---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001419806-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REEMF"
cik: "0001419806"
company_name: "RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD"
filed_at: "2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T22:15:01.734373+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rare Element Resources appoints Jaye Pickarts as COO effective Oct 1, 2024 with $282k salary

## Summary
- Jaye T. Pickarts appointed COO effective Oct 1, 2024; previously served as COO from 2011-2016.
- Initial annual base salary set at $282,000, eligible for annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary.
- Offer letter executed Sep 26, 2024; previous consulting agreements (2022 and 2023) detailed in exhibits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001419806-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REEMF
- cik: 0001419806
- company_name: RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD
- filed_at: 2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000021/0001419806-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000021/reemf-20240926x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001419806-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jaye T. Pickarts was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 26, 2024, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “ Registrant ”), appointed Jaye T. Pickarts as the Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant, effective as of October 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419806/000141980624000021/0001419806-24-000021-index.htm

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