Mr. Michael Schrider reports

UCORE ANNOUNCES LOCATION SELECTION FOR U.S. STRATEGIC METALS COMPLEX (SMC)

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has selected the location for its first United States strategic metals complex.

The site analysis was conducted by Mike Schrider, PE, vice-president, operations and engineering, of Ucore. Consideration was given to multiple domestic locations, including sites in the Southeastern, south-central and Western United States. In addition to the fundamental decision to initiate a rare earth element SMC, selection criteria included logistical considerations such as the ease of access to international shipping corridors, industrial infrastructure, permitting considerations and potential for local incentives and state funding programs.

The site-selection program has identified Ketchikan as the premier location for construction of the SMC. Ketchikan, with more than 13,000 residents, is the southernmost population centre in the state of Alaska, located on the protected and weather-temperate Inside Passage. The location is in proximity to a major container port and railhead at Prince Rupert, B.C., 100 kilometres to the southeast, with the two locales connected by the Alaska Marine Highway. Ketchikan features a deepwater port, barge-container facilities and direct access to markets in the U.S. and the Pacific Rim by way of ocean vessel, the lowest-cost mode of bulk transport. Ketchikan offers a unique work force, ice-free harbours and is in close proximity to Ucore's flagship in situ development project, the Bokan Dotson-Ridge rare earth project.

"Engineering and economic studies have confirmed that Ketchikan is our preferred location to construct our first strategic and critical metals-separation facility," stated Mr. Schrider. "Additional engineering and product-specification criteria are being initiated at this time targeting rare earth by-products and primary concentrates from non-Chinese sourced projects worldwide. The intent is also to maintain the processing flexibility and capacity to accommodate ore concentrate from the Bokan-Dotson Ridge project, once that project has been developed."

"We're pleased that Ketchikan has been selected from among competing locales," said Randy Johnson, managing member of Orca Holdings and president of Tyler Rental Inc. Mr. Johnson, a Ucore advisory board member with over 35 years of business and industrial experience in Southeast Alaska, has been a strong advocate in Ucore's decision to locate this SMC in Ketchikan. "The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) has received legislative authority from the Alaska Legislature for a $145-million (U.S.) financing package for the future development of the Bokan mine and processing facilities. A significant portion of this proposed financing is intended for the development of a proximal rare earth element separation facility, and our recommendation will be for the construction of this component to be placed in Ketchikan, just 50 km northeast of Bokan and accessible via marine transport.

"The development will considerably broaden the economic base in Southeast Alaska," continued Mr. Johnson, who was instrumental in developing the Ketchikan shipyard, otherwise known as Alaska ship and drydock. Through a successful public-private partnership with AIDEA, ASD grew the shipyard business to over $35-million in annual revenues and worked closely with AIDEA to plan and orchestrate a more than $80-million investment in the shipyard. ASD was subsequently acquired by Vigor Industrial, based in Portland, Ore., in February, 2012, which has allowed Mr. Johnson the opportunity to support industrial development in Southeast Alaska, including his investment and involvement in Ucore.

The SMC will target the separation of rare-earth-containing concentrates to coincide with the increasing demand for electric vehicles and the need to provide a domestic supply of individual REE oxides for U.S. commercial and military technologies. Feedstock from locations in the continental U.S., South America, Africa, Asia and Australia are under consideration. The Ketchikan SMC will also potentially serve as the separation plant for REEs mined from the Bokan project into individual saleable rare earth oxides. Ucore envisions one or two additional SMCs strategically located within the U.S. to provide domestic supply of REE oxides and other critical metals required to support North American manufacturing and security.

Qualified person

Mr. Schrider, PE, vice-president, operations and engineering, Ucore Rare Metals, has approved the scientific and technical content of this news release and is the qualified person responsible for its accuracy under National Instrument 43-101 regulations. Mr. Schrider holds a BSc degree in engineering from the University of New Orleans and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Louisiana.

About Ucore Rare Metals Inc.

Ucore Rare Metals is a development-phase company focused on rare metal resources, extraction and beneficiation technologies. The company has a 100-per-cent ownership stake in the Bokan project. On March 31, 2014, Ucore announced the unanimous support of the Alaska State Legislature for the investment of up to $145-million (U.S.) in the Bokan project, at the discretion of the Alaska Import Development and Export Agency.

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