map of Figure 1: Discovery Deposit click the following link:

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