News Releases

Rare Element Resources has filed a utility patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office on the rare earth extraction and thorium isolation technology it developed for use at its Bear Lodge Rare Earths Project in northeastern Wyoming.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. announces drilling completed during 2013 resulted in the contained total rare earth oxide (TREO) at the Whitetail Ridge deposit increasing by nearly 80 percent, resulting in the project-wide TREO increasing by 10 percent.

Rare Element Resources announced that Tetra Tech, Inc., Mining and Minerals, has been selected by the US Forest Service (USFS) Bearlodge Ranger District to act as the prime contractor to prepare the Bear Lodge Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Jeanette Timm has been selected by the USFS to act as Project Manager.

Rare Element Resources announced that Paul H. Zink, former president of International Royalty Corporation and Eurasian Capital and a previous board member of the Company, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David P. Suleski, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2011, ceased serving in that role effective December 11, 2013.

Rare Element Resources announced that its pilot plant test program, conducted at SGS Lakefield Canada, validated the significant benefits of the Company’s proprietary processing technology and identified the opportunity for additional Project improvements.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. announced today that Steve Mooney, former Chairman and CEO of Thompson Creek Metals, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.

Rare Element Resources closed its US$8.0 million offering of common shares and warrants in a registered direct offering in the United States resulting in net proceeds of approximately US$7.5 million, after expenses.