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News Releases

September 8, 2010

Search Minerals & Great Western Minerals Group Commence Drilling On Red Wine Ree Property, Labrador

September 7, 2010

GWMG Closes Private Placement To Purchase 20.8% Of Rare Earth Extraction Co. Limited Shares

August 10, 2010

GWMG Signs Agreement To Purchase 100% Of Rare Earths Production From Steenkampskraal Mine

July 29, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Provides Corporate Update

July 22, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Launches Douglas River Exploration Program

July 20, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Updates True Blue Ree Exploration Program

July 19, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Assesses Latest Chinese Rare Earths Export Reduction

July 8, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Commences $1 Million True Blue Ree Exploration Program

June 24, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group extends Expiry dates of Warrants and Debenture

June 16, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Grants Options

June 9, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Launches Steenkampskraal Feasibility Study

June 3, 2010

GWMG - Steenkampskraal Mining Permit Issued by South African Government

May 19, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group and Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. sign Letter of Intent

May 7, 2010

GWMG Appoints Dwight Percy as Manager, Investor Relations

April 26, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd appoints Mohamed Madhi to Advisory Board

April 22, 2010

GWMG Appoints Russell Grant As Sr. VP of Business Development

April 12, 2010

Alterra Resources Inc. and GWMG to Explore Labrador Rare Earth Property

April 1, 2010

GWMG and Toyota Tsusho Corp. Allow Letter of Intent to Expire

March 16, 2010

GWMG and TNG to Explore Yukon Rare Earth Element Discovery

March 4, 2010

GWMG Signs Exclusivity Agreement With Rare Earth Extraction Co. Ltd.

January 27, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Retains Investor Relations Firm

January 26, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Begins Trading On The OTCQX

January 25, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Announces Closing of $8 Million Offering

January 20, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Grants Toyota Tsusho Corp. Extension on Letter of Intent

January 12, 2010

Great Western Minerals Group Announces $7 Million Prospectus Offering

December 15, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Provides Corporate Update

November 20, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Reports a 123% Increase in the Resource Estimate at Hoidas Lake

November 9, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Grants Options

November 2, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Announces the Appointment of the Honourable Bill Mcknight as Director

October 29, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Continues Work at Benjamin River

October 27, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Closes Books for Special Warrant Financing With Modified Terms

October 22, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Engages Barr Engineering to Update Hoidas Lake Technical Report

October 15, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Announces $10 Million Special Warrant Financing

October 9, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Verifies Heavy Rare Earth Grades at Douglas River

September 25, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Makes Second Option Payment on Steenkampskraal Project

September 18, 2009

Great Western Technologies Inc Receives DARPA Contract to Develop Aluminum-Based Structural Metal Alloys

September 10, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Announces Conversion of Outstanding Debentures

July 22, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group and Toyota Tsusho Corporation Sign Letter of Intent

June 15, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group and Molycorp Minerals, LLC Terminate Discussions of Proposed Transaction

June 1, 2009

First Phase of Exploration Completed on Benjamin River Rare Earth Project

May 28, 2009

Great Western Minerals Provides Update on Steenkampskraal Project in South Africa

May 22, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Receives Approval to Amend Warrant Terms

May 6, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Proposes Amendments to Outstanding Warrants

May 4, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Terminates Exclusivity Provisions

April 20, 2009

Molycorp Minerals, LLC Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Controlling Interest in Great Western Minerals Group

March 19, 2009

Great Western Minerals Group Closes Private Placement

February 9, 2009

Great Western Minerals Announces Private Placement

January 13, 2009

Great Western Minerals Signs Option Agreement to Recommission Rare Earth Mine in South Africa

January 8, 2009

Great Western Minerals Enters Agreement to Acquire Heavy Rare Earth Element Enriched Property in New Brunswick

December 18, 2008

Great Western Minerals Announces Flow Through Private Placement

December 16, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Closes Private Placement With MineralFields Group

December 9, 2008

Great Western Minerals Announces Private Placement With MineralFields

November 14, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Announces Changes to Board of Directors

