• IDEX Metals completed an option deal with WestGold Metals covering three Idaho exploration properties, setting up a joint venture on full exercise.
• WestGold can earn a 90% interest; IDEX subsidiary Silver Rock Resources keeps a 10% carried interest through commercial production.
• WestGold delivered 5,737,000 common shares to the optionor, paid CAD$ 100,000 cash, committed to CAD$ 5 million exploration spend over three years.

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