Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. announced that Thomas G. Mair was appointed Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer effective July 8, 2013. Mr. Mair, who most recently was President and CEO and a board member at Golden Star Resources Ltd., succeeds James G. Davidson, who will be retiring. Mr. Mair joined Golden Star Resources as Chief Financial Officer in 2007.

Previously, he was at Newmont Mining Corporation in a number of key roles, including Director, Business Process Improvement; Group Financial Executive at Minera Yanacocha, Peru; Regional Controller at Winnemucca, Nevada; and President-Director of PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, Indonesia.