November 10, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group to Issue Shares

November 5, 2008

Great Western Minerals Closes Private Placement Financing

October 20, 2008

Great Western Minerals Announces Private Placement

September 12, 2008

Great Western Minerals Details New Hoidas Lake Footwall Zone

August 26, 2008

Great Western Minerals Announces Flow-Through Financing

August 20, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Announces Closing of Early Exercise Warrant Incentive Program

July 28, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Updates Activities

July 18, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Announces Early Exercise Warrant Incentive Program to Raise Up to $10.6 Million

July 2, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Completes Acquisition of Less Common Metals Ltd.

June 18, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Provides Update on Acquisition of Less Common Metals Ltd.

June 9, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Less Common Metals Ltd.

June 3, 2008

Great Western Minerals and Canalaska to Explore High Grade Rare Earth Element Discovery in Manitoba

May 23, 2008

Rising Fertilizer Prices Boost Attractiveness of Phosphate Potential at Hoidas Lake

May 21, 2008

Drilling Underway at Deep Sands Utah

May 5, 2008

Winter Drilling Program Completed at Hoidas Lake; New Mineralized Zone Identified

April 2, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Grant Options

March 27, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Updates Progress on Preliminary Economic Assessment Report

March 11, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan

February 25, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Updates Activities

February 4, 2008

Drilling Commences at Hoidas Lake

January 17, 2008

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Welcomes Dr. Baodong Zhao as Manager of Metallurgy

December 14, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Private Placement Oversubscribed

December 10, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Announces Private Placement for Further Exploration and Construction of Pilot Plant

December 4, 2007

Great Western Minerals Expands Drill Program at Hoidas Lake

November 14, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Receives Draft Preliminary Assessment; Announces Breakthrough in Metallurgical Processing

November 2, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Welcomes Audrey McMillan as New Chief Financial Officer

October 11, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Updates Strategic Plan

October 9, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Announces Changes to Board of Directors

September 18, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Announces Phase One Exploration Program on US Rare Earth Property

August 29, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Aguires Interest in Second North American Rare Earth Project

August 15, 2007

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. Closes Private Placement

July 13, 2007

Private Placement Arranged

June 13, 2007

Hybrids Driving Rare Earth Interest

May 29, 2007

Private Placement Closed

May 21, 2007

Great Western Minerals Appoints New Investor Relations Manager

May 18, 2007

Hoidas Lake Progress Report-Preliminary Economic Assessment

April 20, 2007

Nickel-cobalt Property Acquisition-Expanded Disclosure

April 18, 2007

Miron Shambban is Named as Vice President of Great Western Technologies Inc.

April 17, 2007

Nickel-cobalt Added to Strategic Metal Portfolio

March 20, 2007

Hoidas Lake Winter Program Update

January 31, 2007

Significant Increase in Hoidas Lake Resource Estimate

January 24, 2007

Winter Work Program Underway at Hoidas Lake

January 12, 2007

Explanation for Cancellation of Previously Proposed Stock Dividend

December 14, 2006

Copper Hill Project-Exploration Results

December 13, 2006

Financing Closed

November 7, 2006

Financing Arranged

October 2, 2006

Walter Benecki Elected Director

October 2, 2006

New Audit Commitee

October 2, 2006

David Criddle Appointed Director

September 14, 2006

Robert (Bob) J. Quinn Appointed Director

September 11, 2006

Rare Earth Consultant Engaged for Japanese Market

July 31, 2006

Hoidas lake rare earth project advances to prefeasibility

July 27, 2006

Hoidas Lake Drill Results

May 31, 2006

Mark L. Ellis nominated director, appointed vice president of product development

May 10, 2006

Walter Benecki nominated director

March 28, 2006

Hoidas Lake Technical report recommends proceeding to prefeasibility / feasibility

March 15, 2006

New president appointed

February 15, 2006

Work underway at Chuckwalla and Copper Hill

January 26, 2006

Winter work program underway at Hoidas Lake