West Melville Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WMM) ("West Melville" or the "Company")
is pleased to announce the commencement of exploration work at its Fraser Bay
iron-ore project located on the west coast of the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut. 


Crews mobilised to the project site on July 27 to commence building a 25 person
camp at the former CAM 5 Defence Early Warning airstrip at Mackar Inlet. The
airstrip is located 16 km northwest of the Fraser Bay Project and provides a
strategic logistical base for the Project. Construction of the camp
infrastructure is now complete and exploration work is underway. 


The 2012 summer program is budgeted at $1.5 million and is scheduled to run
until early-September. The objective of the program is to assess the direct ship
ore (DSO) potential of the Project by completing an extensive channel sampling
campaign over the full strike length of the banded iron formation. DSO is
defined as high grade iron ore (typically greater than 60% Fe) that can be mined
and shipped directly to market without the need for on-site processing and
thereby providing a low capital cost entry to production and a rapid path to
cash flow. 


"We are excited to follow up on the promising results achieved on the Fraser Bay
Project in 2011. Last year West Melville completed a 60 metre channel sampling
program that demonstrated the DSO potential of the Project by returning grades
of up to 68.2% Fe over 1 metre and 61.6% Fe over 13 metres. The current program
aims at completing approx. 2,000 metres of channel sampling over the entire 5.5
kilometre strike length of the banded iron formation and will allow for a more
complete assessment of the DSO potential of project," stated Rory Moore, West
Melville's, President & CEO. 


The Fraser Bay Project

The Fraser Bay Property is located on the west side of the Melville Peninsula,
180 km southwest of the community of Hall Beach in Nunavut, Canada. It consists
of a single mineral lease covering 3,228 acres that is favourably located 12 km
from tidewater at Committee Bay and 120 km from a proposed deep water port at
Roche Bay. The Property lies within 16 km of the CAM 5 airstrip at Mackar Inlet
(a former Defence Early Warning site) and an all season road from the airstrip
terminates less than 10 km from the Property boundary. This infrastructure
provides a significant logistical benefit to the Project. The lease is currently
owned by Roche Bay plc., with West Melville having an exclusive option to earn
up to a 70% interest in the Property by meeting a series of work and expenditure
commitments and making certain share payments. 


About West Melville Metals Inc.

West Melville is an iron ore and specialty metals exploration company working to
advance the Fraser Bay iron ore project in Nunavut and the Isortoq
iron-titanium-vanadium project in Greenland. The Company has assembled an
experienced management team with a track record of discovery success and a Board
of Directors with expertise covering the essential fields of geology,
engineering and finance. West Melville's projects offer a combination of low
geological risk with significant upside potential in high demand commodity
sectors.


Disclosure of a technical nature contained in this release has been reviewed and
approved by Bruce Counts, P.Geoph. (Director of West Melville) who is the
Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.


On behalf of the Board of Directors

Rory O. Moore, Ph.D., President and CEO

West Melville Metals Inc.

West Melville Metals Inc. is a member of the Aurora Resource Group of companies.
For more information please visit www.auroraresource.com. 


Certain disclosures in this release, in particular the results of the 2012
exploration program and the DSO assessment of the Fraser Bay Project, constitute
forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and
other factors relating to West Melville's operations as a mineral exploration
company that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed
or implied in such forward-looking statements, including risks as to the
completion of the plans and projects. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements. Other than as required by applicable
securities legislation, West Melville expressly disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.