TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARC...

28 April 2011

                                   GREAT WESTERN MINING CORPORATION PLC

                           TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2011

Great  Western Mining Corporation plc ("GWM or the "Company"), the Dublin based mineral exploration company
which  is  prospecting for Gold, Silver, Copper, Uranium and other minerals over a 32sq km area in  Nevada,
announces a quarterly trading statement in relation to the quarter ended 31 March 2011 (the "Quarter").

During the Quarter, the Company raised gross proceeds of approximately £890,718 via a placing on 24 January
2011  and  gross proceeds of approximately £125,000 via a placing on 2 February 2011. The funds  raised  in
these  share placings have enabled the Company to continue the implementation of its development  programme
in  accordance  with the revised Competent Person's Report produced in March 2010. Costs  incurred  in  the
Quarter,  in  relation  to  implementing the development programme, have been  within  the  cost  estimates
indicated in the Competent Person's Report.

The Company can also report that a contract was placed in March 2011 with a geological surveying company to
lode  claim  stake  the  targets indicated by the recently announced Aerial Magnetic  and  ASTER  (Advanced
Spaceborne  Thermal  Emission Reflectance Radiometer) geological surveys. The  Directors  look  forward  to
announcing details of an increase in the Company's area under license in due course.

Enquiries:

Great Western Mining Corporation plc:
Emmett O'Connell, Chairman                                       Tel:    [phone]
Melvyn Quiller, Chief Executive                                  Tel:    [phone]

SVS Securities plc - PLUS Corporate Advisor
Alexander Brearley                                               Tel:    [phone]

SVS Securities plc - Broker
Ian Callaway/Alexander Mattey                                    Tel:    [phone]

Libertas Capital - Broker
Neil Pidgeon                                                     Tel:    [phone]

Financial PR
Nicholas Nelson/Guy McDougall                                    Tel:    [phone]

THE DIRECTORS OF THE ISSUER ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Great Western Mining Corporation plc