National Environmental Policy Act

First American Uranium & US Forest Service (USFS) Kickoff Meeting Scheduled for Drilling Exploration Plan on New Mexico-Based Red Basin Uranium Project

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

The Company will be represented at the Meeting by Frank Bain, P.Geo., First American Uranium's Field Representative.

Key Points: 
  • The Company will be represented at the Meeting by Frank Bain, P.Geo., First American Uranium's Field Representative.
  • “This meeting with the USFS is a significant milestone in advancing our Red Basin Uranium Project,” said Shawn Balaghi, First American Uranium’s CEO.
  • The Red Basin Uranium Project is located ~250 miles (~402 km) southeast of the uranium mill in Blanding, Utah.
  • Gulf Oil conducted a thorough drill program at the Red Basin project area in the 1980s before a collapse in the uranium price, including drilling an estimated 1,000 holes.

Rare Element Resources Announces Plans for Management Change

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Friday, January 5, 2024

Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “RER”) (OTCQB: REEMF) announces that its President and Chief Executive Officer Brent Berg, has notified the Company that he will resign his position effective April 2, 2024, or earlier at the discretion of the RER Board of Directors (the “Board”).

Key Points: 
  • Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “RER”) (OTCQB: REEMF) announces that its President and Chief Executive Officer Brent Berg, has notified the Company that he will resign his position effective April 2, 2024, or earlier at the discretion of the RER Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  • Mr. Berg, who has held that position since November 1, 2022, advised the Company that he will be moving to a new opportunity outside of the rare earth industry.
  • Rare Element Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded, strategic materials company focused on delivering rare earth products for technology, energy, and defense applications by advancing the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project in northeast Wyoming.
  • Rare Element Resources’ majority shareholder, Synchron, is an affiliate of General Atomics.

Rare Element Resources Receives DOE Approval to Proceed with Construction of Rare Earth Processing and Separation Demonstration Plant

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

This approval, along with the DOE’s recent completion of its National Environmental Policy Act review, allows commencement of construction of the Demonstration Plant, located in Upton, Wyoming.

Key Points: 
  • This approval, along with the DOE’s recent completion of its National Environmental Policy Act review, allows commencement of construction of the Demonstration Plant, located in Upton, Wyoming.
  • The Company expects plant operations to commence in the third quarter of 2024, following the seven-to-10-month construction period.
  • The Demonstration Plant is expected to advance the Company’s proprietary processing and separation technology and generate the operational and economic data necessary for design of a commercial-scale plant.
  • Rare Element Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded, strategic materials company focused on delivering rare earth products for technology, energy, and defense applications by advancing the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project in northeast Wyoming.

Cheniere Announces Long-Term Integrated Production Marketing Agreement with ARC Resources

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE American: LNG) and Cheniere Energy Partners, LP (“Cheniere Partners”) (NYSE American: CQP) announced today that Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC (“SPL Stage 5”) has entered into a long-term Integrated Production Marketing (“IPM”) gas supply agreement with ARC Resources U.S. Corp. (“ARC Resources”), a subsidiary of ARC Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARX), a leading natural gas producer in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE American: LNG) and Cheniere Energy Partners, LP (“Cheniere Partners”) (NYSE American: CQP) announced today that Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC (“SPL Stage 5”) has entered into a long-term Integrated Production Marketing (“IPM”) gas supply agreement with ARC Resources U.S. Corp. (“ARC Resources”), a subsidiary of ARC Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARX), a leading natural gas producer in Canada.
  • The IPM agreement is subject to, among other things, a positive Final Investment Decision with respect to Train 7.
  • The LNG associated with this gas supply, approximately 0.85 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”), will be marketed by Cheniere Marketing International LLP (“Cheniere Marketing”, a subsidiary of Cheniere).
  • “This is the second long-term IPM agreement between Cheniere and ARC Resources, and further progresses the commercialization of the SPL Expansion Project.

Rare Element Resources Announces Receipt of Final NEPA Approval for Rare Earth Processing and Separation Demonstration Plant

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

The DOE NEPA review was consistent with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s NEPA review, with both resulting in a finding of no significant impact.

