Great Western Minerals Group, Ltd. announced that its updated National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate and technical report shows a significant increase in the mineral resource compared to the company's previously released NI 43-101 report of May 18, 2012. A mineral resource estimate of 32,000 metric tones of total rare earth oxides plus yttrium oxide under the Indicated category and 42,100 metric tones of TREO under the Inferred category, each using a 1% TREO cut-off grade. This Resource Estimate, which incorporates and supersedes that reported on May 31, 2012, indicates a significant increase in tonnage of the deposit primarily as a function of increased drilling along strike to the East.

The Resource Estimate includes the historic mine area, the exploration areas to the east and west of the past producing Monazite Mine Area and the upper and lower tailings dams. The additional drilling completed since May of 2012 has provided significantly more density measurements which has yielded an increase in the calculated average specific gravity of the deposit from 3.23 g/cm3 to 3.50 g/cm3.