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Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
Great Western Mining Corporation PLC has appointed Ed Loye as Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2026, leveraging his over 20 years of experience in mineral exploration and project development across various metals. Loye, who previously consulted for the company, brings expertise in rare earths, critical, precious, and base metals, with a proven track record in leading exploration and development projects. The company's Executive Chairman highlighted Loye's technical depth and commercial focus as key to accelerating Nevada exploration programs and progressing the company's portfolio. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nGreat Western Mining Corporation PLC / AIM: GWMO / Euronext Growth: 8GW\n \n12 January 2026\nGREAT WESTERN MINING CORPORATION PLC\n(\"Great Western\", \"GWM\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of Chief Executive Officer\n \nAppointment reinforces focus on value creation and project delivery\n \nGreat Western Mining Corporation PLC, a strategic and precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Edward ('Ed') Loye as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 February 2026.\n \nEd, who was working as a geological consultant to Great Western during the second half of 2025, brings over 20 years' experience in mineral exploration and project development across rare earths ('REE'), critical, precious, and base metals. He has held senior executive and board roles in both private and listed companies, with expertise spanning mineralogy, economics, extraction, and processing.\n \nPrevious roles include MD of Geolithical Limited, a developer of industrial minerals and critical metals, including strontium, zinc and indium, and founder of E-Tech Metals Limited, now ReeXploration Inc. (TSX-V: REE), where he led the discovery and development of the Eureka REE project in Namibia. Ed has also held senior roles at the Camborne School of Mines and at the University of Exeter working on UK Government-funded programmes focused on critical and technology metals for the energy transition. He is a founding member of the UK Critical Minerals Association, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and holds MScs in both Mining Geology and Applied Mineralogy.\n \nEd will join as Chief Executive Officer on 1 February 2026, and it is the intention of the Board that he will join the Board of Directors in due course. Further announcements will be made as appropriate. \n \nBrian Hall, Executive Chairman of Great Western Mining, commented, \"Ed has already made a significant impact at Great Western as a consultant so we are delighted that he has now agreed to step into the role of Chief Executive Officer. His technical depth, commercial focus and proven leadership position him exceptionally well to accelerate our Nevada exploration programmes. We look forward to working closely with Ed as we plan our 2026 work streams and decisively progress our portfolio.\...