858 Beatty Street Suite 501 Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 1C1 Telephone: (604) 895-2700 Fax: (604) 681-6061 NEWS RELEASE WEST FRASER TIMBER CO. LTD. ("WFT") Tuesday, January 15, 2013 NOTICE OF FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL

Vancouver, B.C. - West Fraser will hold an analysts' conference call to discuss fourth quarter
2012 financial and operating results on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific
Time/11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
To participate in the call, please dial:

1-800-952-6845 (Toll-free North America)

Please let the operator know you wish to participate in the West Fraser conference call chaired by Mr. Hank Ketcham, Chairman and CEO.
Following management's discussion of the quarterly results, the analyst community will be invited to ask questions.
The call will be recorded for webcasting purposes and will be available on our website at www.westfraser.com. West Fraser's fourth quarter 2012 financial and operating results will be released on Thursday, February 14, 2013.
West Fraser is an integrated wood products company producing lumber, wood chips, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp and newsprint. The Company has operations in western Canada and the southern United States.

West Fraser shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol: "WFT".

For more information:

Larry Hughes, Vice-President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Rodger Hutchinson, Vice-President, Corporate Controller
(604) 895-2700 www.westfraser.com

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