Rare Earth Metals Announces Formation of Advisory Board as Part of Its Rare Earth Vertical Integration Strategy

Rare Earth Metals Inc. ("Rare Earth Metals", "REM" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:RA)(PINKSHEETS:RAREF)(OTCQX:RAREF) is pleased to announce the formation
of the Advisory Board to provide input and advice to Executive Management and
the Board on the development of the Company's global rare earth industry
vertical integration strategy. Together the four members of the Advisory Board
provide a comprehensive suite of knowledge and experience to guide REM's
management and Board in areas such as exploration and mining, large scale
construction project management, international business development and
government relations. The external advisors operate in a fully advisory capacity
and are independent of the Board and Management.


Robert W. Schafer

Robert W. Schafer is a Registered Professional Geologist with 32 years
international experience. Mr. Schafer joined Hunter Dickinson Inc. in 2004 and
is Executive Vice President, Business Development, based in Vancouver, Canada,
where he is responsible for identifying, evaluating and structuring transactions
for mineral deposits globally. He has led teams discovering of mines with
Billiton Metals, Addwest Gold, BHP and Kinross Gold. He has experience working
in more than 70 countries, particularly Russia, Australia, China, Afghanistan,
India, North America and most countries in Africa and South America. He is
currently President-elect for the Canadian Institute for Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum (C.I.M.). He is also 2nd Vice President and a member of the Board of
Directors for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). He is
an active member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (S.M.E.)
in the USA, where he sits on the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the
Board of Directors for both the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame and National Mining
Hall of Fame in the USA. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in
Geology at Miami University (Ohio). He completed course work and carried out
research toward a Ph.D. in Geology and completed a second Master's degree in
Mineral Economics at the University of Arizona. In 1995 he completed the
Executive Business Program at Stanford University. He is a Registered
Professional Geologist in the States of Wyoming and Utah. 


Mike Fillipoff

Mike Fillipoff is a Chemical Engineer with over 35 years of senior project
management and engineering experience in all key phases of major capital
projects, with budgets of $100 million to $1 billion each including refining
plants, petrochemicals, oil and gas, mining, and power generation. He has
experience in operating plants with responsibility for production, personnel,
safety, environment, scheduling and cost management. Mike has held management
positions with firms such as Sandwell (now Ausenco), Nova (now Trans Canada),
Saudi Aramco, and Celanese. He has over 16 years of international experience,
covering projects in 14 countries on three continents, including Malaysia,
Mexico, Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA and China. Mike was CEO and director of
a company publicly traded in Canada which provided technology and services to
refineries and other plants operating in Canada and USA. He graduated in
Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and completed the
Senior Executives Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management as well as the
MIT Executive Program in Financial Management. He is a Registered Professional
Engineer in British Columbia and Alberta. 


Frank W. Judge

Frank Judge has over 40 years extensive experience as a businessman, advisor and
academic with a particular focus on senior executive organization, finance, and
marketing and distribution. Amongst many other roles, he was a member of the
board of directors of Manpower, a world leader in providing workforce solutions;
he was President of Pacific Brewers Distributors, a transportation and logistics
business; and he was chairman of a high tech company publicly traded in Canada.
He was a senior partner in the international consulting firm, Booz, Allen and
Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm, and was its Canadian
President. Frank was a Professor of Business Administration at Queen's
University for three years and taught the MBA programs at University of Toronto
and York University on a part time basis for 20 years. He is a Life Member of
the (Canadian) Certified Management Consultants and has an MBA from the Harvard
Business School. 


