CONSENT OF M3 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Western Silver Corporation 2005 Stock Option Plan (the “Registration Statement”) of Western Silver Corporation (the “Company”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement of (i) the references to our name under the heading “Description of the Business—Peñasquito Project” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 (the “Annual Report”), (ii) all other references to our name included or incorporated by reference in the Annual Report and (iii) our independent technical report entitled “Peñasquito Pre-Feasibility Study” dated March 2004, as amended and restated on November 8, 2004, and as further amended and restated on December 10, 2004, which study was commissioned by the Company, and which the Company used, or directly quoted from, in preparing summaries concerning the Peñasquito Project which appear in the Annual Report.
Conrad E. Huss, P.E., Ph.D.
/s/ Conrad E. Huss
Jerry T. Hanks, P.E.
/s/ Jerry T. Hanks, P.E
Date: August 26, 2005