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Vancouver, Canada - (January 12, 2010) -
Pacific North West Capital Corp. (TSX: PFN;
OTCBB: PAWEF; FSE: P7J.F) ("PFN","Company")
is pleased to announce it has retained the
services of AGORACOM Investor Relations ("AGORACOM")
(http://www.agoracom.com) to provide online
investor relations services, a Web 2.0 social
network for current shareholders and Tier-1
awareness through the world's biggest websites
for the purpose of attracting new shareholders.
ONLINE INVESTOR RELATIONS MAXIMIZES SPEED,
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO COMPANY In
response to overwhelming data representing the
online research and communications habits of
small-cap investors, PFN has turned the primary
focus of its investor relations to the web via
the AGORACOM system to facilitate faster, better
and more accessible communications with both
current and prospective shareholders around the
world. Effective immediately, a customized and
monitored PFN IR HUB will be available on
AGORACOM at (http://agoracom.com/ir/pacific).
The IR HUB will allow Pacific North West Capital
to communicate with all investors
simultaneously, anytime and in near real-time.
This HUB will provide PFN's Management with the
ability to extend communications beyond text via
audio messages, video presentations, webcasts
and podcasts. In addition to traditional e-mail,
investors will also have the ability to receive
all communications via RSS feed. THE "AGORACOM
100" On January 19th, 2009 AGORACOM
launched a Canadian TV, web and search engine
marketing campaign to drive small-cap investors
to the "AGORACOM 100", an elite and exclusive
group of great Canadian small-cap companies in
which FAU will be included. This marketing
campaign will target main stream media including
daily spots on BNN, CNBC TV, Bloomberg TV, Globe
& Mail's GlobeInvestor.com, Google, Yahoo!, MSN,
AOL, Facebook, AGORACOM and an array of other
Tier 1 properties. LAUNCH OF PACIFIC NORTH
WEST CAPITAL CORP. COMMUNITY The PFN IR
HUB propels the Company into the forefront of
Web 2.0 community building by providing
investors with two very important functions.
First, a monitored discussion forum for the
purposes of constructive and high-quality
discussion amongst investors that is free of
spam, profanity and misinformation. Second, a
social network that provides investors with the
ability to create extensive profiles that
include photos, bios, video messages to fellow
investors, a rating system and other important
items to create a closer bond between our
shareholders. TIER-1 EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS
As an exclusive provider of "Small-Cap Centers -
Powered by AGORACOM" to Globe Investor, Yahoo
Finance Canada, AOL Finance Canada and every
Blackberry device on the planet, AGORACOM will
provide Tier-1 financial coverage of all
newsworthy Pacific press releases for the
purposes of attracting new and prospective
shareholders. PFN President & CEO Harry Barr
states, "I believe the time has now come to
significantly increase our communications with
both existing shareholders and the massive
online small-cap community of investors that are
searching for their next great investment. I
strongly encourage our shareholders to begin
taking advantage of our new online IR system,
which demonstrates we are a fully accessible
organization." For all future PFN investor
relations needs, investors are asked to visit
our IR Hub at http://agoracom.com/ir/pacific
where they can post questions and receive
answers within the same day, or simply review
questions and answers posted by other investors.
The terms of the agreement are as follows:
Duration - 12 months Monthly Cash Compensation -
$6,000 plus GST with the option to renew for an
additional 12 months. AGORACOM also wishes to
disclose the ownership of 360,000 shares of PFN.
About AGORACOM AGORACOM Investor
Relations (http://www.AgoracomIR.com) is North
America's largest online investor relations firm
for small-cap companies. We have partnered with
the world's biggest internet companies,
including Yahoo, Globe Investor, AOL, Google and
Blackberry to market our clients to a massive
audience of new small-cap investors. We have
served over 300 companies since 1997. AGORACOM
Investor Relations has displaced the telephone
and e-mail as primary IR communications devices.
Our IR HUB delivers two-way investor relations
in near real-time that is 24/7/365 accessible to
shareholders around the world and goes far
beyond text by offering both audio and video
communications. AGORACOM (http://www.Agoracom.com)
is North America's only small-cap community
built to serve the needs of serious small-cap
and micro-cap investors. No rumors, profanity,
stock bashing or hyping. Our traffic ranking is
above the top 0.5% of all websites around the
world. About Pacific North West Capital
Corp. Pacific North West Capital Corp. is
a mineral exploration company focused on
platinum group metals (PGM), precious and base
metals. Management's corporate philosophy is to
be a project generator, explorer and project
operator with the objective of option/joint
venturing projects with major mining companies
through to production. PFN is well funded, has
an experienced management team and has the
ability to take advantage of the tremendous
acquisition opportunities presented by current
market conditions. The Company's focus is to
acquire advanced stage precious metals projects
and to continue to expand its PGM and base
metals division.
