Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX.V: GWG / OTCQX: GWMGF), a leader in the manufacture and supply of rare earth–based metal alloys and high purity metals with a low cost, high-grade critical rare earth asset, has delivered its high-purity yttrium oxide supply chain assessment to the Department of Defense ("DoD"). In close coordination with major defense contractors, the Company found that military requirements from 2011 to 2015 for high-purity yttria are 40 to 50 tonnes per year higher than previous DoD life-cycle sustainment estimates, and that there are processing gaps in the supply chain.

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX.V: GWG / OTCQX: GWMGF), a manufacturer and supplier of rare earth–based metal alloys and high purity metals with a low cost, high-grade critical rare earth asset, announced that Thomas G. Mair was appointed Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective July 8, 2013.