Jaye T. Pickarts
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.
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Record holders as of Jan 30, 2026 receive 0.25 subscription rights per share; each whole right allows purchase of one share at $0.24.
Rare Element Resources to launch $30.9M rights offering at $0.24/share to fund Bear Lodge project
Rights offering seeks up to ~US$30.9M gross proceeds; record date Jan 30, 2026; subscription price $0.24/share.
COO Jaye Pickarts to retire effective Dec 31, 2025; annual meeting results
Jaye Pickarts notified retirement as COO effective Dec 31, 2025; no disagreement with company.
Rare Element Resources adopts revised Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on Dec 11, 2024
Revised code addresses compliance when working from home, safety policies, and conflicts of interest.
Repurchased 640 acres of non-core real property in Crook County, Wyoming adjacent to the Bear Lodge rare earth elements project.
Rare Element Resources appoints Jaye Pickarts as COO effective Oct 1, 2024 with $282k salary
Jaye T. Pickarts appointed COO effective Oct 1, 2024; previously served as COO from 2011-2016.
Annual meeting held August 20, 2024; 84.2% of 511,111,557 outstanding shares represented.
Rare Element Resources appoints Kelli Kast as VP, General Counsel and CAO; she steps down from board
Kelli Kast appointed VP, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer effective July 1, 2024; she will not stand for re-election as director.
Rare Element Resources director Roberts resigns; Bartels appointed as replacement
David I. Roberts resigned as director and committee member on April 4, 2024, citing retirement.
Rare Element Resources appoints Ken Mushinski as CEO; Kelli Kast named interim CEO
Ken Mushinski appointed President and CEO effective May 1, 2024; he previously served on the Board from 2017-2022.
Rare Element Resources updates Bear Lodge mineral resource to focus on magnet REEs
Measured & Indicated resource: 6.02M tonnes at 4.08% TREO, containing 49.7K tonnes recovered NdPr.
CEO Brent Berg resigns effective April 2, 2024; board begins successor search
Brent Berg steps down as President, CEO, and director effective April 2, 2024, to pursue opportunity outside rare earths.
Rare Element Resources shareholders elect all seven director nominees at 2023 annual meeting
All seven director nominees elected with majority votes; broker non-votes of 22,813,569 on each.
$4.4M WEA grant finalized as cost-reimbursement award for rare earth processing demonstration plant in Upton, WY.
Director Randall J. Scott resigns; CEO Brent D. Berg appointed to board
Randall J. Scott resigned as director effective November 8, 2022, with no disagreement with the company.
Randall J. Scott retired as CEO; Brent D. Berg appointed as new CEO effective Nov 1, 2022
Randall J. Scott retired as President and CEO of Rare Element Resources Ltd. and its subsidiary, effective Nov 1, 2022.
Brent Berg appointed President and CEO effective November 1, 2022, succeeding Randall Scott.
Rare Element Resources engages Haynie & Company as new auditor
Engaged Haynie & Company as independent registered public accounting firm on September 27, 2022.
Shareholders elect all 7 director nominees and approve 2022 Equity Incentive Plan at annual meeting.
133,086,641 shares (62.6% of outstanding) represented at August 23, 2022 meeting.
BDO USA resigns as Rare Element Resources auditor; no disagreements or reportable events
BDO USA, LLP resigned as independent auditor on July 29, 2022, effective after filing of Q3 2022 10-Q.
CEO Randall J. Scott to retire by Dec 31, 2022; consulting role through 2027
Scott will serve as CEO until the earlier of Dec 31, 2022 or successor start date.
Rare Element Resources appoints Wayne Rich CFO, advances rare earth demo plant project
Director Kenneth Mushinski resigned March 31, 2022; Nicole Champine appointed to Board as Synchron designee.
Rare Element Resources enters cost-share agreement with General Atomics for DOE rare earth plant
RER subsidiary assumes all non-DOE project costs for a $44M rare earth demonstration plant in Wyoming.
Rare Element Resources launches rights offering for up to $25.4M at $0.24/share
Offers up to 105,808,445 common shares via non-transferable rights to holders as of Oct 19, 2021.
Rare Element extends repurchase option for Bear Lodge land through 2024
Repurchase option for ~640 acres in Crook County, WY extended up to three years, now expiring Oct 26, 2024.
Rare Element Resources borrows $1M from largest shareholder Synchron via 8% promissory note
Borrowed $1,000,000 from Synchron (48.3% owner) via promissory note; 8% interest, matures Oct 1, 2022 or upon ≥$25M equity financing.
Rare Element finalizes $21.9M DoE award for rare earth plant; launches ~$25M rights offering
Finalized $21.9M DoE/EERE award for rare earth separation demo plant in Upton, Wyoming.
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.
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.
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.
Also on April 4, 2024, Synchron designee Craig S. Bartels was appointed to the Board to replace Mr. Roberts due to his retirement.
On April 4, 2024, David I. Roberts resigned as a director of Rare Element Resources Ltd.
On March 14, 2024, the Registrant and Mr. Berg agreed that such resignations will take effect on March 20, 2024.
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.
On January 2, 2024, Brent D. Berg notified Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and as a director of the Company, in each case effective as of April 2, 2024.
On November 8, 2022, Brent D. Berg, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, was appointed to the board of directors of the Registrant.
Effective as of November 8, 2022, Randall J. Scott resigned as a director of Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “ Registrant ”).
On November 1, 2022, Randall J. Scott retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of each of Rare Element Resources, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a Wyoming corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “ Registrant ”), and of the Registrant pursuant to the terms of the previously disclosed amendment, effective as of June 27, 2022, to the employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Scott.
the previously announced appointment of Brent D. Berg as the Registrant’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of November 1, 2022
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