GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP LTD APPOINTS RUSSELL GRANT AS SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT April 22, 2010 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.

(TSX:V - "GWG") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.

Russell Grant as Senior Vice-President of Business Development and a Director for Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.

("GWMG" or the "Company"), subject to regulatory approval. Mr.

Grant is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London University and has over 30 years of experience in many of the minor metals and industrial sectors, critical to the success of GWMG.

That experience includes metallurgy and minerals processing, mining operations, minor metals trading, and industrial, commercial and business management. Most recently, Mr.

Grant was the Chairman and major shareholder of Less Common Metals Limited ("LCM"), a UK based manufacturer of specialty Rare Earth products, acquired by GWMG in June 2008. Prior to his role with LCM, Mr.

Grant was a co-founder of Meldform Metals Group ("Meldform") in 1984, a rare earth trading company in which he built the business from a start-up company into a successful global presence with over 60 agents around the world.

Mr.

Grant also held posts with other global traders of rare earth elements and other minor metals.

In addition, he was a director of Rare Earth Extraction Co.

Ltd.

("Rareco") in South Africa during Rarecos formative years. In his new role, Mr.

Grant will work closely with the management teams of GWMG and LCM and will be responsible for leading the general business development of GWMG by providing a strategic direction that includes the development and implementation of plans, policies, strategies and budgets for the growth, development and profitable operation of the Company. Jim Engdahl, President and CEO of Great Western Minerals Group said, "This is a very important and timely addition to the Great Western Minerals team.

We have grown to know and understand Mr.

Grants capabilities and he will be extremely important in moving GWMG further toward completing our fully integrated business model.

Russell has tremendous experience in all aspects of the Rare Earth Industry and has many connections globally in this sector, particularly through his experience in South Africa." 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 Companys strategy to pursue a vertically-integrated business model, the Companys 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. For further information, please contact Ron Malashewski, Manager of Investor Relations at (306) 659-4500.

Email inquiries should be made to and the Companys website is located at www.gwmg.ca.

Inquiries by direct mail should be addressed to Great Western Minerals Group Ltd., 226 Cardinal Crescent, Saskatoon, SK S7L 6H8. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.