Industry Vets to Focus on Domestic and International Sales of Coal from the Horizon Mine SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- America West Resources, Inc. (OTC:AWSR) (BULLETIN BOARD: AWSR) , a domestic compliant coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, today announced the appointment of W.C. (Chuck) Travis and William (Bill) Graham to the Company's sales and marketing team. Reporting directly to CEO Dan Baker, Travis and Graham are tasked with expanding America West's global customer base, securing both domestic and export coal supply contracts for compliant coal mined from the Company's Horizon Mine. "With coal production ramping precipitously at Horizon, we felt the time was right to enhance our sales and marketing assets and expand our sales reach to key markets around the world, such as the Far East, where prevailing demand for compliant thermal coal is exceptionally robust. Given Chuck and Bill's experience, expertise and longstanding relationships in rail, transportation logistics and energy product sales, there is no doubt that they will prove to be valuable additions to the America West team," stated Baker. A senior transportation professional with over 30 years of managerial and hands-on experience, Travis was a consultant with Travis Transportation Consultants, Inc., where he focused on advising clients on transporting bulk commodities via rail before joining America West Resources' sales group. From 1993 through 2007, he served as Vice President at ECDC Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries. While at ECDC, Travis helped guide the Company from zero cars and containers in 1997 to over 1500 railcars serving six transfer stations and nine rail accessible landfills, and where he managed the sales team serving the Northeastern U.S. waste markets. From 1977 until 1993, he rose through the ranks at Southern Pacific Transportation Company, where he began his 16-year tenure in the Engineering Department and ultimately served as Senior Manager of Environmental Waste Marketing. Contact: Graham brings America West more than 20 years experience in the global energy markets. Previously, he served as Managing Partner at 5Energy Resources, LLC, a energy resource management company he helped co-found in 2007 and where he led North American marketing of Middle Eastern and Northern Africa petroleum resources for Bahraini Royal Family Corporation; joint ventured with a Malaysian company to market bulk palm oil products to North American refineries for use in biodiesel production; and served as the rail transportation coordinator for the movement of metallurgical and thermal coal resources to domestic and international industries and utilities. Prior posts also included Vice President of Waste Solutions Group; Environmental Consultant at EBA Wastechnologies, Inc.; and Staff Consultant at the Institute of Management Resources. A frequent university lecturer, Graham is a graduate of California State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations. He also holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Management from Harvard University. Contact: About America West Resources, Inc. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, America West Resources is an established domestic coal producer focused on the mining of compliant (low-sulfur) coal and its sale primarily to U.S. utility companies for use in generating electricity. The Company operates the Horizon Mine, which has recoverable compliant coal reserves under lease of approximately 19 million tons. In addition, America West maintains an undeveloped leasehold, known as the Columbia Property, covering approximately 5,200 acres in Carbon County, Utah -- near where the Company is currently mining thermal coal from the Horizon Mine. Based on geological studies, tonnage analysis and core hole drillings, the Columbia Property is estimated to have 50 million tons of raw, recoverable metallurgical grade coal reserves in place. For more information, please visit www.AmericaCoal.com. Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains forward-looking statements Please refer to the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for additional information regarding risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed from time to time in such SEC reports. Copies of these filings are available through the SEC's electronic data gathering analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future mining output, ability to obtain necessary equipment, personnel and permits to mine coal, production capabilities, management's strategy, plans and objectives for future operations, plans and objectives for production, plans and objectives for present and future production, plans and objectives for regulatory approval, and anticipated results, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation, risks associated with coal production, mining in general and in our mines in particular, ability to achieve the coal output anticipated, ability to obtain permits, ability to hire and retain the necessary personnel, as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the SEC. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: ELITE FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Dodi B. Handy, President & CEO (Twitter: dodihandy) For Media Inquiries: Kathy Addison, VP, Elite Media Group (Twitter: kathyaddison) 407-585-1080 or via email at DATASOURCE: America West Resources, Inc. CONTACT: Dodi B. Handy, President & CEO (Twitter: dodihandy); Media: Kathy Addison, VP, Elite Media Group (Twitter: kathyaddison), +1-407-585-1080, Web Site: http://www.americacoal.com/

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