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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 23, 2010


                            AMERIWEST PETROLEUM CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Nevada                     333-137481                 06-1781911
(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)

575 Anton Blvd., Suite 300, Costa Mesa, CA                         92626
 (Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

                                 (714) 276-0202
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                            Ameriwest Minerals Corp.
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

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    230.425)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF  INCORPORATION  OR BYLAWS;  CHANGE IN FISCAL
          YEAR

On December 23, 2010,  we effected a six (6) for one (1) forward  stock split of
our authorized and issued and  outstanding  shares of common stock. As a result,
our  authorized  capital  increased  from  75,000,000  shares of common stock to
450,000,000  shares of common  stock and our  issued and  outstanding  shares of
common stock  increased  from  6,250,000  shares of common  stock to  37,500,000
shares of common stock, all with a par value of $0.001.

Also  effective  December  23, 2010,  we have  changed our name from  "Ameriwest
Minerals  Corp." to  "Ameriwest  Petroleum  Corp."  by way of a merger  with our
wholly-owned  subsidiary  Ameriwest  Petroleum,  which was formed solely for the
change of name.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

The  name  change  and   forward   stock  split   became   effective   with  the
Over-the-Counter  Bulletin  Board at the opening of trading on December 23, 2010
under the symbol "AWSSD".  The "D" on our trading symbol will be removed 20 days
after December 23, 2010. Our new CUSIP number is 03077R 102.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

3.01      Articles of Merger

3.02      Certificate of Change

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

AMERIWEST PETROLEUM CORP.


/s/ William Muran
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William Muran
President and Director
Date: December 29, 2010

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