WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) ("WesternZagros") announces that Mr. Simon Hatfield, President, will be participating in the "Opening New Frontiers Panel" discussion at the RBC Capital Markets Conference in London, England on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at approximately 11:05 am GMT.

Investors are invited to listen to the live webcast of the presentation via the following link:

http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc98/panel1

The webcast will be audio-only and archived for 30 days after the conference.