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Re:   Thursday, October 22, 2009
      US government begins to focus on rare earths
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Rare Element Resources (www.rareelementresources.com, TSX.V: RES)
thought our shareholders would be interested in recent comments on rare
earths by elected US officials. The senator from the State of Alaska,
Lisa Murkowski, has commented on the need for the advancement of
domestic mining of rare earths to meet the ongoing clean energy needs
of the United States. Senator Murkowski (R-Alaska) is the ranking
member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
(CENR), located in Washington, DC. CENR is a standing committee of the
U.S. Senate, tasked with legislative matters related to national energy
production and procurement, the activities of which are a significant
bellwether of emerging federal energy policy. An overview of the
mandate of the Committee is available at the following link:
http://energy.senate.gov/public/

In a commentary issued October 19, 2009, Senator Murkowski said of
current US energy policy: "We risk a future in which wind turbines,
solar panels, advanced batteries and geothermal steam turbines are not
made in the USA, but somewhere else ... (and) we have slowly but surely
surrendered the front end of the clean energy supply chain." The
Senator speaks directly to the need for a stable domestic supply of
rare earth elements and resources crucial to green technology,
emphasizing strategic mining as an economic driver for the U.S. The
complete commentary is available at the following link:
http://www.rollcall.com/features/Policy-Briefing_Energy-2009/energy_en
vironment/39554-1.html?typeequalsprinter_friendly.

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