NATURE OF OPERATIONS	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NATURE OF OPERATIONS	1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS Rare Element Resources Ltd. (“we,” “us,” “RER” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, on June 3, 1999. RER holds a 100% interest in the Bear Lodge rare earth elements project (the “Bear Lodge REE Project”) located near the town of Sundance in northeast Wyoming. The Bear Lodge REE Project consists of several large, disseminated rare earth elements (“REE”) deposits having a favorable distribution of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr), as well as a number of other critical REEs. Additionally, the Company has developed and enhanced, along with General Atomics and its affiliates, innovative and proprietary REE processing and separation capabilities for the processing of the Bear Lodge REE Project feed material and possibly feed materials from other sources. If and when developed, the Bear Lodge REE Project will likely consist of a mine and a separation plant to produce a commercial NdPr product. As market conditions dictate, the Company will decide whether it is prudent to develop and put into production the mine and separation plant independent of each other or whether linking the two production processes into a single project is the more prudent path. The Company also holds a 100% interest in the Sundance Gold Project that is adjacent to the Bear Lodge REE Project and contains a historical inferred mineral resource primarily composed of three gold targets within the area of the Bear Lodge property. Given the Company’s longstanding focus on the Bear Lodge REE Project and the current interest in REEs, the advancement of the Sundance Gold Project has been on hold since 2011 and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future. The Company is currently focused on the advancement of a rare earth processing and separation demonstration-scale plant (the “Demonstration Plant”) project. The Demonstration Plant will process already stockpiled high-grade sample materials from the Bear Lodge REE Project. In January 2021, a consortium of companies, of which the Company is a part, received notice from the Department of Energy (“DoE”) that the consortium had been selected for negotiation of a potential financial award for the engineering, construction and operation of a rare earth separation and processing demonstration plant, which is now the Demonstration Plant project. The consortium of companies is led by General Atomics, an affiliate of Synchron, the Company’s majority shareholder, and includes certain of General Atomics’ affiliates, the Company and LNV, an Ardurra Group, Inc. company, as engineering and construction subcontractor. The Company, as a subrecipient of the award, along with the other consortium members, commenced work on the planning and design of the Demonstration Plant project in November 2021, with the Company’s contractual arrangement with General Atomics finalized in December 2021. To address the Company’s funding needs, including the funding required for the Demonstration Plant, the Company completed rights offerings in December 2021 (the “2021 Rights Offering”) and March 2024 (the “2024 Rights Offering”) for gross proceeds of approximately $25,400 and $35,800, respectively. The original $21,900 financial award from the DoE was expected to fund approximately one-half of the originally expected total cost of the Demonstration Plant project, with the balance of the required funding being provided by the Company utilizing the proceeds from the 2021 Rights Offering, the $4,400 grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority (the “WEA”) as discussed in Note 5, and other funding sources, as necessary. Since inception, the General Atomics-led consortium has seen increases in the Demonstration Plant’s project costs, including final equipment costs, due to, among other factors, inflation. As a result of these cost pressures, General Atomics, on behalf of the consortium, submitted to the DoE an updated Demonstration Plant construction and operations budget in 2024 of approximately $53,600, which is approximately 22% higher than the original budget of approximately $43,800. In response, the DoE pledged an additional commitment of $2,400 (increasing its total commitment to approximately $24,200) in September 2024 to help fund a portion of this budget increase, with the balance to be funded by the Company utilizing the proceeds from the 2024 Rights Offering, including any amounts in excess of the $53,600 revised budget total, now estimated to be in excess of $66,000. In December 2022, the Demonstration Plant achieved its final engineering design milestone, marking the DoE’s first go/no-go decision point. A second go/no-go gating milestone was achieved in December 2023 with the issuance by the DoE of a Project Continuation Notice, allowing for the construction of the Demonstration Plant. In September 2024, the DoE issued its final Project Continuation Notice following its approval of the revised project budget of $53,600 and confirmation of readiness for the operations phase of the Demonstration Plant. This notice, along with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (the “NRC”) operations approval under its previously issued license (received by the Company in October 2024), allowed for the commencement of Demonstration Plant operations. During the first half of 2025, several design and equipment issues were identified during the Demonstration Plant’s equipment testing phase, which followed the completion of construction activities. As a result of these issues, an as-built design review was commenced in April 2025. The Company now expects plant commissioning to start in late 2025 and commencement of plant operations to begin in the first quarter of 2026. The Company has incurred losses since its inception, and further losses are anticipated in the development of its business. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $23,050. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we consumed cash of $3,537 in our operating activities, primarily associated with the Demonstration Plant project activities and for the payment of the Company’s general and administrative expenses and other ongoing costs of sustaining its properties. Additional Demonstration Plant cost increases, now estimated to be in excess of $66,000, are expected and will likely have to be funded by the Company if the Company is unable to secure funding from other sources, which are currently being pursued but for which there can be no assurance of success. The funds raised by the Company in the 2024 Rights Offering are expected to support the operations of the Demonstration Plant for a sufficient period of time to gather the information necessary for a commercialization decision. However, even with these funds and the expected receipt of the remaining WEA grant monies and DoE funds, the Company will still require substantial additional funds to complete the permitting and licensing, and ultimate construction and operation of a commercial mine and plant for the Bear Lodge REE Project. Ultimately, in the event the Company cannot secure additional financial resources, or complete a strategic transaction in the longer term, the Company may need to curtail or suspend the development and commercialization of its Bear Lodge REE Project or other initiatives, or potentially liquidate its business interests, and investors may lose all or part of their investment.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (“we,” “us,” “RER” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, on June 3, 1999.

