Pacific North West Capital Corp. Announces Early Warning Report Filing

VANCOUVER, Jan. 2, 2013 /CNW/ - Pacific North West Capital Corp. (Pacific North West Capital Corp. (TSX: PFN; OTCQX: PAWEF; Frankfurt: P7J) ("PFN" or the "Company") announces it has acquired 2,866,667 common shares and 1,433,334 warrants of El Nino Ventures Inc. ("ELN") at a price of $0.09 per unit, pursuant to the closing of ELN's non-brokered private placement for a total subscription price of $258,000.

Prior to this acquisition, the Company held 5,542,109 common shares and 2,295,726 warrants of ELN, representing approximately 8.49% of ELN's issued capital prior to the closing of the private placement.  As a result of its participation in this private placement, the Company now holds 8,408,776 common shares and 3,729,060 warrants of ELN, representing approximately 11.03%  of ELN's current issued and outstanding common shares.  These shares of ELN are held directly by the Company for investment purposes.  PFN may in the future take such actions with respect of its ELN shares as it deems appropriate in light of market circumstances then existing, including the potential purchase of additional shares of ELN through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, or the sale of all or a portion of such holdings in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions to one or more purchasers.

There are no persons acting jointly or in concert with the Company with respect to the Company's shareholdings in ELN, nor has the Company entered into any agreements in respect of its shareholdings in ELN with any person with which the Company acts jointly or in concert.

This news release is issued pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 62-104, which also requires a report to be filed with the British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario Securities Commissions containing information with respect to the foregoing matters.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Harry Barr"

Harry Barr, Chairman, CEO and Director

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SOURCE Pacific North West Capital Corp.