Great Western Minerals Group, Ltd. announced a 9,400 meter (65 holes) diamond drilling program at Steenkampskraal where the company now has five drill rigs operating onsite. The objectives of the program located within, and adjacent to, the area noted in the updated National Instrument 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate include: Step-out drilling to investigate extension of the Main Monazite Zone along strike east and west and down-dip of the known mineral resource, Infill drilling on areas of lower data density in order to upgrade Inferred Mineral Resources to the Indicated category, Detailed infill drilling for mine planning purposes, and Selected orientated core drilling for geotechnical analyses in support of planned underground developments. In addition to the drilling, GWMG has initiated exploration activities on the surrounding Prospecting Right, a 550.5 square kilometer area encompassing Steenkampskraal, and hosting historic occurrences of monazite at surface.

Current work includes: Reconnaissance and prospecting surveys over three known occurrences of mineralization, approximately 12 kilometers from the historic mine site, Selection and preparation of 10 channel sample lines crossing monazite veins in historic trenches, Scintillometer ground survey at 10 meter station intervals in the vicinity of the exposed monazite occurrences, and Geologic mapping of the monazite and host rocks.