Western Potash Corp. appointed Dr. Matthew Wood as Western's Project Director of the Milestone Potash Project. He joins the company to lead the project team that will move the Milestone Potash Project into production. Dr. Wood is the former President of Vale Potash Canada Limited, and Senior Project Leader of Vale's Kronau Project near Regina in Saskatchewan. Here he led the Geology and Drilling, Solution Mining, Land Environment and Community and Operational Readiness teams during the final Feasibility Study of the solution mining plant. He also led the design of the solution mining and wellfields both for Kronau Project, and Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) in Argentina. The company also announced the appointment of George Gao as Senior VP, Business Development. Mr. Gao brings extensive knowledge of the global financial market especially with regard to Asia and Canada. He brings decades of experience in corporate compliance, business development and capital markets. Mr. Gao is the former President of the Beijing Mining Exchange, where he led the establishment of its mining project listing strategy, polices and practice. He has prior experience working for the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange as Chief Representative, Beijing Office and Head, Business Development, Asia, and played a major role in the establishment of the TSX presence in Asia, in particular in the natural resource sector. The Company has also appointed Mr. Jerry Zhang to the position of Director of Administration and Assistant to the President. Mr. Zhang has nearly a decade of experience serving various levels of Chinese central governments in a wide variety of responsibilities in a range of operational assignments. During the more than 6 years that Jerry has been with Western, he has become increasingly involved with the development of the Company's potash project and with the Company as it matures. Mr. Zhang obtained a PhD degree in International Relations from the University of Melbourne. Western continues to benefit from Jerry's exceptional organizational and bilingual skills.