VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor J.E. Jones, Chairman of Great Quest Metals Ltd., (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), announces that the Company has optioned its Taseko project to a newly formed company, Granite Creek Gold Ltd., in exchange for the issuance of 6.75 million shares of Granite Creek over four years and work commitments for a minimum of $3,000,000 over five years to give Granite Creek a 51% interest in the property. Willis W. Osborne, President and CEO of Great Quest, will join the Board of Granite Creek. Under the terms of the Agreement, which is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, Granite…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor J.E. Jones, Chairman of Great Quest Metals Ltd., (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), announces that the Company has optioned its Taseko project to a newly formed company, Granite Creek Gold Ltd., in exchange for the issuance of 6.75 million shares of Granite Creek over four years and work commitments for a minimum of $3,000,000 over five years to give Granite Creek a 51% interest in the property. Willis W. Osborne, President and CEO of Great Quest, will join the Board of Granite Creek. Under the terms of the Agreement, which is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, Granite…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM) is pleased to announce the latest sample results from the Sanoukou gold concession, as well as highlights from a qualifying report on the Sanoukou gold concession by Jed Diner (M.Sc., P.Geol.), the Company's new Qualified Person (QP) in Mali pursuant to NI 43-101. Mr. Diner states in his July report, Geology and Exploration Potential Sanoukou Concession, that gold mineralization on the Sanoukou project occurs mainly in quartz veinlets in albitite dykes and at times in the immediate wall rock of the Birimian metasediments. The quartz…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM) is pleased to announce the latest sample results from the Sanoukou gold concession, as well as highlights from a qualifying report on the Sanoukou gold concession by Jed Diner (M.Sc., P.Geol.), the Company's new Qualified Person (QP) in Mali pursuant to NI 43-101. Mr. Diner states in his July report, Geology and Exploration Potential Sanoukou Concession, that gold mineralization on the Sanoukou project occurs mainly in quartz veinlets in albitite dykes and at times in the immediate wall rock of the Birimian metasediments. The quartz…

VANCOUVER, BC - Victor Jones, Chairman, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ehud Levy, a Phosphates Manufacturing Industry consultant, to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Levy formed his international consulting firm following a thirty-year career in Israel with Bateman Engineering, the international project engineering company serving the mining industry, and Rotem, a component of ICL, one of the world's largest fertilizer and specialty chemical companies. Most recently, at Bateman-Litwin he was Managing Director of the Chemical Technologies Division directing project initiation and new processes for sophisticated applications of phosphates. At Rotem, the Phosphate division…

VANCOUVER, BC - Victor Jones, Chairman, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ehud Levy, a Phosphates Manufacturing Industry consultant, to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Levy formed his international consulting firm following a thirty-year career in Israel with Bateman Engineering, the international project engineering company serving the mining industry, and Rotem, a component of ICL, one of the world's largest fertilizer and specialty chemical companies. Most recently, at Bateman-Litwin he was Managing Director of the Chemical Technologies Division directing project initiation and new processes for sophisticated applications of phosphates. At Rotem, the Phosphate division…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor Jones, Chairman, reports that the Company has established a Phosphate Advisory Committee to assist with the commercial development of its Phosphate project in eastern Mali. The Company now has concessions covering some 737 sq km prospective for phosphate. Work carried out by the Company on its Tin Hina concession, reported in 2009, and the recent acquisition of the Tarkint Est concession, covering additional occurrences of phosphate, support a decision to continue exploration for commercial sources of natural phosphate for the Mali market. Known as le Phosphate Naturel de Tilemsi (PNT), from the region of Mali where…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor Jones, Chairman, reports that the Company has established a Phosphate Advisory Committee to assist with the commercial development of its Phosphate project in eastern Mali. The Company now has concessions covering some 737 sq km prospective for phosphate. Work carried out by the Company on its Tin Hina concession, reported in 2009, and the recent acquisition of the Tarkint Est concession, covering additional occurrences of phosphate, support a decision to continue exploration for commercial sources of natural phosphate for the Mali market. Known as le Phosphate Naturel de Tilemsi (PNT), from the region of Mali where…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor Jones, Chairman, reports that the Company, through its Malian subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with a private Malian company to acquire a 97% interest in the 320 sq km Tarkint Est concession in eastern Mali. The new concession is to the north of and contiguous with the Company's 88% held Tin Hina concession, on which the Company has completed an initial sampling and mapping program, as reported September 3, 2009. The new concession covers several potential phosphate occurrences, including the Chanamaguel, Tagit N'Ouerane and Tin Siriden phosphate zones. Combined, the two concessions cover a total…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Victor Jones, Chairman, reports that the Company, through its Malian subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with a private Malian company to acquire a 97% interest in the 320 sq km Tarkint Est concession in eastern Mali. The new concession is to the north of and contiguous with the Company's 88% held Tin Hina concession, on which the Company has completed an initial sampling and mapping program, as reported September 3, 2009. The new concession covers several potential phosphate occurrences, including the Chanamaguel, Tagit N'Ouerane and Tin Siriden phosphate zones. Combined, the two concessions cover a total…

