Western Goldfields Annual and Special Meeting Notification

TORONTO, April 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 

                  Western Goldfields Inc. will hold its
               Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
                   on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
                                   at
                      Le Meridien King Edward Hotel
                           37 King Street East,
                             Toronto, Ontario

  There will be a webcast available at 4:30 p.m. during the Annual and
                Special Meeting via the Company's website
                        http://www.westerngoldfields.com/
                       and via the following link:
  http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=108415&s=1&k=712519CD9AFB533014E984102640D0BC

       To hear the audio portion only of this webcast please dial:
                           Local: 416-644-3415
                         Toll Free: 800-732-0232

           The audio and webcast presentation will be available
                    after the Meeting on our website.

                               Please note:
           This news release may be accessed via our website,
           and via Canada Newswire's website at http://www.newswire.ca/
   All material information on Western Goldfields Inc. can be found at
                              http://www.sedar.com/
                     and at http://www.westerngoldfields.com/

DATASOURCE: Western Goldfields Inc.



CONTACT: Julie Taylor Pantziris, Director of Regulatory Affairs &

Investor Relations, Western Goldfields Inc., T: [phone], F: (416)

324-9494, E: 

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