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Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES) a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project, announced today it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US Forest Service, Bearlodge Ranger District.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE: REE and TSX: RES), a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project, is extending its 2013 development drilling program in order to provide key data leading to the development of a mineable pit focused on the high-grade zone within the Bull Hill deposit.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES) (the "Company") reports that it has filed its unaudited, consolidated interim financial statements on Form 10-Q for the three-months ended June 30, 2013

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES), a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gerald "Jerry" W. Grandey to the Company's Board of Directors.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE: REE and TSX: RES), a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project is pleased to announce commencement of the 2013 development drilling program at the heavy rare earth oxide (HREO)-enriched Whitetail Ridge resource area.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES) announced today that it has made a concurrent filing of a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Shelf Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and a shelf prospectus (the "Canadian Shelf") with certain Canadian securities regulators.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES) (the "Company"), a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project, located in northeastern Wyoming, announced that all matters put forward to the shareholders for approval at its 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on June 5th in Lakewood, Colorado, were passed with significant shareholder support.

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE MKT: REE and TSX: RES) (the "Company"), a mineral resources company advancing development of the Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project, located in northeastern Wyoming, announced today that two independent laboratories, Hazen Research and SGS-Lakefield, have confirmed and expanded on the initial bench scale test results reported by ANSTO, Australia. The tests confirm the success of the Company's proprietary technology to selectively recover rare earth elements (REE) from acid leach solution using oxalic acid, resulting in a bulk total rare earth oxide (TREO) concentrate with a purity level exceeding 90%.