Great Western Minerals Group appoints mining industry accounting
professional to Board
TSX Venture Symbol: GWG
CUSIP: 39141Y 10 3
OTCQX: GWMGF
SASKATOON,
Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Great
Western Minerals Group Ltd. ("GWMG" or the "Company", TSX:V - GWG)
today announced it has appointed Lenard
Boggio, B.A., B.Comm., FCA, CPA (Illinois), ICD.D, to the Board of Directors,
subject to regulatory approval. The appointment is effective
immediately.
Mr. Boggio was a Partner with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") and its predecessor firm Coopers
& Lybrand from 1988 until his retirement from PwC in
May 2012. During that time, he was
Leader of the B.C. Mining Group of PwC and an audit practitioner
for publicly listed Canadian, U.S. and U.K. mineral resource and
energy clients. The scope of his clients' activities included
exploration, development and production stage operations in the
Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Boggio holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor
of Commerce from the University of
Windsor, Ontario, he has been a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of British
Columbia since 1985 and was awarded the Fellow Chartered
Accountant designation for distinguished service to the accounting
profession and the community in 2007. Mr. Boggio earned his CPA
designation in Illinois in 1999
and is a Member of the State Boards of Accountancy in Illinois and Washington State. He has also been a Member of
the Institute of Corporate Directors since 2010, earning his ICD.D
designation in 2012.
After many years as a professional advisor to
mining companies, he has more recently been serving as a Director
and Audit Chair for Blue Gold Mining Inc., Goldgroup Mining Inc.
and Sprott Resource Corp.
His numerous avenues of professional involvement
include roles as a Board Member and Vice-Chair of the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Commissioner of the Financial
Institutions Commission of B.C., a Member of the Ontario Securities
Commission's Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee and a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. Technical Forum
that advised the B.C. Securities Commission and TSX Venture
Exchange on policy and interpretation issues.
GWMG President and Chief Executive Officer
Marc LeVier said, "GWMG is
exceptionally pleased to announce the appointment of yet another
independent Director with significant experience in the mining
industry. Mr. Boggio's expertise as a professional advisor to
mining companies, alongside his thorough knowledge of regulatory
and public reporting issues, will be very valuable to GWMG as our
Company continues to become a fully integrated rare earth producer.
We look forward to his contribution to our Company's success."
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is engaged in
becoming an integrated rare earth producer. The Company currently
produces specialty alloys which are used in the aerospace,
automobile, computer and high-tech 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 iron, 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 South
Africa. In addition to an exploration program at
Steenkampskraal, GWMG also holds interests in four active rare
earth exploration and development properties in North America.
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TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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
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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 successful and timely completion of its preliminary
economic assessment at Hoidas Lake; the successful and timely
completion and the results of its preliminary economic assessment
of the Steenkampskraal project, the construction, commissioning and
operation of the proposed monazite processing facility and
separation facility, mine refurbishment activities, reliance on
third parties to meet projected timelines and commencement of
production at Steenkampskraal; risks related to the receipt of all
required approvals including those relating to the commencement of
production at the Steenkampskraal mine, delays in obtaining
permits, licenses and operating authorities in Canada, South
Africa and China,
environmental matters, water and land use risks; 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 resource estimates; health and
safety risks; uncertainty of estimates and projections of
production, costs and expenses; risks that future Hoidas Lake or
Steenkampskraal and region exploration results may not meet
exploration or corporate objectives; the adequacy of the Company's
financial resources and the availability of additional cash from
operations or from financing on reasonable terms or at all;
political risks inherent in South
Africa and China; risks
associated with the relationship between GWMG and/or its
subsidiaries and communities and governments in Canada and South
Africa, radioactivity and related issues, dependence on one
mineral project; loss of, and the inability to attract, key
personnel; the factors discussed in the Company's public disclosure
record; and other factors that could cause actions, events or
results not to be as anticipated. 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.
Except as required by law, GWMG does not assume any obligation to
update forward looking statements as set out in this news release.
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 Professional Securities Market
listing particulars available at www.sedar.com.
SOURCE Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.