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MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Oct. 15, 2009) - Mackenzie I. Watson, President and CEO of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FWR) (the "Company") is pleased to report the remaining assay results obtained from the second phase (phase 2) of diamond drilling completed on the Company's wholly-owned McFaulds property (the "Property"). The Property, consisting of 1,036 hectares, comprises one of three properties in which the Company is exploring on its own and in joint-venture agreements in the "Ring of Fire" metals district.


The phase 2 drilling program consisted of 10,663 metres comprising 29 drill holes. Among them, 23 of them were completed on the Black Thor chromite zone. The Company released the assay results for six of the 23 drill holes in a news release dated September 16, 2009 (drill holes BT-0-52, 53, 54, 55, 59 and 60). Specifically, this news release documents the results of the remaining 17 drill holes (except drill hole BT-09-78 that has assays pending) completed on the Black Thor occurrence from the second phase of diamond drilling.


BLACK THOR DIAMOND DRILLING RESULTS:


Currently, the Black Thor chromite occurrence has been largely drilled at 100-metre centres over a 2600-metre strike length and to a maximum vertical depth of about 400 metres. It currently remains open-ended along strike and to depth (See Figure 1).


Figure 1 comprises part of this news release and is posted on the Freewest website at


A third drill will be added shortly, to continue testing the basal contact of the Ring of Fire ultramafic intrusion with underlying granodiorite, situated stratigraphically below the chromite zones. One of the target areas warranting further drilling is the AT12 Extension, where earlier drilling by the Company returned an intersection yielding 1.62% nickel, 1.24% copper and 5.22 grams/tonne total precious metals over 1.77 metres (platinum+palladium+ gold) at shallow depth. In addition to the AT12 Extension, the Company will target a number of conductors recently defined by an airborne ZTEM survey completed by Geotech Limited. Such targets are interpreted to occur proximal to the favourable contact between the ultramafic intrusion and underlying granodiorite at the base of the Ring of Fire intrusion. Results will be released as they become available.


INDEPENDENT QUALITY CONTROL AND ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL:


A thorough quality control program has been implemented for the McFaulds project including grouping samples into batches of 35 into which are added 2 certified reference material standards, 2 field blanks composed of barren drill core and a field duplicate. Coarse reject and pulp duplicates also from part of the Quality Control program. The Company is confident that all assays reported in this news release have passed rigorous control guidelines as set out by Freewest's independent Quality Assurance/Quality Control person.


All samples were submitted to Activation Labs (Actlabs) of Ancaster, Ontario for analyses. The samples were analyzed for multi-elements using a 4-acid digestion followed by ICP analyses. Gold, platinum and palladium were assayed by the Fire Assay method on 30 grams of prepared sample. All chromite-bearing samples are analyzed by fusion x-ray fluorescence (XRF). The X-ray emissions allow the composition of the sample to be determined by a high degree of accuracy. Additional information on the analytical techniques employed can be accessed on the Actlabs website at >www.freewest.com. Freewest's shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol FWR.
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TABLE 1 - BLACK THOR ASSAY TABLE (PHASE 2 DRILLING)

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GRID
COORDIN- FROM TO INTERVAL
HOLE NO. NATES DIP (METRES) (METRES) (METRES) %CR2O3 CR:FE Domain
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BT-09-57A L2300N, -50 82.5 90.0 7.5 34.1 1.48 Central
200W deg- 111.0 118.5 7.5 31.1 1.36
rees 149.0 154.0 5.0 30.1 1.48
194.0 205.0 11.0 30.8 1.51
241.0 252.0 11.0 40.7 1.77
270.0 281.0 11.0 32.6 1.54
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BT-09-58 L2300N, -65 96.0 102.0 6.0 47.2 1.88 Central
200W deg- 120.0 144.0 24.0 32.2 1.44
rees that
includes
131.0 144.0 13.0 40.1 1.70
301.0 305.0 4.0 34.8 1.58
330.0 334.0 4.0 33.1 1.43
359.0 365.0 6.0 31.7 1.82
390.0 397.0 7.0 32.8 1.57
401.0 436.0 35.0 37.5 1.73
that
includes
409.0 432.0 23.0 40.5 1.82
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BT-09-63 L1700N, -45 96.0 104.0 8.0 37.2 1.81 Central
175W deg- 152.0 160.0 8.0 38.2 1.99
rees
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BT-09-64 L1700N, -60 118.0 143.0 25.0 33.6 1.65 Central
175W deg- that
rees includes
120.0 137.0 17.0 37.7 1.82
147.0 155.0 8.0 30.7 1.51
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BT-09-65 L1500N, -45 95.0 109.0 14.0 34.2 1.81 Central
150W deg- 147.0 175.0 28.0 37.0 1.60
rees that
includes
158.0 171.0 13.0 40.4 1.62
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BT-09-66 L1500N, -60 120.0 151.0 31.0 30.4 1.45 Central
150W deg- that
rees includes
128.0 146.0 18.0 35.8 1.59
155.0 161.0 6.0 30.6 1.44
196.0 205.0 9.0 31.8 1.47
that
includes
200.0 205.0 5.0 42.1 1.74
212.0 221.0 9.0 37.0 1.51
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North-
BT-09-69 L2900N, -45 65.0 86.0 21.0 38.3 1.56 east
145W deg- that
rees includes
65.0 75.0 10.0 42.4 1.63
and also
includes
79.0 86.0 7.0 42.4 1.68
101.0 116.0 15.0 40.7 1.55
276.0 314.0 38.0 40.0 1.84
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BT-09-70 L1900N, -45 137.0 140.0 3.0 39.8 1.93 Central
175W deg- 153.0 158.0 5.0 30.4 1.54
rees 176.0 180.0 4.0 30.8 1.56
199.0 212.0 13.0 40.3 1.87
220.0 231.0 11.0 36.8 1.70
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BT-09-71 L1900N, -60 168.0 171.0 3.0 34.4 1.66 Central
175W deg- 222.0 227.0 5.0 26.8 1.47
rees 279.0 290.0 11.0 41.0 1.93
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North-
BT-09-73 L2950N, -45 136.0 186.0 50.0 35.7 1.52 east
200W deg- that
rees includes
151.0 186.0 35.0 42.3 1.72
381.0 395.0 14.0 40.0 1.63
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North-
BT-09-74 L2950N, -60 194.0 242.0 48.0 43.7 1.74 east
200W deg- 265.0 282.0 17.0 33.6 1.39
rees 311.0 326.0 15.0 40.5 1.56
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South-
BT-09-75 L900N, -45 77.0 86.0 9.0 30.5 1.50 west
050W deg- 110.0 141.0 31.0 32.9 1.63
rees that
includes
120.0 141.0 21.0 37.0 1.84
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South-
BT-09-76A L900N, -60 133.0 143.0 10.0 33.3 1.44 west
050W deg- 157.0 169.0 12.0 31.5 1.37
rees 180.0 207.0 27.0 33.4 1.54
that
includes
196.0 206.0 10.0 40.1 1.77
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South-
BT-09-77 L1300N, -51 163.0 169.0 6.0 31.3 1.44 west
150W deg- 176.0 190.0 14.0 33.9 1.53
rees
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Freewest Resources Canada Inc.
Mackenzie I. Watson
President and CEO
(514) 878-3551 or 1-888-878-3551
(514) 878-4427 (FAX)
info@freewest.com
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