

| March 22, 2012 Great Quest Monitoring Situation In Mali | |
| VANCOUVER, BC -- John A Clarke, CEO of Great Quest Metals Ltd. ("Great Quest" or the "Company") (TSX-V:GQ) reports that the Company is monitoring the military action in Mali. The Company continues to advance its project through the engineering testwork being completed in South Africa and maintains its plans to resume work on the ground after the planned elections next month. Mali has over a twenty year history of democratic rule and expectations are that this tradition will continue. The Company will comment further once details and official news become available. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GREAT QUEST METALS LTD. "John A Clarke" John A Clarke CEO Great Quest Metals Ltd. is a Canadian mineral exploration company with assets in Mali, West Africa. The Company is focused on developing the Tilemsi Phosphate Project, encompassing 1206 sq km in eastern Mali. The Company also holds several gold concessions in the productive Birimian gold belt in western Mali. Great Quest is listed on TSX Venture Exchange (GQ), and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (GQM). 12g3-2(b) Exemption #82-3116 Standard & Poor's Listed Trading Symbol: GQ Investor Relations: George Butterworth: 604-689-2882 Frankfurt Exchange: GQM Toll Free: 877-325-3838 Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements that are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from the targeted results. | |
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