Freewest Intersects 174 Metres of Chromite Mineralization at Black Thor and Provides Drilling Update on Its 100%-Owned McFaulds Property, Northern Ontario

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:12 PM

MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/25/09 -- Mackenzie I. Watson, President and CEO of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FWR) (the "Company") is pleased to provide the following update on diamond drilling, currently ongoing on the Company's wholly-owned McFaulds property (the "Property"). The Property, consisting of 1036 hectares, comprises one of three properties in which the Company is currently exploring, on its own and in strategic joint-venture agreements in the "Ring of Fire" metal district.

BLACK THOR CHROMITE ZONE DRILL RESULTS:

Diamond drilling at Black Thor ongoing since mid-January, continues to expand the limits of chromite mineralization that currently remain open-ended along strike and to depth. Highlighting recent drilling is the intersection of 174 metres of chromite mineralization in drill hole BT-09-37, the visual details of which are tabulated below. Included within the mineralized zone are several massive sections of chromite attaining intersected widths of up to 66.2 metres.

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INTERVAL (METRES)  DESCRIPTION                            INTERSECTED WIDTH
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198.1-208.0        Massive chromite mineralization                      9.9
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208.0-210.1        Semi-massive chromite mineralization                 2.1
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210.1-232.0        Massive chromite mineralization                     21.9
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232.0-236.8        Semi-massive chromite mineralization                 4.8
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236.8-252.0        Serpentinized dunite                                15.2
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252.0-318.2        Massive chromite mineralization                     66.2
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318.2-324.0        Hematized fault zone with pyrite-
                    pyrrhotite blebs                                    5.8
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324.0-336.4        Dunite                                              12.4
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336.4-354.9        Massive chromite mineralization                     18.5
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354.9-355.8        Serpentinized dunite                                 0.9
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355.8-368.8        Massive chromite mineralization                     13.0
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368.8-369.8        Semi-massive chromite mineralization                 1.0
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369.8-372.0        Massive chromite mineralization                      2.2
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     Total Intersected Width of Mineralized Interval (metres)         174.0
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Chromite mineralization obtained in drill-hole BT-09-37 represents the broadest zone of high-quality chromite intersected to date at Black Thor. The true width of the chromitiferous zone is estimated to be about 100 metres- wide. It comprises a northwest-dipping upper zone of mineralization that was also intersected in a shallower drill-hole, BT-09-33, completed on the same section on 2900N (see Figure 1). In hole BT-09-37, there is also a good possibility that a lower zone of chromite mineralization will be intersected as well, as demonstrated by the shallower hole completed on the section. Assays for drill holes BT-09-33 and 37 will be released as they become available. Notably, section 2900N represents the furthest section drilled to the northeast, along the trend of the Black Thor chromite zone. Residual gravity anomalies closely associated with Black Thor suggest a potential strike length of close to 3.7 kilometres for chromite mineralization.

Drilling to date has tested the Black Thor chromite zone over a 2100-metre strike length (from 800N to 2900N), largely utilizing drill sections spaced 200 metres apart (see Figure 2). The main zone of mineralization is remarkably persistent in terms of its continuity and stratigraphic position within the layered ultramafic intrusion.

Figures 1 and 2 comprise part of this news release and are posted on the Freewest website at www.freewest.com.

Chromite mineralization is hosted within a layered ultramafic intrusion consisting of variably altered dunite, peridotite and pyroxenite. Although several stacked horizons of chromite mineralization occur within the intrusion, the widest and best quality of the chromite zones, Black Thor, occurs near the top of the layered intrusion straddled by an underlying dunite/peridotite sequence and an overlying pyroxenite unit.

Since the last news release dated February 18, 2009, assay results have been received for drill holes BT-09-13, 14, 16 and 17.

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