West High Yield Announces Closing of Private Placement with the MineralFields Group, Release of First Quarter Results and Operat

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West High Yield (W.H.Y.) Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WHY) ("West High Yield" or
the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously
announced non-brokered private placement of 2,500,000 units (the "Units") at a
price of $0.40 per Unit each to the MineralFields Group for aggregate proceeds
of $1,000,000 (the "Offering").


"We are very pleased to be entering into this relationship with MineralFields
Group", said Frank Marasco, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. "This is
an important milestone in the growth of West High Yield and we look forward to
working with MineralFields Group as we further develop our Record Ridge South
property near Rossland, British Columbia."


About MineralFields, Pathway and First Canadian Securities (R)

MineralFields Group (a division of Pathway Asset Management), based in Toronto,
Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary, is a mining fund with significant assets under
administration that offers its tax-advantaged super flow-through limited
partnerships to investors throughout Canada as well as hard-dollar resource
limited partnerships to investors throughout the world. The sector focus is on
gold and precious metals, base metals, rare earths and lithium, potash, uranium,
oil, coal and gas. Pathway Asset Management also specializes in the
manufacturing and distribution of structured products and mutual funds
(including the Pathway Multi Series Funds Inc. corporate-class mutual fund
series). Information about MineralFields Group is available at
www.mineralfields.com. First Canadian Securities (R) (a division of Limited
Market Dealer Inc.) is active in leading resource financings (both flow-through
and hard dollar PIPE financings) on competitive, effective and service-friendly
terms, and offers investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and mining
industry consulting, services to resource companies. MineralFields and Pathway
have financed several hundred mining and oil and gas exploration companies to
date through First Canadian Securities (R), and have raised over $1 billion in
their 10 year history.


The Company also announces the release of its financial report and the
Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for the three months ended March 31,
2011. The financial report and related MD&A for the three months ended March 31,
2011 have been filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. The Company advises shareholders and investors that the
consolidated financial report and MD&A are now being presented in accordance
with the new International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), with a
restatement of comparative results achieved in Q1 2010. This change to IFRS does
not affect the Company's operations and will be the basis for all future
financial reporting of the Company.


The Company also advises that it plans to continue its core drilling program on
its substantial magnesium resource at its Record Ridge South property near
Rossland, B.C., in order to delineate and expand the exploration grid on the
property and collect additional geotechnical data. The Company has obtained a NI
43-101 Reserve Report prepared by SRK Consulting("SRK") of Denver, Colorado
which indicates 9,160,000 gross tonnes of magnesium (7,145,000 tonnes
recoverable) based upon core results obtained in previous drilling programs on
the property. The Company plans to drill up to 30 additional drill cores in its
2011 Summer program and will conduct metallurgical testing of the cores in order
to allow SRK to complete a scoping level economic evaluation ("PEA") of the
Company's resource.


READER ADVISORY

This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including
management's assessment of future plans and operations, and capital expenditures
and the timing thereof, that involve substantial known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company's control. Such risks and
uncertainties include, without limitation, risks associated with mining
exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and
transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency
fluctuations, imprecision of reserve estimates, environmental risks, competition
from other explorers and producers, inability to retain drilling rigs and other
services, delays resulting from or inability to obtain required regulatory
approvals and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external
sources, the impact of general economic conditions in Canada, the United States
and overseas, industry conditions, changes in laws and regulations (including
the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations) and changes in how they
are interpreted and enforced, increased competition, the lack of availability of
qualified personnel or management, fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest
rates, stock market volatility and market valuations of companies with respect
to announced transactions and the final valuations thereof, and obtaining
required approvals of regulatory authorities. The Company's actual results,
performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurances can
be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements
will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits, including the
amount of proceeds, that the Company will derive therefrom. Readers are
cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. All subsequent
forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to the Company
or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
these cautionary statements. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements
contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and
the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise
any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable
securities laws.


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