Key Points: 
  • The DOE NEPA review was consistent with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s NEPA review, with both resulting in a finding of no significant impact.
  • The Company is awaiting next stage budget approval from the DOE, which is providing approximately 50% of the project costs, to commence construction.
  • The Demonstration Plant will advance the Company’s proprietary recovery and separation technology, and the operational and economic data generated will be essential to the design of a commercial-scale plant.
  • Rare Element Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded, strategic materials company focused on delivering rare earth products for technology, energy, and defense applications by advancing the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project in northeast Wyoming.

Former Amazon Senior Sustainability Counsel Juge Gregg Joins Crowell & Moring

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Juge Gregg, most recently senior corporate counsel on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.

Key Points: 
  • Brings deep corporate experience managing climate, sustainability, and environmental issues
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Juge Gregg , most recently senior corporate counsel on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.
  • At Crowell, Gregg will help multinational clients—including those in the technology, retail, energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries—manage climate, ESG, greenwashing, and sustainability issues and refine their ESG programs.
  • "I'm excited to work with Crowell's multidisciplinary ESG team to build out a full-service climate, decarbonization, and ESG practice," Gregg said.
  • "While strategic sustainability efforts are growing in importance to companies, they are also increasingly the target of regulation, enforcement, and litigation.

CED Provides Plan to Maximize Historic Federal Infrastructure Investments--and Avoid the Roadblocks

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

"These historic investments offer the US the opportunity to take a major step forward in strengthening its infrastructure and manufacturing base," said Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of CED.

Key Points: 
  • "These historic investments offer the US the opportunity to take a major step forward in strengthening its infrastructure and manufacturing base," said Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of CED.
  • Invest in federal and local agencies' ability to drive awareness of infrastructure funding opportunities; add resources to staff federal help support desks that assist program participants.
  • The federal government should leverage collaborative forums with state and local infrastructure coordinators to educate stakeholders on program availability and requirements.
  • States should invest infrastructure funds with state-level oversight with accurate databases that reflect federal funds in use by project.

Cheniere Partners Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results and Reconfirms 2023 Distribution Guidance

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

In September 2023, SPL redeemed $50 million in principal amount of the 2024 SPL Senior Notes with cash on hand.

Key Points: 
  • In September 2023, SPL redeemed $50 million in principal amount of the 2024 SPL Senior Notes with cash on hand.
  • The common unit distribution and the related general partner distribution will be paid on November 14, 2023.
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss its financial and operating results for third quarter 2023 on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 10 a.m. Eastern time / 9 a.m. Central time.
  • The call and accompanying slide presentation may include financial and operating results or other information regarding Cheniere Partners.

THE SOHAGI LAW GROUP NAMED "BEST LAW FIRM" BY BEST LAWYERS

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Friday, November 3, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental and land use law firm The Sohagi Law Group announced today that it has been recognized by Best Lawyers® among the nation's elite law firms for 2024.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental and land use law firm The Sohagi Law Group announced today that it has been recognized by Best Lawyers® among the nation's elite law firms for 2024.
  • "Rankings by Best Law Firms® are some of the most trusted nationwide classifications available for law firms," states the publisher.
  • "Firms awarded in Best Law Firms are identified for their professional excellence with consistently positive feedback from clients and peers.
  • For 2024, The Sohagi Law Group is nationally ranked "Tier 1" in land use and zoning law categories.

NumbersUSA Will Discuss New Idaho Sprawl Study in Cataldo on Sunday, October 29, 2023

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NumbersUSA will present the findings from its Idaho sprawl study and survey of likely voters in Idaho this Sunday.

Key Points: 
  • ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NumbersUSA will present the findings from its Idaho sprawl study and survey of likely voters in Idaho this Sunday.
  • The Kootenai/Shoshone Farm Bureau will host this event on Idaho Sprawl.
  • LOCATION: The Country Barn in Cataldo, Idaho
    PRESENTATION: Leon Kolankiewicz , the Idaho sprawl study's lead author, will give the presentation.
  • NumbersUSA Outreach Liaison and Idaho resident Rob Harding will attend the event and participate in a Q&A session.