Great Western Minerals Group Appoints Director of International Exploration to Rare Earth Team
August 11 2011 - 8:00AM
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Great Western Minerals Group (TSX VENTURE: GWG) (OTCQX: GWMGF)
("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has
appointed Brent Jellicoe to the position of Director of
International Exploration.
Mr. Jellicoe's primary responsibility is to manage the
exploration program at GWMG's Steenkampskraal rare earth project in
South Africa. In addition, he has been assigned to locate and
evaluate new rare earth projects on a global basis.
With a diverse background that includes exploration in the gold,
diamond, uranium and industrial metals sectors, and having worked
in Guyana, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa, he is highly qualified
to contribute in a significant manner to GWMG's plans to be a
global rare earth production company.
Mr. Jellicoe's exploration experience spans 19 years with
companies that include Mammoth Minerals, Takara Resources, De
Beers, Vaaldiam Resources, Great Western Diamonds, Kensington
Resources, and Uranerz Exploration and Mining. He holds a B.Sc.
(Hon.) in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan and is a
member of several professional organizations including the
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Saskatchewan (P.Geo.) and the Geological Association of Canada.
GWMG President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Engdahl said,
"The addition of Brent Jellicoe to our team enables us to continue
to execute our Steenkampskraal exploration project on schedule and
bring our historical Steenkampskraal data into NI 43-101 compliance
as quickly as possible. He will also assess opportunities for
additional long term rare earth feedstock supply to satisfy the
growing demand for our alloys."
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 also holds
100% equity ownership in Rare Earth Extraction Co. Limited, which
owns a 74% equity interest in the Steenkampskraal Mine. In addition
to a planned exploration program at Steenkampskraal, GWMG also
holds interests in six Rare Earth exploration and development
properties in North America.
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 Great Western Minerals Group
Ltd. 219 Robin Crescent Saskatoon, SK S7L 6M8 info@gwmg.ca
www.gwmg.ca
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