---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-035279"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REEMF"
cik: "0001419806"
company_name: "RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD"
filed_at: "2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T14:55:23.585850+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rare Element Resources appoints Ken Mushinski as CEO; Kelli Kast named interim CEO

## Summary
- Ken Mushinski appointed President and CEO effective May 1, 2024; he previously served on the Board from 2017-2022.
- Kelli Kast appointed interim President and CEO effective March 20, 2024, following Brent Berg's departure on March 20.
- Mushinski's employment agreement includes $320k base salary, $60k signing bonus, and severance of one year salary.
- Mushinski brings uranium industry experience from General Atomics affiliates; company advances Bear Lodge rare earth project.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-035279
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REEMF
- cik: 0001419806
- company_name: RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD
- filed_at: 2024-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000110465924035279/0001104659-24-035279-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000110465924035279/tm249054d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035279
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-035279.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brent Berg resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 14, 2024, the Registrant and Mr. Berg agreed that such resignations will take effect on March 20, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000110465924035279/0001104659-24-035279-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth Mushinski was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Kenneth Mushinski as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, and as a director of the Registrant, in each case effective as of May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000110465924035279/0001104659-24-035279-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.