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THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 6, 2011) – Rare Earth Metals Inc. (“Rare Earth Metals“, “RA” or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE:RA)(OTCQX:RAREF)(PINK SHEETS:RAREF) is pleased to report preliminary Rare Earth Element results from drilling on the Dory Pond project area of the Red Wine property. The second hole of this drill program (DDH-B3N-03) was successful in testing an area defined by a number of Heavy Rare Earth anomalous prospect samples and resulted in an intersection of 1.55% TREO (HREO/TREO of 42.1%) over 21.0 meters within a wider intersection of 1.11% TREO (HREO/TREO of 41%) over 42.9 meters. Of particular importance are the high values in Dysprosium, Yttrium and Neodymium which compare favourably with other more advanced Heavy Rare Earth Deposits.
Significant results from drill hole DDH B3N-03, along with the individual REO analysis are tabulated below:
| From | To | Interval (m) |
La2O3% | Ce2O3% | Pr2O3% | Nd2O3% | Sm2O3% | TREO* | HREO TREO |
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| 8.2 m | 51.1 m | 42.9 | 0.122 | 0.295 | 0.053 | 0.163 | 0.035 | 1.11% | 41.0% | |||||||||
| 30.0m | 51.1 m | 21.0 | 0.162 | 0.401 | 0.055 | 0.230 | 0.050 | 1.55% | 42.1% |
Table cont’d
| (m) | Eu2O3% | Gd2O3% | Tb2O3% | Dy2O3% | Ho2O3% | Er2O3% | Tm2O3% | Yb2O3% | Lu2O3% | Y2O3% | ||||||||||
| 42.9 | 0.004 | 0.035 | 0.007 | 0.043 | 0.010 | 0.027 | 0.004 | 0.022 | 0.003 | 0.299 | ||||||||||
| 21.0 | 0.006 | 0.050 | 0.009 | 0.061 | 0.014 | 0.040 | 0.005 | 0.031 | 0.004 | 0.432 | ||||||||||
| TREO (Total Rare Earth Oxide) includes the sum total of the Light Rare Earth Oxides (LREO) and Heavy Rare Earth Oxides (HREO) |
| HREO includes: Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3 and Y2O3 |
| LREO includes: La2O3, Ce2O3, Pr2O3, Nd2O3 and Sm2O3 |
Commented Michael Stares, President and CEO of the Company, “We are delighted with the initial results from Dory Pond. We had indications that there might be a significant Heavy Rare Earth component to the Red Wine Belt and this hole confirms the data. I am especially excited with the amount of Dysprosium we have discovered in this drill hole as this element is in critical shortage and will no doubt add significant value to the Dory Pond Prospect. The latest price for Dysprosium is approximately $2500.00 per kilogram, and the 0.061 % in this new intersection converts to 0.61 kilograms. The Dory Pond area is only 35 km from the Orma Lake all-weather road and given the promising ratios of HREE in this drill hole we will aggressively speed this project forward”.
The Dory Pond drilling is being done in conjunction with the Company’s resource delineation drilling program focused on the Two Tom deposit, located 30 km east of Dory Pond. Field work, including soil sampling, prospecting and geological mapping, carried out this summer at Dory Pond, had resulted in the definition of a number of high priority Heavy Rare Earth targets and it was decided to test these prior to completing the Two Tom drilling. A total of six holes were completed and the drill has been moved back to the Two Tom project to complete infill and expansion drill testing as a prerequisite to the calculation of a resource which is anticipated to be completed in late 2011. Results are pending from the other five holes completed at Dory Pond and will be released as they become available. Additional results from the Two Tom drilling will also be available over the next few weeks.
Core from the drill program was transported by helicopter from the drill site, logged at Rare Earth Metals’ camp and split in half using a diamond table saw or a manual core splitter. One half of the core was sent to Activation Laboratories Ltd. (“Actlabs”) for analysis and the other half was kept in core boxes at the camp for reference. All samples were delivered by Company personnel to Actlabs’ sample preparation facility in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The samples were processed and representative pulps sent to Actlabs’ analytical facility in Ancaster, Ontario. The digestion technique was total digestion that employs a lithium metaborate/tetraborate fusion and the analysis is completed using ICP, ICP/MS and XRF techniques. For QA/QC purposes Rare Earth Metals systematically inserts standards, duplicates and blanks into every sample batch. Actlabs is an ISO 17025 (Lab 266) and NELAP (lab E87979) accredited lab for specific registered tests.
The Rare Earth Element assays are reported as Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO), The TREO includes all the Rare Earth Oxides plus Yttrium Oxide. As per industry standard the TREO are broken down into Light Rare Earth Oxides (LREO) and Heavy Rare Earth Oxides (HREO). The LREO consists of Ce2O3, La2O3, Nd2O3, Pr2O3 and Sm2O3 and the HREO consists of Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3 and Y2O3. The %HREO is calculated by dividing the HREO by the TREO
Wayne Reid, PGeo, is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical information forming the basis for release.
About Rare Earth Metals Inc.
Rare Earth Metals is a well-funded company with a focus on exploring for Rare Earth Element deposits. The Company’s shares are listed on the TSX-V exchange under the symbol RA and the OTCQX exchange under the symbol RAREF. The Company presently has two advanced projects in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador, both exhibiting multi element potential (REEs, Niobium, Beryllium, Zirconium and Iron Ore) and proximity to available infrastructure. Its flagship properties are the Clay-Howells Prospect and the Red Wine Project. The Company has recently acquired additional properties in the Coldwell Complex near Marathon, Ontario and the Lavergne-Springer REE Prospect near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Additional information concerning the Company is contained in documents filed by the Company with securities regulators, available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com. For more information please visit the Rare Earth Metals website at www.rareearthmetals.ca.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RARE EARTH METALS INC.:
Michael Stares, President and CEO
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and those actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, Investors should review the Company’s filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
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Pond project area of the Red Wine property. The second hole of this drill program (DDH-B3N-03) was successful in testing an area defined by a number of Heavy Rare Earth anomalous prospect samples and resulted in an intersection of 1.55% TREO (HREO/TREO of 42.1%) over 21.0 meters within a wider intersection of 1.11% TREO (HREO/TREO of 41%) over 42.9 meters. Of particular importance are the high values in Dysprosium, Yttrium and Neodymium which compare favourably with other more advanced Heavy Rare Earth Deposits.\
