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GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP APPOINTS KAZ MACHIDA TO ADVISORY BOARD
GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP APPOINTS KAZ MACHIDA TO ADVISORY BOARD.
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[{"type":"text","content":"GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP LTD. NEWS RELEASE TSX Venture Symbol: GWG CUSIP: 39141Y 10 3OTCQX: GWMGF GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP APPOINTS KAZ MACHIDA TO ADVISORY BOARD October 28, 2010 - Saskatoon, Canada: Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (“GWMG” or the “Company”, TSX:V - GWG) announces that Kaz Machida has been appointed to the Company’s Advisory Board. Kaz Machida has worked with Itochu Corporation, an international trading and import/export company involved in multiple business sectors, headquartered in Japan, and operating in 74 countries. Mr. Machida has three decades of experience in business development in areas that include industrial salt, inorganic chemicals and industrial minerals. Since the early 1980’s, he has been involved with the importation of Rare Earth oxides and metals, primarily from China, in the area of phosphors, magnets, glass, polishing powders, catalysts and ceramics. In the past decade, Mr. Machida has worked with Lynas Corporation and subsequently with his own company that is involved in the trading of Rare Earths oxides. “Kaz Machida is a significant addition to GWMG’s Advisory Board,” said GWMG President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Engdahl. “His extensive experience and expertise in the Rare Earths and metals industries are a valuable addition to our Company as it becomes a fully integrated Rare Earths producer. In particular, his connections within the Japanese and Pacific Rim Rare Earths sector are strategically important to GWMG as has been evidenced through the work Mr. Machida has undertaken previously for our Company.” “Mr. Machida’s appointment to our Advisory Board provides additional depth to our corporate knowledge base within the Rare Earths sector at the importation and customer application level,” added Jim Engdahl. “His exceptional mark...