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Rare Element Reports Additional 2011 Rare Earth Element and Gold Drilling Results

by User Not Found | Mar 26, 2012
Lakewood, Colorado - Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE Amex: REE; TSX: RES) is pleased to announce rare earth element (REE) and gold assay results from 29 additional drill holes that were completed during the 2011 core drilling program at the Company's 100% owned Bear Lodge property, located in northeastern Wyoming, USA.
  • Confirms Previously Reported HREE-Enrichment Targets

Lakewood, Colorado - Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE Amex: REE; TSX: RES) is pleased to announce rare earth element (REE) and gold assay results from 29 additional drill holes that were completed during the 2011 core drilling program at the Company's 100% owned Bear Lodge property, located in northeastern Wyoming, USA. These results include 15 drill holes from the Bull Hill resource area, six drill holes from the Whitetail Ridge area, four drill holes from the East Taylor target area, and four drill holes from the Carbon target area. Three drill holes from the 2011 program remain to be assayed.

Dr. Jim Clark, Vice President of Exploration for the Company stated, "Our 2011 drilling results confirm the continuity of the mineralized bodies, and we have continued to significantly expand the resource. We are excited about the prospect of delineating another resource that exhibits the potential for higher grades of HREE at Whitetail Ridge, East Taylor and Carbon. We feel that the district has tremendous upside potential."

Bull Hill Resource Area


Whitetail Ridge and East Taylor Resource Area

DRILLING RESULTS

The RE mineralization intersected in the 29 drill holes is contained primarily within the near-surface oxidized (FMR) in fully oxidized but incompletely leached equivalents of carbonatite dikes (oxide carbonate/OxCa). These dikes are widespread in the district and concentrated in dike swarms and stockwork zones on the Bull Hill, Bull Hill West, Whitetail Ridge, East Taylor and Carbon resource and target areas (Figure 1). Overlapping gold mineralization in the Whitetail Ridge, East Taylor and Carbon areas is contained in the FMR and OxCa dikes and stockwork, and in the alkali silicate host rocks. FMR refers to the major constituents of the highly oxidized, former carbonatite dikes that occur in a depth range from surface to 300-500ft/91-152m beneath the surface---F(FeOx)-M(MnOx)-R(REE minerals) (FMR).

Bull Hill Resource Area (now includes Bull Hill West)

Highlights from the Bull Hill area drill holes are summarized below.

Bull Hill Resource Area (now includes Bull Hill West)

Eight of the 15 holes in the Bull Hill Resource Area were drilled along a prescribed NE-SW grid at azimuths of 045° and 225°. Holes were also drilled along azimuths of 090° (one hole), 270° (two holes), and 270° (four holes) in order to test for mineralized bodies directed along structures divergent from the main trend of mineralization (Figure 1).

Whitetail Ridge Resource Area

RE mineralization in and adjacent to the Whitetail Ridge Resource Area occurs dominantly NW-trending dikes, veins and stockwork zones. The six holes were drilled along a prescribed NE-SW grid at azimuths of 045° or 225°. The highlights from the Whitetail Ridge area drill holes are summarized in the following table. Two of the drill holes contain significant intercepts of gold mineralization hosted in FMR stockwork and diatreme breccia.

Whitetail Ridge Resource Area

East Taylor Target Area

The East Taylor target is located approximately 2,500ft/760m west of the main Bull Hill RE deposit and 2,500ft/760m southwest of the Whitetail Ridge deposit (Figure 1). The zone appears to have an easterly strike, as opposed to the dominant northwesterly and northerly mineralized structures in the Bull Hill-Whitetail Ridge deposits. Preliminary geological mapping and projection of FMR intercepts in drill holes suggest that the REE mineralization consists of dikes and adjacent stockwork with dimensions of more than 700ft/210m east-west by 250ft/75m north-south, and the mineralization is open to the east. Results from six core drill holes drilled at the East Taylor target area are reported here and augment the results from the three core holes reported in a 4 August 2011 press release. The core holes were drilled to follow up results from reverse circulation drill hole SUN-090. This hole was collared east of Taylor Ridge during the 2010 gold drilling program and intersected significant FMR-style mineralization strongly enriched in both light and heavy REE (see press release dated 27 October 2011. The REE mineralization is associated with coincident and peripheral zones of gold mineralization, and the gold assay results are also reported here.

