WRR Walker River Resources Corp

Walker River Resources Corp. ("Walker" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:WRR) is
pleased to announce an update to its Sleeper-Lapon Canyon gold exploration
project.


The Sleeper-Lapon Canyon gold project consists of 36 claims (720 acres-292
hectares), situated about 60 kilometres south of Yerington, Nev., in the Wasuk
Range easily accessible by secondary roads from the main highway (25
kilometres). A power transmission line passes within three kilometres of the
property. The Sleeper-Lapon Canyon project is located within the Walker Lane
shear zone, a 100-kilometre-wide structural corridor extending in a southeast
direction from Reno. The past-producing historic Comstock Lode silver/gold mine
is located within this trend, as is the past-producing Esmeralda/Aurora gold
mine, with reported production of about 1.0 million ounces, located 30
kilometres southwest of the project.


The new Nevada Copper gold-copper mine, is located some 30 kilometres north of
the project also within the Wasuk Range. (Pumpkin Hollow, 981, 000 ounces gold,
34 million ounces silver, 5.4 billion pounds copper)


Previous work began in 1907 with the discovery of vein-type gold mineralization
on the Sleeper claims. Approximately 600 metres of underground drifts and adits
were used to explore and access a series of high grade vein-type structures.
From 1914 to 1924, a two-stamp mill was erected, and limited production was
reported. Further limited underground exploration was carried out, returning
numerous assay values in the range of one ounce per ton, with a sample at the
end of an adit returning 20.6 ounces per ton gold (Gruenwald, 1994, National
Instrument 43-101 report dated Feb. 15, 2004, by Dr. J.H. Montgomery, Ph D., P.
Eng, and N. Barr, BSc).


Initial geology and exploration work by Walker began in September under the
supervision of Mr. Tom Evans MSc geology, a registered geologist with over 40
years of experience in the Western United States and Mexico.


Results show that the gold mineralization is located within steeply, dipping,
sheared and altered cross fault structures crossing the Walker Lane Trend.


A grab sample taken near the entrance to the old mine adit returned a value of
0.398 ounces per ton gold (12.8 grams) (treated at ALS/Chenex Labs), and
consisted of altered and sheared rock containing quartz and sulphides.


The company also discovered previously unreported copper mineralization,
associated, not only with the gold mineralization in the shear zone, but also
within pegmatite, possibly indicating porphyry type mineralization potential.
The upper alteration structure, the site of the previous mining activities, has
a width of some 100 meters. The strike length is presently unknown, but evidence
suggests that the zones may continue within the Wasuk Range over significant
lengths. The only previous exploration work was carried out in the early 1990's,
by Teck and Huntington Resources and consisted of shallow surface trenching and
shallow generally vertical drilling into the vertical shear zone. Lower grade
gold mineralization (0.06 to 0.17 ounces per ton gold) was reported across the
width of the alteration zone.


The high grade gold mineralization appears to be associated with steeply dipping
lenticular zones, lying within the alteration zones, in an en echelon boundinage
type structure, analogous to other structurally controlled gold deposits (Carlin
Trend, Cadillac Break in Quebec, Ontario)


Finally we have been able to discover three other alteration, shear structures
on the project, with the same type characteristics.


The original gold discovery dates to the early 1900's, when prospectors
discovered placer gold at the outlet of the Lapon Creek, at the base of the
Wasuk Mountain Range. Another apparent gold placer installation was located at
the top of the mountain range at the headwaters of the Lapon Creek 1 km south of
the old mine workings. This may represent another gold mineralization shear zone
instead of an alluvial placer deposit.


The results to date demonstrate the high grade gold potential of the project,
the presence of copper mineralization, and the size and persistence of the shear
structures.


Previous underground mining of reported high grade gold mineralization combined
with the lack of any significant exploration, in an area of Nevada known for the
presence of large gold, silver and copper deposits; demonstrates the significant
potential of the project for additional discoveries.


The company's geologists have already located and mapped drill site locations,
have mapped the original alteration zone in detail, have sampled high grade gold
mineralization, and have discovered further alteration zone elsewhere on the
project. We are presently in the permitting and bonding stage for the planned
early 2014 drill program. 


The company is very pleased with the results to date. Further news will be
released as available.


E. Gauthier, Geol., Eng (OIQ), acts as the qualified person to the Company and
has reviewed and approved the contents of this release.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michel David, Chief Executive Officer and Director

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Walker River Resources Corp.
(819) 874-0030
(819) 825-1199 (FAX)
info@wrrgold.com
www.wrrgold.com

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