The Willow Creek Mine is an open pit metallurgical mine located in northeastern British Columbia and was established and operated under certain coal leases and licenses issued to Falls Mountain Coal Inc. (“FMC”) or its subsidiary Pine Valley Coal Limited (“PVCL”) under the Coal Act (British Columbia). Western has acquired FMC and its assets.

In addition to the Willow Creek Mine, FMC has interests in certain adjacent or nearby coal properties. These properties, known as Pine Pass, Crassier Creek, Falling Creek and Fisher Creek are referred to collectively with the Willow Creek Mine as the “Willow Creek Coal Properties”.

The coal properties associated with the Willow Creek Mine are located within the Pine Pass area in the Peace River District of northeast British Columbia. The coal licenses flank the Pine River Valley approximately 45 kilometers west of the town of Chetwynd.

Work is underway to commence production of ULV-PCI coal by October 2008 at an annual run-rate of 900,000 tonnes per year. Work has also commenced on refurbishing the plant and start producing hard coking coal at the mine by late 2009 at an annual run-rate of 600,000 tonnes per year.

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