East Taylor Target Area

Carbon Target Area

The Carbon REE target is located approximately 1,200 ft/370m northwest of the Whitetail Ridge deposit along an apparent northwest-trending zone of mineralization (Figure 1). Two reverse-circulation drill holes (SUN-076 and SUN-079) were completed during the 2010 Sundance gold exploration program and cut significant REE mineralization in FMR and unoxidized carbonatite vein material (see news release dated 4 August 2011). The REE mineralization may portend the northwestern extension of the Whitetail Ridge system or, alternatively, a distinct FMR/carbonatite mineralized system. Significant REE-bearing intercepts from the Carbon target area are summarized below. If this mineralization is a continuation of the Whitetail Ridge dike system and the Bull Hill SW system, it may strike up to 5,000ft/1,500m in length. The Carbon target exhibits enrichment in both light and heavy REEs.

Carbon Target Area

Heavy Rare Earth Enrichment

In 2011, the Company identified significant HREE enrichment in FMR and oxide-carbonate carbonatite dikes at the Whitetail Ridge resource area and the East Taylor and Carbon target areas (see news releases dated 4 August and 27 October 2011). The assay results reported here confirm those observations. Preliminary mineralogical studies indicate that the Y-HREE (yttrium-heavy rare earth element) mineralization is found primarily in the RE fluocarbonates, synchysite and parasite, at Whitetail Ridge and Carbon, and in xenotime, and yttrium-vanadiam phosphate, and RE fluocarbonates at East Taylor. Individual RE assays for Eu, Tb, Dy and Y in intercepts greater than 20ft/6.1m from drill holes reported here are summarized below. Values from the Bull Hill Measured and Indicated resource is included for comparison.

Assay Summary for HREEs in Selected Drill Hole Intercepts

The grades for Eu, Tb, Dy and Y are among the highest of any North American REE deposit.

REE assay values are reported by convention as the combined oxide equivalents (REO) of the 15 elements in the lanthanide series plus yttrium. The Bull Hill deposits at the Bear Lodge project contain predominately the light REEs (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and samarium), with economically important quantities of several of the heavy REEs (europium, dysprosium and terbium). The Whitetail Ridge Resource area and the East Taylor and Carbon target areas have more abundant HREE enrichment, with enhanced abundances of Eu, Dy, Tb and Y (see news release dated 4 August 2011).

For additional information regarding the metallurgy of our deposits, please refer to press releases dated 15 March 2012, 1 March 2012 and 7 September 2011.

Figure 1 - Drill hole location map

Figure 1 - Drill hole location map

 

Assays, Quality Control and Standard Certification

ALS Chemex conducted the assaying for the REEs reported here in their Vancouver, BC assay facility. ALS Chemex Vancouver is accredited to ISO 9001 and operates according to ALS Group standards consistent with ISO 17025 methods at other laboratories. The samples were prepared and subjected to lithium metaborate fusion, followed by ICP analysis and a mass spectroscopy finish.

Analytical quality is monitored through the use of randomly inserted quality control samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, which are blinded to the analytical laboratory. Results from the analyses at ALS Chemex are evaluated continuously by Dr. Jeffrey Jaacks, the Company's QA/QC consultant, who is a Qualified Person according to National Instrument 43-101. The results from the current data set indicate acceptable accuracy and precision. Blank analyses also indicate no issues with carry-over contamination.

Rare Element Resources Ltd (TSX: RES & AMEX: REE) is a publicly traded mineral resource company focused on exploration and development of rare-earth elements and gold on the Bear Lodge property.

REEs are key components of the green energy technologies and other high-technology applications. Some of the major applications include hybrid automobiles, plug-in electric automobiles, advanced wind turbines, computer hard drives, compact fluorescent light bulbs, metal alloys, additives in ceramics and glass, petroleum cracking catalysts and a number of critical military applications. China currently produces more than 95% of the 130,000 tonnes of REEs consumed annually worldwide, and China has been reducing its exports of REEs each year. The REE market is growing rapidly, and is projected to accelerate if the green technologies are implemented on a broad scale.

