WesternZagros to Participate at CAPP Scotiabank Investment Symposium

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WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros" or "the Company") will participate at the CAPP Scotiabank Investment Symposium in Toronto, Canada.

Greg Stevenson, the Company's CFO, will be a participant on the "International Oil: Adding >50,000 bbl/d through Existing Discoveries" panel at the Symposium on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 discussing the Company's latest developments.

About WesternZagros Resources Ltd.

WesternZagros is an international natural resources company focused on acquiring properties and exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas in Iraq. WesternZagros, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, holds a 40 percent working interest in two Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. WesternZagros's shares trade in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WZR".

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WESTERNZAGROS RESOURCES WAS RECOGNIZED AS A TSX VENTURE 50® COMPANY IN 2012 AND 2013. TSX VENTURE 50 IS A TRADE-MARK OF TSX INC. AND IS USED UNDER LICENSE.