Mr. Gerald “Jerry” W. Grandey was appointed by the Rare Element Resources Ltd.'s Board to serve as Chairman, replacing Lowell A. Shonk who had been in the role of Interim Chairman since February, 2015. Mr. Grandey has been a member of Rare Element Resources' Board since August, 2013 and has over 30 years of high-level executive experience in the natural resource sector, most recently as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Cameco Corporation.