NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Great West Gold, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GWGO) announces the appointment of Peter J. Bezzano as the new President of Great West Gold, Inc. with immediate effect. Mr. Peter J. Bezzano will be replacing Mr. Richard M. Axtell, who has resigned from the Board of Great West Gold, Inc. due to his numerous outside commitments.
Mr. Peter J. Bezzano is a Solicitor (Attorney) in the United Kingdom and is the Chief Counsel to the St. James Capital Holdings, Inc. Group. Great West Gold, Inc. is indebted to St. James Capital Group Holdings, Inc. in respect of Convertible Loan Notes exceeding US$80 million.
Mr. Peter Bezzano will be issuing an Announcement tomorrow wherein he will deal with all outstanding issues including his commitment to the immediate appointment of an Auditor and to bring the Company's filings up to date.
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," "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 51% 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 Projects are 100% controlled by the Company.
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