Company Website:
http://www.rareelementresources.com
LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- (Business Wire)
Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company”)(NYSE MKT: REE and TSX:
RES), a mineral resource company advancing development of the Bear
Lodge Critical Rare Earth Project (the “Project”) located in northeast
Wyoming, is pleased to announce that it has joined the Critical
Materials Institute (CMI) as an affiliate member. CMI is a major
initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and is recognized as
the nation’s premier research, development and deployment institute for
critical elements, their alloys and compounds. The CMI team is led by
The Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, and consists of scientists and
engineers from four national laboratories, seven universities and six
other industry partners. CMI is working to address the issue of
criticality with certain rare earths and other elements that it believes
might hinder the development and commercialization of clean energy
technologies within the United States. CMI has long-term goals of
eliminating supply chain fragilities of certain rare earths and other
materials, which included diversifying the sources of critical materials.
“CMI has assembled an excellent team with the best and the brightest
talents and research platforms in the rare earth field,” said Randall J.
Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Working together, we
believe the public and private sector can successfully re-establish a
complete, domestic rare earth supply chain to eliminate many of the
issues relating to our current dependence on foreign sources for the
vast majority of U.S. rare earth supplies. Rare Element Resources is
pleased to have been invited to join CMI and to have the opportunity to
contribute to these efforts and to help build a better tomorrow by
ensuring the continued success of clean energy technologies.”
The rare earth elements designated “critical” by the DOE include
neodymium, europium, terbium, dysprosium and yttrium. Rare Element
Resources’ Bear Lodge Project is expected to generate approximately 70%
of its revenues from these five elements, based on projections in its
pre-feasibility study completed in August 2014. The Company has
developed proprietary processing technology that has produced a 97+%,
near-thorium free, total rare earth concentrate in multiple pilot plant
tests. Bear Lodge is the most advanced rare earth development project in
the United States. The U.S. Forest Service is currently developing an
Environment Impact Statement on the Project with the draft expected in
the first quarter of 2015.
Please see CMI’s website at https://cmi.ameslab.gov/
for additional details on its mission and members.
Rare Element Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded mineral resource
company focused on exploration and development of rare-earth element
deposits, specifically those with significant distribution of critical
rare earths. The Company is advancing development of the Bear Lodge
Project, located in northeast Wyoming. Bear Lodge is a significant
mineralized district containing many of the less common, more valuable
critical rare earths that are essential for electronics, fiber optics,
laser systems for health and defense, as well as many evolving green
technologies, like hybrid cars, solar panels and wind turbines.
Permitting and feasibility work on the Project continue to advance.
For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.rareelementresources.com.
Contacts:
Rare Element Resources Ltd.
Robbin Lee, 720-278-2462
rlee@rareelementresources.com
Source: Rare Element Resources Ltd.
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