Great Western Minerals Group Announces Management Appointments at Steenkampskraal Rare Earth Project
June 22 2011 - 8:00AM
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Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (OTCQX: GWMGF)(TSX VENTURE: GWG)
("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce appointments to
two key management positions at the Company's Steenkampskraal Rare
Earth project in South Africa.
Appointed to the position as Solvent Extraction ("Sx") Plant
Superintendent is Mr. Witker Zimba. His primary responsibilities
will include the development and operation of GWMG's Sx plant. Mr.
Zimba has extensive experience in flotation, electro wining and
solvent extraction plants, having worked previously for Nkana
Smelter in Kitwe, Zambia and Konkola Copper Mines in Chingola,
Zambia. Mr. Zimba holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Beijing Chemical Technology. His
professional affiliations include the Engineering Institute of
Zambia and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum. Mr. Zimba's duties with GWMG will begin on June 27,
2011.
Appointed to the position as Plant Metallurgist is Mr. Thabo
Khoboko. His primary responsibilities will focus on the operation
of the Rare Earth processing plant at Steenkampskraal, from run of
mine ("ROM") crushing through to Rare Earth chloride production.
Mr. Khoboko has previously worked with companies such as Bateman
Engineering and Lesotho Meteorological Services and holds a
Bachelor of Technology Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the
University of Pretoria. His duties with GWMG will begin on July 04,
2011.
"The appointment of these two highly qualified individuals to
their respective positions with GWMG represents yet another
concrete step in the development of our Company's Steenkampskraal
Rare Earth project", said Jim Engdahl, President. "Under the
direction of Steenkampskraal Project Director Vincent Mora, Mr.
Zimba and Mr. Khoboko will provide resources which will ensure the
processing plant and the separation plant are developed on time and
on budget and subsequently operated in a highly effective
manner."
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is an integrated Rare Earths
processor. Its specialty alloys are used in the battery, magnet and
aerospace industries. Produced at the Company's wholly owned
subsidiaries Less Common Metals Limited in Birkenhead, U.K. and
Great Western Technologies Inc. in Troy, Michigan, these alloys
contain aluminium, nickel, cobalt and Rare Earth Elements. As part
of the Company's vertical integration strategy, GWMG has signed an
Off-take Agreement for 100% of the Rare Earth Elements to be
produced at the former producing Steenkampskraal Mine in South
Africa and holds 93.1% equity ownership in Rare Earth Extraction
Co. Limited, the owner of the Steenkampskraal Mine. In addition to
a planned exploration program at Steenkampskraal, GWMG also holds
interests in five Rare Earth exploration and development properties
in North America.
Email inquiries should be made to info@gwmg.ca and the company
website is located at www.gwmg.ca. Inquiries by direct mail should
be addressed to Great Western Minerals Group Ltd., 219 Robin
Crescent, Saskatoon, SK S7L 6M8.
Certain information set out in this News Release constitutes
forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements (often, but
not always, identified by the use of words such as "expect", "may",
"could", "anticipate" or "will" and similar expressions) may
describe expectations, opinions or guidance that are not statements
of fact and which may be based upon information provided by third
parties. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions,
expectations and estimates of management of GWMG as at the date the
statements are made and are subject to a variety of known and
unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual events or outcomes to differ materially from those
anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Those
factors include, but are not limited to, the results of the
exploration program, a resource estimate and commencement of
production at Steenkampskraal, satisfaction of the conditions
precedent with respect to GWMG's offtake agreement, receipt of all
required approvals (including those relating to the commencement of
production at the Steenkampskraal mine) and risks, uncertainties
and other factors that are beyond the control of GWMG, risks
associated with the industry in general, commodity prices and
exchange rate changes, operational risks associated with
exploration, development and production operations, delays or
changes in plans, risks associated with the uncertainty of reserve
or resource estimates, health and safety risks and the uncertainty
of estimates and projections of production, costs and expenses. In
light of the risks and uncertainties associated with
forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance upon forward-looking information. Although GWMG
believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements set out in this press release or incorporated herein by
reference are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. The forward-looking
statements of GWMG contained in this News Release, or incorporated
herein by reference, are expressly qualified, in their entirety, by
this cautionary statement and the risk factors contained in GWMG's
current annual information form available at www.sedar.com.
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Contacts: Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Dwight Percy Manager
of Investor Relations (306) 659-4500 info@gwmg.ca www.gwmg.ca
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