NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Great West Gold, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GWGO) announced on September 27, 2006 that it had made further acquisitions. The Company confirms the acquisition of the below-mentioned Gold Mining Projects, as follows: Hassayampa Gold Interests Limited which own the "Storm Cloud," "Venezia," "Starlight," "Buffalo Lime Cap," "Red Cloud," "Buffalo," "Federal" and "Gladstone Lookout" Gold Mining Projects.
Bonanza Gold Limited which owns the "Bonanza" Gold Mining Project.
Stockholders are referred to the Restructuring Announcement dated September 27, 2006. The Company will shortly be announcing plans to merge these two recently acquired Gold Companies with two other Mining Interests owned by Great West Gold, Inc., namely Treasure Kingdom Gold Holdings plc and Monstro Verde Gold Holdings plc. These companies will be the subject of a "Reverse Merger" with an OTC Pink Sheet quoted Company, to form Great West Gold, Inc.'s second "quoted" Gold Mining Company distribution. Great West Gold, Inc. is de-merging its Gold interests into two separate quoted Companies and its Copper interests into a third quoted Company.
Great West Gold, Inc. would continue to hold the largest stockholding in the new (second) OTC Pink Sheets quoted Gold Company after this Reverse Merger. Great West Gold, Inc. would distribute this stockholding to its stockholders at a later stage, as it intends to exit the Mining Sector and acquire a Company in another Industry Sector, within the next three months.
Stockholders will be kept updated as to the detailed explanations in respect of the Corporate Actions announced on September 28, 2006.
About Great West Gold, Inc.
Great West Gold, Inc., www.greatwestgold.com, a gold mining exploration stage company, engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties in the United States. The Company has Gold assets through its holdings in "Bouse," "Mockingbird," "Ambassador," "Yaba," "Golden Eagle," "Bonanza," "Storm Cloud," ""Starlight," "Venezia," "Federal," "Buffalo Lime Cap," "Red Cloud," "Storm King," "South Copperstone" and "Gladstone Lookout" Gold Mining Projects. The Company's Copper assets are "Copper Mountain," "Swansea," "Tip Top" and "Mineral Mountain." The Company holds five of these Mining Assets through its 48% holding in Bouse Mining Holdings plc, Copperstone Mining Holdings plc, Ambassador Gold Holdings plc, Golden Eagle Mining Holdings plc and in Sentinel Resource Holdings plc. The other Mining Exploration companies are 100% controlled by the Company.
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