ON BEHALF OF MANAGEMENT
James G. Clark, Ph.D., Vice President Exploration

For information, refer to the Company's website at www.rareelementresources.com or contact:
Anne Hite, Director of Investor Relations, (720) 278-2466 or ahite@rarelementresources.com

Donald E. Ranta, PhD, PGeo, serves the Board of Directors of the Company as an internal, technically Qualified Person. Technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Dr. Ranta and has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements that are set out in National Instrument 43-101. This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full responsibility for content. Neither TSX Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are usually identified by our use of certain terminology, including "will", "believes", "may", "expects", "should", "seeks", "anticipates", "has potential to", or "intends" or by discussions of strategy or intentions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results or achievements to be materially different from any future results or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, and include but are not limited to, statements regarding our expectations regarding future mineral resource estimates; our plans, objectives and expectations with respect to the Bear Lodge Project; general industry and macroeconomic growth rates and statements regarding future performance.

Forward-looking statements used in this discussion are subject to various risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the Company. Forward-looking statements in this document are not a prediction of future events or circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur. If risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those expected, estimated or projected. Important factors than can cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include risks associated with commodity prices, exploration results, governmental and environmental regulations, permitting, licensing and approval processes for our operations and other factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2011, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as updated by our subsequent filings with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, users of the information included herein, including investors and prospective investors, are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect future events or developments, except as required by U.S. and Canadian securities laws.

Mineral Resources are not Reserves

Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral resource estimates do not account for minability, selectivity, mining loss, and dilution. These mineral resource estimates are in the measured, indicated, and inferred mineral resource categories. Inferred mineral resources are normally considered too speculative geologically for the application of economic considerations that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred mineral resources will be converted to measured and indicated mineral resource categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves once economic considerations are applied.

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The Bear Lodge Project area is a significant mineralized district that contains one of the largest disseminated rare earth deposits in North America. This deposit contains many of the less common, more valuable rare earths that are essential for the magnet materials used in electronics, fiber optics, laser systems for health and defense, and many evolving green technologies, such as hybrid cars, solar panels and wind turbines. Rare Element Resources owns 100% of the Project. 

During the last few years, the Company, along General Atomics, whose affiliate is RER's majority shareholder, have been advancing their proprietary extraction/separation technology and have successfully produced commercial-grade neodymium/praseodymium (Nd/Pr) oxide in pilot-plant testing.  These materials are key components to the fast-growing, permanent magnet sector. The next step will be operations of a demonstration plant, which is currently under construction in Upton, WY.  Results generated from operating this plant will be used for the design and economic evaluation of a commercial rare earth processing facility. 

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  • Proprietary Rare Earth Extraction/Separation Technology – Successfully advanced the Company’s technology and produced neodymium/praseodymium (Nd/Pr) oxide in pilot-plant testing. Construction of a demonstration plant is currently underway to prove the scalability of the process and define the requirements for a commercial plant.
  • World-Class Technology Partner and Majority Shareholder – General Atomics, through its affiliate, is the majority shareholder in Rare Element Resources, is a technology leader with a proven track record of bringing new ideas to market.  Their understanding of the strategic role rare earths play in numerous advancing technologies makes them keenly aware of the need for a secure, domestic supply of rare earths. Their relationship within the U.S. Government have been essential to our ability to advance our technology.
  • Bear Lodge Project – Well-defined resource with excellent concentrations of the rare earth elements essential to high-strength, permanent magnets and the many industries that depend on them.  Two of those industries, electric vehicles and wind turbines, are expected to drive a doubling of demand for magnet materials in the next 10 years.
  • Strategic Location – Located in northeast Wyoming, the Bear Lodge Project has easy access to a major interstate, transcontinental rail, natural gas and low-power.  The area has existing infrastructure with a ready and skilled workforce.  The State of Wyoming has a rich history of mineral development and a pro-business focus, and its leaders are actively committed to economic diversification. 
  • Strong Federal and State Support – Both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) have shown their support for the Project through funding of over $26M for the demonstration plant.  The DOE continues to pursue ways to secure sources for material that will be key to industrial needs, especially those that support the country’s initiative of reducing carbon emissions, like electric vehicles and wind turbines. The WEA is supporting the State’s desire to diversify employment and understands that Wyoming can play a key role in developing a domestic supply chain – from minerals to magnets. 
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