VANCOUVER, BC - Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), reports that the Company held its Annual General Meeting on June 3, 2010, at which time John A. Clarke, Victor J.E. Jones, Mahamadou Keita, Willis W. Osborne, Jeddiah Richardson and Robert Veitch were re-elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Osborne reviewed the progress on the Company's gold and phosphate projects in Mali. Shareholders approved the Company's Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which the directors may, from time to time, authorize the issuance of options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company…

VANCOUVER, BC - Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), reports that the Company held its Annual General Meeting on June 3, 2010, at which time John A. Clarke, Victor J.E. Jones, Mahamadou Keita, Willis W. Osborne, Jeddiah Richardson and Robert Veitch were re-elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Osborne reviewed the progress on the Company's gold and phosphate projects in Mali. Shareholders approved the Company's Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which the directors may, from time to time, authorize the issuance of options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce the results of sampling and mapping on the 24 square kilometre Sanoukou gold concession, located in Western Mali, south of and adjacent to the Company's previously sold Kenieba gold concession. Because of a lack of outcrop, mapping and sampling was mainly limited to areas of orpaillage where the local miners, or orpailleurs, had dug pits in the search for gold. Sampling was primarily confined to "reject" material which had been dug out of the pits but discarded in favour…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce the results of sampling and mapping on the 24 square kilometre Sanoukou gold concession, located in Western Mali, south of and adjacent to the Company's previously sold Kenieba gold concession. Because of a lack of outcrop, mapping and sampling was mainly limited to areas of orpaillage where the local miners, or orpailleurs, had dug pits in the search for gold. Sampling was primarily confined to "reject" material which had been dug out of the pits but discarded in favour…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is pleased to report results of an exploration program, consisting of soil and rock sampling and geological mapping, conducted on the Dabia Ouest gold concession early this year. The Dabia Ouest concession, in western Mali, is only 11.6 kilometres south of the Kenieba concession which was recently sold by Great Quest to Avion Gold Corporation for 4.35 million dollars in cash and Avion shares. The soil sample grid consists of 11 east--west lines, 500 metres apart, with samples taken every 50 metres along the lines.…

VANCOUVER, BC -- Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSXV: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is pleased to report results of an exploration program, consisting of soil and rock sampling and geological mapping, conducted on the Dabia Ouest gold concession early this year. The Dabia Ouest concession, in western Mali, is only 11.6 kilometres south of the Kenieba concession which was recently sold by Great Quest to Avion Gold Corporation for 4.35 million dollars in cash and Avion shares. The soil sample grid consists of 11 east--west lines, 500 metres apart, with samples taken every 50 metres along the lines.…

VANCOUVER, BC - Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce the signing of an option agreement by its wholly owned Malian subsidiary to acquire the 24 square kilometre Sanoukou gold concession (the Concession), which is south of and adjacent to the Kenieba gold concession in western Mali. The Kenieba concession and two other concessions previously held by the Company, south and adjacent to the Tabakoto-Segala concessions of Avion Gold Corporation, were recently sold to Avion for 4.35 million dollars. Mamadou Keita (M.Sc.Geo), Vice President of Exploration, has formerly worked on…

VANCOUVER, BC - Willis W. Osborne, President of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce the signing of an option agreement by its wholly owned Malian subsidiary to acquire the 24 square kilometre Sanoukou gold concession (the Concession), which is south of and adjacent to the Kenieba gold concession in western Mali. The Kenieba concession and two other concessions previously held by the Company, south and adjacent to the Tabakoto-Segala concessions of Avion Gold Corporation, were recently sold to Avion for 4.35 million dollars. Mamadou Keita (M.Sc.Geo), Vice President of Exploration, has formerly worked on…

VANCOUVER, BC - Victor J.E. Jones, Chairman of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce that Jed Richardson has agreed to join the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Richardson graduated from the University of Toronto in 1998 with a Bachelor of Applied Science Engineering in Mining. He has worked for Alcan as an Engineer, RBC Capital Markets as a Research Associate and for 5 years as a Research Analyst with Cormark Securities. He is currently a Director and Vice-President of Corporate Development of Amazon Mining (TSX-V: AMZ), a UK registered company, which has potash…

VANCOUVER, BC - Victor J.E. Jones, Chairman of Great Quest Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: GQ; Frankfurt: GQM), is very pleased to announce that Jed Richardson has agreed to join the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Richardson graduated from the University of Toronto in 1998 with a Bachelor of Applied Science Engineering in Mining. He has worked for Alcan as an Engineer, RBC Capital Markets as a Research Associate and for 5 years as a Research Analyst with Cormark Securities. He is currently a Director and Vice-President of Corporate Development of Amazon Mining (TSX-V: AMZ), a UK registered company, which has potash…