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accession: "0001419806-23-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REEMF"
cik: "0001419806"
company_name: "RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD"
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:41:19.768205+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rare Element Resources secures $4.4M Wyoming Energy Authority grant for rare earth demonstration plant

## Summary
- $4.4M WEA grant finalized as cost-reimbursement award for rare earth processing demonstration plant in Upton, WY.
- DOE previously awarded $21.9M; combined grants cover >50% of estimated project costs.
- Wyoming Governor signed bill to seek NRC primacy for licensing rare earth processing facilities.
- Demonstration plant construction expected H2 2023, operations mid-2024; 40-month timeline began Oct 2021.
- Plant will produce high-purity Nd/Pr oxide for permanent magnets; data for commercial plant design.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001419806-23-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REEMF
- cik: 0001419806
- company_name: RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980623000013/0001419806-23-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980623000013/reemf-20230606x8k.htm

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