Rare Element Resources, Ltd.





UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 5, 2013


RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




British Columbia, Canada


001-34852


Not applicable


(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


(Commission

File Number)


(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)



225 Union Blvd., Suite 250

Lakewood, Colorado


80228


(Address of principal executive offices)


(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (720) 278-2460


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ITEM 5.07

Submission of a Matter to a Vote of Security Holders.



Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on June 5, 2013.  At the Meeting, two proposals were submitted to the shareholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive information and proxy circular filed April 25, 2013.  As of the record date (April 17, 2013), a total of 44,949,869 common shares of the Company were outstanding and entitled to vote.  In total, 25,249,458 common shares were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, which represented approximately 56.2% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.


The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:


1.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors.  The shareholders elected the entire slate of directors presented to the shareholders.  As a result, the Company’s Board of Directors now consists of the seven persons elected at the meeting.  For the election of directors, there were a total of 15,041,582 broker non-votes.


Name

 

For

 

Withheld

M. Norman Anderson

 

7,193,026

 

3,014,850

Norman W. Burmeister

 

6,863,961

 

3,343,915

Gregory E. McKelvey

 

7,268,259

 

2,939,617

Donald E. Ranta

 

7,195,291

 

3,012,585

Paul Schlauch

 

7,228,640

 

2,979,236

Randall J. Scott

 

7,240,809

 

2,967,067

Lowell A. Shonk

 

7,259,486

 

2,948,390



2.

Proposal No. 2 – Ratification and approval of EKS&H, LLLP, formerly Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, LLLC, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.


For

 

Withheld

 

22,863,264

 

2,386,194

 












SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  June 7, 2013

Rare Element Resources Ltd.


        /s/ David Suleski

By:  

                                                          

Name: David Suleski

Title:   Chief Financial Officer