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