Great Western Mining Corp Plc Announce New Test...

11/02/2008

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                                Great Western Mining Corporation plc
                                      Announce New Test Results

Great  Western  Mining  Corporation  plc (GWMO), the Irish based exploration  company,  has  noted  a
significant  increase  in gold and silver values per ton at its prospect in  Mineral  County  Nevada,
according to recent tests carried out by Grand Junction Laboratories in Colorado.

In  late  November 2007 while one field crew was preparing a bulk sample of Uranium bearing  ore  for
laboratory  heap leach testing another crew was collecting soil and pit samples along the  flanks  of
the  adit being testing for U308.   Test results to hand show ore grade values of gold and silver  in
several  of the field samples.  The laboratory tests were carried out by Grand Junction Laboratories,
Colorado.  Those showing ore grades are as follows:

                                           Grams per Ton

                 Sample #        Gold            Silver

1.              IWM - 1          6.78            1,549
2.              IWM - 4          7.77            123.48
3.              IWM - 5         68.43            4,696.6
4.              IWM - 6         12.75            332.8
5.              IWM - 11         1.06            44.48
6.              IWM - 12         7.59            419.9
7.              MC5A             3.67            69.3
8.              MT122-04         6.16            90.8

Sample  IWM  - 5 was of particular high grade, containing 40% galena (silver bearing lead  sulphide),
resulting  in  the  understandably high reading of silver.  This  reading  should  not  be  taken  as
representative of the entire vein structure or mineral deposit.

The  Directors  of Great Western Mining Corporation Plc are encouraged by the continuation  of  these
significant values and await results of bulk uranium tests expected by mid-February.

The  company  has  engaged  the services of a consulting mining and geological  engineering  firm  to
expedite  a  comprehensive 'Competent Persons Report' on current prospects of the area under  licence
and a suggested summer work programme.

Great Western Mining Corporation plc is traded on the PLUS market in London (symbol: GWMO).

The Directors of the Issuer accept responsibility for this announcement.

ENDS

For media enquiries, please contact:
Kathryn Byrne / Jonathan McDade, Limelight Communications.
Tel. [phone]  Mobile + 353 85 233 6033
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For further information on investor relations please contact:
Liam McGrattan, Investor Relations Director
Tel. [phone]  Mobile [phone]
or
Emmett O'Connell, Chairman, Great Western Mining Corporation
Tel. [phone] or [phone]

Corporate Adviser: St Helen's Capital Plc
Duncan Vasey / Barry Hocken
Tel. [phone]

Note to Editor:

Great  Western  Mining  Corporation plc is an Irish based exploration company,  quoted  on  the  PLUS
Market.  The company, which concentrates on gold, silver and uranium exploration, is based in Nevada,
USA. Its headquarters are in Dublin.

The  Great Western Mining Corporation holds 47 gold, silver and uranium lode claims in the area  near
Marietta, Mineral County, Nevada. This US state consistently ranks as one of the leading geologically
prospective  and pro-mining legal jurisdictions in the world today. Crucially, it is  also  extremely
stable from a geo-political perspective.

Furthermore, as nuclear power usage expands rapidly across the globe, demand for the world's  limited
uranium resources will expand rapidly, pushing up the price for uranium ore.

The company plans to build a varied portfolio of uranium ore claims in politically secure areas.

Great Western Mining Corporation PLC