River Valley, Platinum Group Metals Project,
Ont.
Key Highlights:
- One of only two primary PGM discoveries in
North America in the past decades
- 50:50 Joint Venture with Anglo Platinum Ltd.
- Anglo Platinum provides all funding, PFN is
operator
- $23M in exploration since 1999
- Current 43-101 resources total 1.3M oz Pd, Pt,
Au
Current Resource:
30.5 MILLION TONNES CONTAINING 953,900 OZ OF
PALLADIUM (0.97 G/T) 329,500 OZ OF PLATINUM
(0.34 G/T) 59,500 OZ OF GOLD (0.061 G/T)
Location:
- Primary PGM deposit
- 70 km from Sudbury, the largest Ni-Cu-PGM
mining and smelting complex in Canada
- Sudbury has produced 70 million ounces as a
by-product Pt, Pd and Au
- Excellent local infrastructure
 2009-2010
Program in Progress:
- $250,000 Budgeted
program to be completed
- Planning 2010 budget and program
- Geochemical study underway to develop genetic
model and define exploration strategy for high
grade ore
- Palladium, up more than 150% since its 2008
low, has a robust outlook for 2010
- Study will include evaluation of a full
suite of PGM including Rhodium to improve
economic modeling
- Rhodium demand currently depressed but will
recover with auto sector
- Rhodium has the potential to significantly
enhance economics of River Valley
 Additional Projects:
Destiny Gold Project:
- Joint Venture with Alto Ventures
- High grade gold including 44.39 g/t (1.56
ounces/ton), 39.5 g/t (1.39 ounces/ton) and 20.6
g/t (0.72 ounces/ton) across 0.5m intersected in
wide shear zones
- Open along strike and at depth
- Phase I 5000 meter diamond drill program
completed
- Phase II drill program slated for early 2010
 Rock and Roll Polymetallic Project:
- 2009 drill highlights include intersections up
to 1.31 g/t gold, 296.2 g/t silver, 0.46%
copper, 1.25% lead, and 3.99% zinc over 3.14
meters in drill hole RR09-107
- Initial re-sampling of historic core confirms
original assay data
- Numerous airborne geophysical anomalies remain
to be tested
- Additional core sampling planned to provide
basis for updated resource estimate
- Planning for expanded 2010 exploration program
and phase II drilling underway
Majority Shareholder in Fire River Gold ("FAU")
- PFN sold the Nixon Fork Gold mine in July 2009
for a 500% gain and will participate in the
upside of the Nixon Fork Gold Mine through its
majority ownership of FAU
- PFN was issued 6.5 Million shares of FAU on
Sept. 2009 and was paid approximately US
$1Million within six months
- The Nixon Fork Gold Mine is a fully permitted
and bonded mine, which management of FAU plans
to put back into production within the next 18
months
- Over US$100 Million has been spent to date on
the mine, Mill, and underground infrastructure
- Previous production averaged over 40 grams per
ton and additional credits of copper and silve
New PGM Acquisition Focus:
1. Under funded advanced stage
projectss
2. Projects with demonstrated
resource
3. Continued aggressive stance on PGM
exploration and development in North
America and a new focus in South Africa |
- Southern Africa
- Canada
- USA
- Mexico
- Scandinavia
- Brazil
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Management & Consultants::
Harry Barr
Richard Goodwin - P.Eng
VP of Engineering
Ali Hassanalizadeh - MSc. MBA
Senior Geologist/Project Manager
Chris Davies---B.Sc, (Hon)
P. Engg
Technical Consultant
John Royall - B.Sc. (Hon) P.Eng.
Curt Freeman - M.Sc., P.Geo.
Technical Consultantt
About the International Metals Group
The International Metals Group (IMG) is an
organization of professionals with a wealth of
experience in all aspects of the mining
industry.
Our group consists of a brain bank of project
acquisition, exploration and development
professionals, including dedicated CEOs,
geologists, engineers, corporate finance,
investor relations experts, corporate
management, public company administrators, and
regulatory and government affairs specialists.
The companies within the group are able to share
resources, costs and expertise, which provides a
significant advantage in comparison to
individual public companies.
For further information on the International
Metal Group Companies, please visit:
www.internationalmetalsgroup.com
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