RER holds a 100% interest in the Bear Lodge rare earth elements project (the “Bear Lodge REE Project”) located near the town of Sundance in northeast Wyoming. The Bear Lodge REE Project consists of several large, disseminated rare earth elements (“REE”) deposits having a favorable distribution of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr), as well as a number of other critical REEs. Additionally, the Company has developed and enhanced, along with General Atomics and its affiliates, innovative and proprietary REE processing and separation capabilities for the processing of the Bear Lodge REE Project feed material and possibly feed materials from other sources.

If and when developed, the Bear Lodge REE Project will likely consist of a mine and a separation plant to produce a commercial NdPr product. As market conditions dictate, the Company will decide whether it is prudent to develop and put into production the mine and separation plant independent of each other or whether linking the two production processes into a single project is the more prudent path.

The Company also holds a 100% interest in the Sundance Gold Project that is adjacent to the Bear Lodge REE Project and contains a historical inferred mineral resource primarily composed of three gold targets within the area of the Bear Lodge property. Given the Company’s longstanding focus on the Bear Lodge REE Project and the current interest in REEs, the advancement of the Sundance Gold Project has been on hold since 2011 and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.

The Company is currently focused on the advancement of a rare earth processing and separation demonstration-scale plant (the “Demonstration Plant”) project. The Demonstration Plant will process already stockpiled high-grade sample materials from the Bear Lodge REE Project.

In January 2021, a consortium of companies, of which the Company is a part, received notice from the Department of Energy (“DoE”) that the consortium had been selected for negotiation of a potential financial award for the engineering, construction and operation of a rare earth separation and processing demonstration plant, which is now the Demonstration Plant project. The consortium of companies is led by General Atomics, an affiliate of Synchron, the Company’s majority shareholder, and includes certain of General Atomics’ affiliates, the Company and LNV, an Ardurra Group, Inc. company, as engineering and construction subcontractor. The Company, as a subrecipient of the award, along with the other consortium members, commenced work on the planning and design of the Demonstration Plant project in November 2021, with the Company’s contractual arrangement with General Atomics finalized in December 2021.

To address the Company’s funding needs, including the funding required for the Demonstration Plant, the Company completed rights offerings in December 2021 (the “2021 Rights Offering”) and March 2024 (the “2024 Rights Offering”) for gross proceeds of approximately $25,400 and $35,800, respectively. The original $21,900 financial award from the DoE was expected to fund approximately one-half of the originally expected total cost of the Demonstration Plant project, with the balance of the required funding being provided by the Company utilizing the proceeds from the 2021 Rights Offering, the $4,400 grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority (the “WEA”) as discussed in Note 5, and other funding sources, as necessary.

Since inception, the General Atomics-led consortium has seen increases in the Demonstration Plant’s project costs, including final equipment costs, due to, among other factors, inflation. As a result of these cost pressures, General Atomics, on behalf of the consortium, submitted to the DoE an updated Demonstration Plant construction and operations budget in 2024 of approximately $53,600, which is approximately 22% higher than the original budget of approximately $43,800. In response, the DoE pledged an additional commitment of $2,400 (increasing its total commitment to approximately $24,200) in September 2024 to help fund a portion of this budget increase, with the balance to be funded by the Company utilizing the proceeds from the 2024 Rights Offering, including any amounts in excess of the $53,600 revised budget total, now estimated to be in excess of $66,000.

In December 2022, the Demonstration Plant achieved its final engineering design milestone, marking the DoE’s first go/no-go decision point. A second go/no-go gating milestone was achieved in December 2023 with the issuance by the DoE of a Project Continuation Notice, allowing for the construction of the Demonstration Plant.

In September 2024, the DoE issued its final Project Continuation Notice following its approval of the revised project budget of $53,600 and confirmation of readiness for the operations phase of the Demonstration Plant. This notice, along with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (the “NRC”) operations approval under its previously issued license (received by the Company in October 2024), allowed for the commencement of Demonstration Plant operations.

During the first half of 2025, several design and equipment issues were identified during the Demonstration Plant’s equipment testing phase, which followed the completion of construction activities. As a result of these issues, an as-built design review was commenced in April 2025. The Company now expects plant commissioning to start in late 2025 and commencement of plant operations to begin in the first quarter of 2026.

The Company has incurred losses since its inception, and further losses are anticipated in the development of its business. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $23,050. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, we consumed cash of $3,537 in our operating activities, primarily associated with the Demonstration Plant project activities and for the payment of the Company’s general and administrative expenses and other ongoing costs of sustaining its properties. Additional Demonstration Plant cost increases, now estimated to be in excess of $66,000, are expected and will likely have to be funded by the Company if the Company is unable to secure funding from other sources, which are currently being pursued but for which there can be no assurance of success.

The funds raised by the Company in the 2024 Rights Offering are expected to support the operations of the Demonstration Plant for a sufficient period of time to gather the information necessary for a commercialization decision. However, even with these funds and the expected receipt of the remaining WEA grant monies and DoE funds, the Company will still require substantial additional funds to complete the permitting and licensing, and ultimate construction and operation of a commercial mine and plant for the Bear Lodge REE Project. Ultimately, in the event the Company cannot secure additional financial resources, or complete a strategic transaction in the longer term, the Company may need to curtail or suspend the development and commercialization of its Bear Lodge REE Project or other initiatives, or potentially liquidate its business interests, and investors may lose all or part of their investment.