Pacific North West To Aquire The Nixon Fork Gold Mine 

VANCOUVER, BC - Pacific North West Capital Corp. reported the signing of a letter agreement pursuant to which it has acquired an option, exercisable until February 15, 2009, to purchase a 100% interest in Mystery Creek Resources, Inc. (MCR), a wholly owned Alaskan subsidiary of St Andrews Goldfields Ltd. MCR's assets include the Nixon Fork gold mine, located 56 kilometres northeast of McGrath, Alaska. PFN has paid US$100,000 on signing of the agreement. Subject to regulatory approval and the satisfactory completion of its due diligence review, PFN may exercise the option by paying a further US$400,000, of which US$100,000 is required to be paid on closing of the purchase of the MCR shares and the balance is required to be paid in three equal instalments on May 1, July 1 and September 1, 2009. Nevada Goldfields Inc. operated the high-grade underground gold mine from 1995-1999, recovering 137,749 ounces of gold and 2.1 million pounds of copper, with additional silver credits. The average production grade was 42 grams per tonne (gpt) of gold, with an average production cost of US$266 per ounce. The mine was closed in 1997 due to declining gold prices. SAS purchased the mine in 2003. From 2004 through 2008 approximately US$15 million was expended on upgrades to the processing facilities and mine infrastructure. During this time 9,381 meters of reserve-resource definition drilling was conducted, an updated reserve-resource estimate and additional metallurgical testing were completed. Limited production in 2007 resulted in recovery of 6,775 ounces of gold and 78,644 pounds of copper. SAS commissioned Roscoe-Postle Associates of Toronto to complete NI 43-101 technical reports in 2005 and 2006, which reviewed the mineral reserve-resource of the property and completed a financial analysis of proposed mining operations. These reports are available from SAS reports filed on Sedar. Facilities at the Nixon Fork Mine include a 200 tpd floatation plant with a gravity gold separation circuit, a sulphide floatation circuit, and a newly constructed CIL gold leaching circuit. The mine also boasts a fleet of mining vehicles, a power plant, maintenance facilities, an 85 person camp, office facilities, and 5 aircraft landing strips. The mine and equipment are currently winterized and under a care and maintenance regime. Mining and processing operations at Nixon Fork are fully permitted and bonded. Mine stockpiles amount to 2,100 tonnes of ore, and approximately 116,000 tonnes of mill tailings are ready to be processed in the CIL circuit. PFN will conduct a comprehensive re-evaluation of mine reserves/pages, metallurgy, mining scenarios, and permitting during 2009. A financial analysis of the mine will also be completed. These studies will form the basis for a planned re-start of mining operations. In addition, PFN believes the current resource is not fully explored. Management plans to complete its due diligence by Feb 15th 2009 and establish the appropriate strategy to continue the development of the project. The company's address is 2303 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6M 2A3, 604.685.1870, 604.685.8045, fax: email: [email protected]. www.pfncapital.com.