Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
12-3
REE assays for the 2009, 2012, and 2013 programs were conducted by Activation
Laboratories of Ancaster, Ontario, and assays for the 2010 and 2011 drill programs
were done by ALS Laboratories (see Chapter 11.0 – Sample Preparation, Analyses
and Security). Both laboratories are independent of Rare Element Resources. These
data display acceptable accuracy and precision for resource estimation. The quality
control data are included in the updated resource estimate completed by ORE for this
updated pre-feasibility report.
On-site Company geologists and ORE personnel have conducted extensive reviews
and verified data from Rare Element’s 2009 – 2013 drilling programs, which are used
in the current resource estimate. Ongoing assessment of data in 2013 was carried
out by O.R.E., with compilation in Excel and Datamine as before, and with links to the
current database.
Dr. James Clark, former Vice President of Exploration and a co-author of one of the
earlier technical reports, supervised work conducted by Hecla and Rare Element, and
attests to the verification of the data. Dr. Ellen Leavitt, a Qualified Person for
purposes of NI 43-101, supervised the on-site work on REE exploration from early
2010 through 2011, and she has attested to the verification of those data. Richard
Larsen and John Ray, both Qualified Persons for purposes of NI 43-101, managed
aspects of the 2012 and 2013 exploration and development drilling programs.
The author attests to the quality and accuracy of the data for purposes of this report.
The primary author has contacted the author of the metallurgical testwork upon which
the process modeling and financial modeling is based to verify that the results
obtained are those published by SGS Lakefield. In addition, a Roche Engineering
employee has been present to observe and personally verify a significant portion of
the test work that is the basis of this report.
