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Rare Element Resources Ltd.
100% interest - Bear Lodge property, Wyoming - One of the largest disseminated Rare Earth deposits in North America

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Cripple Creek Production, Resources, Reserves, and Costs
Data from Anglo Gold - April 2008
Ore consists of very fine-grained gold disseminated in sulfide-bearing alkaline intrusive rock.
2007 Production
60 million tons of total material mined
23 million tons of ore mined @ 0.025 opt Au (0.85 gpt) in situ grade
Stripping ratio = 2.6:1
570,000 oz Au placed on leach pad @ 0.025 opt Au (0.85 gpt) contained grade
300,000 oz Au recovered from leach pad @ 0.013 opt Au (0.44 gpt) recovered grade
53% recovery
Cash costs: $0.96 per ton mining cost
$1.48 per ton processing cost, including -0.75 inch crushing
$394 per oz total cash costs
2007 Resources
373 million tons @ 0.019 opt Au (0.65 gpt) in situ grade using a 0.005 opt (0.17 gpt) cutoff grade
Measured + Indicated + Inferred
7.1 million oz contained @ 0.019 opt Au (0.65 gpt) contained grade
4.0 million oz recoverable @ 0.011 opt Au (0.37 gpt) recoverable grade
57% recovery projected
2007 Reserves
171 million tons @ 0.028 opt Au (0.96 gpt) in situ grade using a 0.007 opt (0.24 gpt) cutoff grade
Proven + Probable
4.8 million oz contained @ 0.028 opt Au (0.96 gpt) contained grade
2.7 million oz recoverable @ 0.016 opt Au (0.55 gpt) recoverable grade
56 % recovery projected
Past Production and Total Gold Content
23 million ounces of gold produced (~20 million ounces from high-grade veins)
7 million ounces of gold as current resources in low-grade disseminated deposits
30+ million ounces of gold in Cripple Creek deposit prior to mining
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