GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP LTD.

APPOINTS DWIGHT PERCY AS MANAGER, INVESTOR RELATIONS May 7, 2010 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.

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

Dwight Percy as Manager, Investor Relations for Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.

("GWMG" or the "Company"). Mr.

Percy replaces Ron Malashewski and the Company wishes to offer Ron its sincere thanks and best wishes for the future.

Rons hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated by the Company and its shareholders. For the past fifteen years, Dwight has been involved in investor relations, communications, media advisory services and strategic planning.

During that time he has worked with private firms, development agencies and publicly traded companies. He has had previous involvement with Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.

in the Companys planning processes, working with the Board of Directors and senior management in establishing strategic options and directions. Jim Engdahl, President and CEO of Great Western Minerals Group said, "This is yet another strategic addition to the GWMG management team.

As our company develops a fully integrated business model, Dwights background in a wide range of business environments, including previous exposure to the mining industry, will be an important component of effectively communicating our companys strategic direction." 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 Jim Engdahl, President and CEO at (306) 659-4500.

Email inquiries should be made to .

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. Certain information set out in this News Release constitutes forward-looking information, which may include information relating to estimates of sales and revenue of GWMG.

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 the Company 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.

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 the Company 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 the Company contained in this press release, or incorporated herein by reference, are expressly qualified, in their entirety, by this cautionary statement.