U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. Engages NI 43-101 For Idaho Rare Earths Property

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. (OTCBB: UREE; the "Company") announced today that it has retained Process Engineering of Meridian, Idaho to prepare a Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101F1") compliant Technical Report on the Company's Diamond Creek Rare Earths property. Process Engineering's principal, Qualified Person Howard Dunn, will lead the 43-101 effort.

The Technical Report will discuss past exploration efforts and historic data, which have been used to formulate the current exploration efforts. Additionally regional and local geology concepts used to develop a preliminary mineralization model to be illustrated. Concise analytical data from current field surface and drilling core sampling will be reviewed.

Process Engineering's principal Howard Dunn holds degrees in Geological and Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. As a registered chemical engineer in the states of Idaho and Colorado with two decades experience in resource analysis, his prior projects include Department of Defense, NASA and Department of Energy engagements.

U.S. Rare Earths' properties in Idaho and Montana, including Lemhi Pass, have been recognized in the U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Materials Strategy publications to have significant showings of Heavy Rare Earth Elements, in particular for the five Rare Earths identified by DOE as being at "Critical Risk": Dysprosium, Europium, Neodymium, Terbium and Yttrium.

About U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.:

U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. ("USRE", "U.S. Rare Earths" or the "Company") is a mineral exploration, mining and claims acquisition company based in Lonoke, AR. Formerly Colorado Rare Earths, Inc., the Company holds over 12,000 acres of mining claims for rare-earth elements in Colorado, Idaho and Montana. In Colorado, these claims include the Powderhorn Property in Gunnison County, and Wet Mountain Property in Fremont and Custer Counties. Additional claims include the Lemhi Pass Property in Lemhi County, Idaho and Beaverhead County, Montana; Diamond Creek and North Fork Properties in Lemhi County, Idaho and the Sheep Creek Property in Ravalli County, Montana.

Rare earth elements are critical to many existing and emerging 21st century applications including clean-energy technologies such as hybrid cars and electric vehicles; high-technology applications including cell phones and digital music players; hard disk drives used in computers; microphones; fiber optics; lasers; and in addition, critical defense applications such as global positioning systems, radar and sonar; and advanced water treatment applications, including those for industrial, military, homeland security, domestic and foreign aid use. For more information visit www.usrareearths.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Some statements contained in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, therefore, involve uncertainties or risks that could cause actual results to differ materially. These statements may contain words such as "desires," "believes," "anticipates," "plans,""expects," "intends," "estimates" or similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of the Company's future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause its actual performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, rare-earth industry risks, estimates of mineralized materials, litigation risks, plans to raise capital, and board, management and governance risks. Additional information regarding factors that could cause results to differ materially from management's expectations is found in the Company's SEC filings. The Company intends that the forward-looking statements contained herein be subject to the above-mentioned statutory safe harbors. Investors are cautioned not to rely on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Contact: Alexandra Studnicky, 212-843-9285, [email protected]

SOURCE U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.

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