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): December 11, 2012
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 Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 11, 2012. Of the 44,824,245 common shares issued and outstanding as of the record date, 26,258,084 common shares (approximately 58.58%) were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the shareholders are as follows:
(1) Election of Donald E. Ranta, Randall J. Scott, M. Norman Anderson, Mark T. Brown, Norman W. Burmeister, Gregory E. McKelvey, Paul Schlauch and Paul Zink to the Company’s Board of Directors.
NAME |
| FOR |
| WITHHELD |
| BROKER NON-VOTES |
Donald E. Ranta |
| 9,353,810 |
| 722,597 |
| 16,181,677 |
Randall J. Scott |
| 9,301,010 |
| 775,397 |
| 16,181,677 |
M. Norman Anderson |
| 9,724,856 |
| 351,551 |
| 16,181,677 |
Mark T. Brown |
| 8,729,874 |
| 1,346,533 |
| 16,181,677 |
Norman W. Burmeister |
| 9,354,281 |
| 722,126 |
| 16,181,677 |
Gregory E. McKelvey |
| 9,202,110 |
| 874,297 |
| 16,181,677 |
Paul Schlauch |
| 9,815,690 |
| 260,717 |
| 16,181,677 |
Paul Zink |
| 9,777,733 |
| 298,674 |
| 16,181,677 |
(2) Ratification of the appointment of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC, Certified Public Accountants as our independent registered public accounting firm.
FOR |
| AGAINST |
| ABSTAIN |
25,760,322 |
| 0 |
| 497,762 |
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: December 13, 2012
Rare Element Resources Ltd.
/s/ David Suleski
By:
Name: David Suleski
Title: Chief Financial Officer