Great Quest Metals Ltd. (the "Company" or "Great Quest") (TSX VENTURE:GQ) is
pleased to report very encouraging results from its recent mapping and
prospecting campaign at the the Sanoukou gold concession, located in the
Birimian Greenstone Belt in southwestern Mali. The Company previously noted a
marked increase in artisanal working on the property and initiated a program to
analyze the material targeted by the local hand miners. The Sanoukou region has
historically been an area of significant artisanal gold mining ("orpaillage" in
French), but more recently has become the epicentre for a small gold rush for
local small scale miners. Great Quest recently conducted an inventory of all
orpaillage activities, collected samples from new areas of primary
mineralization opened up by artisanal miners and from large areas of what
appears to be eluvial mineralization. Additionally, the miners' ore, tailings
and waste piles were sampled. 


Highlights of the Sanoukou prospecting campaign:



--  A total of 149 samples were collected from artisanal pits, including
    rejects and ore from current and earlier orpaillage activities. 
--  Out of 149 samples, 33 samples assayed between 0.5 to 24.9 grams per
    tonne ("g/t") of gold ("Au"). 
--  The average of all samples greater than 0.3 g/t is 3.31 g/t. 
--  The best assay return was 24.9 g/t, which relates to the quartz floats
    from a quartz vein being mined out by orpailleurs at Dagagnaba site
    (identified on Figure 1). This quartz ("QZ") is milky, brecciated and
    oxidized. 



Summary of assay results superior to 4.91 g/t Au, listed in the table below:



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                                                                         g/t
ID   Description of Sample                                                Au
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9    Yellow Saprolite in a current excavation taken at 10m from             
     surface                                                            7.91
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13   Laterite gravels southern wall of an exploration trench from 0         
     to 0.4m                                                            4.91
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19   Brown Saprolite in a current excavation taken at about 16.10m          
     from surface                                                       6.31
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21   Brown Saprolite collected at 15.4m in an historical pit,               
     currently used by orpailleurs                                      5.30
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89   Saprolite collected at 16m of current exploitation                 7.66
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104  Older reject coming from the same pit of sample 103                9.97
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107  Saprolite from older reject                                        13.5
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355  Weathered intrusive rock. QZ present (from an orpaillage pit)      5.50
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371  Sample collected at about 20m from surface in about 25m deep           
     orpaillage excavation. It consists of Saprolite of intrusive           
     rock at Lolomansa site                                             12.4
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372  Saprolite of intrusive rock in 8m deep orpaillage excavation.          
     Stockwork of QZ veins present                                      6.21
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374  QZ vein mined out by orpailleurs seems to be oriented N72              
     degrees. Width is unknown. Oxidized pyrite is present              24.9
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"Our work programme has confirmed that the Sanoukou property has the potential
to host significant gold mineralization. Great Quest will now review those
strategic options that enable the project to advance and thus return enhanced
value to our shareholders. Our focus remains the Tilemsi phosphate project and
we continue to position the Company to benefit from a modern renaissance in
African agriculture. We are however very pleased with the new opportunities the
findings of our Sanoukou work now offer us," commented Jed Richardson, President
and CEO. 


This evaluation campaign returned very encouraging results and in some cases
high grade of gold were assayed ("high grade" being defined as any result
greater than 13.66 g/t Au). This is significant as the samples were collected
from waste piles, that had already been processed in some cases by local
artisanal miners and then discarded. Further fieldwork is now necessary using
conventional methods of exploration to determine a gold resource. 


Methodology

Samples weighing approximately 2 kilograms each were collected, both from
rejects and ore discarded by artisanal hand-miners, throughout the concession,
predominantly on the major shear zone crossing the property where orpaillage
activity is concentrated. The location of each sample was recorded by GPS and
when the samples were collected in a pit or a trench, the depth was measured. 


Sample Analysis

All samples have been analysed at ALS Mali SARL, an independent and accredited
laboratory in Bamako, using standard fire assay methods with atomic absorption
finish. After crushing, the assay was performed on 50 grams pulp samples. The
detection limit for this method is 0.01 ppm (g/t).


The technical information of this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Jed Diner (P. Geol), a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument
43-101.


About Great Quest

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 1,206 km2 in northeastern Mali. The Company also holds
several gold concessions in the productive Birimian gold belt, in southwestern
Mali. Great Quest is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GQ, and
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol GQM.


On behalf of the Board of Directors

Jed Richardson, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

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. We seek safe harbor.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Great Quest Metals Ltd.
Candice Font
Investor Relations
+1-604-689-2882 or Toll Free: 1-877-325-3838
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