---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001419806-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REEMF"
cik: "0001419806"
company_name: "RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD"
filed_at: "2024-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:44:38.775700+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rare Element Resources appoints Kelli Kast as VP, General Counsel and CAO; she steps down from board

## Summary
- Kelli Kast appointed VP, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer effective July 1, 2024; she will not stand for re-election as director.
- Initial base salary of $310,000; eligible for annual performance bonus and long-term incentive awards determined by board.
- Severance: one year's base salary in lump sum if terminated without cause or for good reason; subject to execution of release.
- One-year non-compete covering rare earths and gold near Bear Lodge project; non-solicitation of employees and customers; waived if terminated without cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001419806-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REEMF
- cik: 0001419806
- company_name: RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD
- filed_at: 2024-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000012/0001419806-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000012/reemf-20240630x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelli Kast departed as director at RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: the Board and Ms. Kast, a director of the Registrant, agreed that she would not stand for re-election as a director of the Registrant at its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000012/0001419806-24-000012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kelli Kast was appointed as Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: appointed Kelli Kast as the Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of the Registrant, in each case effective as of July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000012/0001419806-24-000012-index.htm

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