Great Western Minerals Group Ltd Appoints Mohamed Madhi to Advisory Board
April 26 2010 - 7:00AM
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Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GWG)(OTCQX: GWMGF)
is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Madhi to its
Advisory Board, effective immediately.
Mr. Madhi is currently the Chairman of Areva South Africa, a
position he has held since July 2009. Prior to his role with Areva
South Africa, he served as Chief Executive of Safika Resources, a
South African holding company focused on mineral exploration and
mining and Chairman of CKS Investments (Pty) Ltd.
Mr. Madhi has many years of experience in the mining, energy and
telecommunications industries. He has also held executive positions
at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ("CSIR") the
largest research organization in Africa, Eskom, the largest
electricity utility in Africa as well as at Harmony Gold where he
was responsible for Global Strategy and Diversification. He was
Head of the Presidential Task Team on Y2K 1998 during President
Mandela's term of office; Commissioner on the Global Infrastructure
Commission; and Special Advisor to the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa ("UNECA").
Mr. Madhi received his Engineering degree from the University of
Cape Town. In addition he holds an MBA from Newport University and
a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Cape
Town.
Jim Engdahl, President and CEO of Great Western Minerals Group
said, "We are exceptionally pleased that we have been able to
attract someone of Mr. Madhi's credibility and knowledge of South
Africa and the Rare earth industry to the GWMG team and who will
now join our Advisory Board. He brings with him many years of
technical, business, and political experience which will be very
important to GWMG as we participate in bringing more industry and
prosperity to the people of South Africa through our work with
Rareco."
Jim Engdahl, President and CEO
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is a Canadian-based developer
of Rare Earth Element assets and a manufacturer of metals and
alloys containing predominantly rare earth elements. GWMG has four
active rare earth exploration and development properties in North
America and an option on a former-producing property in South
Africa. In addition, as part of the Company's strategy to pursue a
vertically-integrated business model, the Company's wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Less Common Metals Limited located in Birkenhead,
UK, and Great Western Technologies Inc., located in Troy, Michigan,
produce a variety of specialty alloys for use in the battery,
magnet and aerospace industries. These highly specified alloys
include those containing aluminum, nickel, cobalt and the rare
earth elements.
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Contacts: Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Ron Malashewski
Manager of Investor Relations (306) 659-4500 Great Western Minerals
Group Ltd. 226 Cardinal Crescent Saskatoon, SK S7L 6H8 info@gwmg.ca
www.gwmg.ca
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