John Treleaven

John Treleaven spent 32 years in the Canadian Foreign Service working abroad and
in Ottawa in a variety of positions with a trade and economic focus.  As Trade
Commissioner he served the Canadian business community in Sao Paulo, San Juan,
London, Puerto Rico, San Jose, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Manila and Ottawa.
In 1997 he was appointed Canada's Ambassador to the Philippines. In Ottawa he
served in a variety of senior positions with a focus on Asia, the policy
direction of the Trade Commission Service and on assignment to the Privy Council
Office - Jobs Strategy Task Force.  In 2000 he left the Foreign Service to join
the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership ("STEP") as President and CEO.
STEP is a public/private partnership providing international trade services to
over 250 Canadian exporting companies. Mr. Treleaven, as President of The
Treleaven Consulting Group, based in Sidney BC, continues to deliver
international business solutions to a range of private and public sector clients
across Canada and abroad. He is a director of a number of internationally
focused Canadian organizations including the Forum for International Trade
Training, Canadian Council for Africa, The Hong Kong - Canada Business
Association, the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, and serves in an
advisory capacity to a number of organizations including Global Vision/Junior
Team Canada. He has received numerous awards including an Honorary doctorate in
Humanities from the University of Baguio on the Philippines, The Queen's Jubilee
Medal and the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal. 


ABOUT RARE EARTH METALS

Rare Earth Metals has recently entered into a strategic advisory agreement with
CEC Rare Earth Corp. ("REC") to assist the Company in developing a vertically
integrated business within the global rare earth industry. The relationship with
REC provides the Company with access to REC's experienced personnel as well as
its business model which includes the full spectrum of the rare earth industry
including the designing, building and establishment of operations for rare earth
refineries outside of China as well as the ongoing sales and marketing of
refined rare earths. In addition to its relationship to REC the Company
presently has several rare earth properties exhibiting multi element potential
(REEs, Niobium, Beryllium, Zirconium and Iron Ore). Additional information
concerning the Company is contained in documents filed by the Company with
securities regulators, available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
For more information, please visit the Rare Earth Metals web site at
www.rareearthmetals.ca.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RARE EARTH METALS INC.: 

Tracy A. Moore, CEO & President

For more information on the Company, Investors should review the Company's
filings that are available at www.sedar.com. 


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Certain information set out in this News Release constitutes forward-looking
information. Forward-looking statements (often, but not always, identified by
the use of words such as "expect", "may", "could", "anticipate" or "will" and
similar expressions) may describe expectations, opinions or guidance that are
not statements of fact and which may be based upon information provided by third
parties. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions, expectations
and estimates of management of Rare Earth Metals Inc. ("REM") as at the date the
statements are made and are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or outcomes to
differ materially from those anticipated or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Those factors include, but are not limited to, the successful and
timely completion of its vertical integration strategy including identifying and
negotiating with viable, long term sources of rare earths, transitioning rare
earth exploration properties into mines, assisting with fund raising to support
mining operations, identifying and negotiating with rare earth refineries
situated outside of China either to acquire partly or entirely, or commissioning
the design, build and operation of a rare earth separation refinery to be
situated outside of China, raising sufficient funds to support the construction
and operation of the refinery, reliance on third parties to meet projected
timelines, entering into long term contracts with international manufacturers on
terms acceptable to REM, risks related to the receipt of all required approvals
including those relating to the commencement of production at selected mines and
a refinery yet to be identified, delays in obtaining permits, licenses and
operating authorities, environmental matters, water and land use risks, risks
associated with the industry in general, commodity prices and exchange rate
changes, operational risks associated with exploration, development and
production operations, delays or changes in plans, risks associated with the
uncertainty of reserve or resource estimates, health and safety risks,
uncertainty of estimates and projections of production, costs and expenses, the
adequacy of the Company's financial resources and the availability of additional
cash from operations or from financing on reasonable terms or at all, political
risks wherever REM may conduct business, risks associated with the relationship
between REM and/or its business partners and local governments wherever REM
conducts business, radioactivity and related issues, dependence on one or a few
mineral projects, loss of key personnel, factors discussed in the Company's
public disclosure record, and other factors that could cause actions, events or
results not to be as anticipated.

In light of the risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking
statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon
forward-looking information. Although REM believes that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements set out in this press release or
incorporated herein by reference are reasonable, it can give no assurance that
such expectations will prove to have been correct. Except as required by law,
REM does not assume any obligation to update forward looking statements as set
out in this news release. The forward-looking statements of REM contained in
this News Release, or incorporated herein by reference, are expressly qualified,
in their entirety, by this cautionary statement and the risk factors contained
in REM's regulatory filings available at www.sedar.com.