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S P E C I A L P U L L - O U T S U P P L E M E N T

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Rare Metal Belt

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While there are well over 400 rare earths exploration projects underway in many locales around the world, what has been named the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt in British Columbia represents a unique opportunity for both explorers and resource stock investors. China controls about 97% of rare earth production and because they have severely cut back on exports, there is tremendous demand for these very special elements. Rare earths are used in cell phones, televisions, lighting, speakers, computers, lasers, and are also utilized for electricity generation and military applications. According to their various applications, demand for rare earth elements is different for each rare earth. Rare metals such as tantalum and niobium are also in demand. Miniature tantalum capacitors make cell phones possible; tantalum capacitors are used for many electronic applications. Demand for tantalum is growing as buyers are now shunning sources in Africa that are tainted by conflict. Niobium is used to make lamp filaments, alloys and superconductive magnets. Stretching for some 2,500 km from just above the Idaho and Montana borders in the south to the Yukon border in the north (see map), Mother Nature has created the right geological environment along the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt for the emplacement of both rare earth elements and rare metals. Some explorers have been active along the belt for several years, while others have recently joined this select group of companies. For example, Taseko Mines Ltd. acquired its Aley Niobium Project, 140 km north of Mackenzie, in 2007; it was actually discovered by Cominco in 1980. The Aley Project hosts an extensive body of niobium mineralization as indicated by the 2010 drilling. The deposit is wide open to expansion in at least three directions and to depth. Since 2006, Commerce Resources Corp. has been advancing its Blue River Tantalum-Niobium Project north of Kamloops where substantial resources have been defined. More recently, Chris Graf’s private company Spectrum Mining Corp. made a significant rare earths discovery on its Wicheeda property, north of Prince George, in 2009 where 11 drill holes intersected very encouraging mineralization. The best drill intercepts included 48.64 metres grading 3.55% rare earth elements, 72.0 metres of 2.92% REEs and 144.0 metres of 2.20% REEs. This discovery prompted a staking rush in the region and over a dozen companies are currently conducting exploration programs. There was further encouragement when Canadian Industrial Minerals drilled its 75%-owned property adjacent to the Wicheeda discovery and intercepted 37.3 metres grading 1.43% total rare earth oxides. The Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt is a fast-developing exploration play that deserves the attention of resource stock investors looking for capital gains through discovery of valuable rare earth and rare metal deposits.

LIGHT RARE EARTHSLanthanum ........................... LaCerium ..................................CePraseodymium .................... Pr Neodymium ........................ Nd

MEDIUM RARE EARTHSSamarium ............................SmEuropium .............................. EuGadolinium ...........................Gd

HEAVY RARE EARTHSLutetium............................... LuHolmium ............................. HoErbium ...................................ErTerbium ................................TbThulium .............................. TmYtterbium ............................YbYttrium ...................................Y

RARE METALS Tantalum ..............................TaNiobium ............................... Nb

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN RARE METAL BELT,BRITISH COLUMBIA

NAME COMMODITY COMPANYAley Nb Taseko MinesSE Cap, N Cap,S Seebach, MagAnamoly 1 REE Northcore ResourcesCap, Seebach, Javorsky REE Arctic Star ExplorationCarbo REE, Nb Canadian Int'l Minerals / Commerce ResourcesCarbonatite Syndicate REE Bolero ResourcesChuchinka REE Electric Metals / Int'l MontoroLonnie REE, Nb Rara Terra Minerals / American ManganeseTacheeda REE Int'l MontoroTrident, Kin, Hiren,IRC ,Munroe REE, Ta, Nb Critical ElementsBlue River (Upper Fir) Ta, Nb Commerce ResourcesWicheeda REE Spectrum Mining

Known Rare Metal, Rare Earth Element,Carbonatite and Nepheline Syenite Prospects

Wicheeda

SPECTRUMMINING CORP.

Carbo

Xeno

Aley

Blue River

Rock Canyon

SPECTRUMMINING CORP.

Loonie

Ice River

Elkford

Chuchinka

Kin, Trident, Claire,Lindmark, IRC,Munroe, Hiren

Cap, Seebach,Javorsky

Arctic Star Exploration Corp.

CarbonatiteSyndicate

SE Cap, N Cap,S Seebach,

MagAnamoly 1

Tacheeda

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Canadian International Minerals Inc.. [CIN-TSXV] has taken a lead-ing role in the exploration of the Wicheeda-Carbo district of the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt. The road-accessible Carbo property, located about 80 km northeast of Prince George, consists of seven claims cover-ing 2,778.63 hectares. The company has a 75% interest in the property with Commerce Resources Corp. holding the remaining 25% interest. Canadian International has conducted soil geochemical and ground magnetic grids, an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, and diamond drilling. Drilling in 2010 returned 37.3 metres of 1.43% total rare earth oxides, demonstrating the exceptional potential of the Carbo Project to host significant rare earth element mineralization. The company intends to conduct an expanded drill program this year.

Arctic Star Exploration Corp. [ADD-TSXV] has a 100% interest in the Cap, Seebach and Javorsky projects which make up one of the largest land positions in the Wicheeda-Carbo district of the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt. The claims cover distinct, circular, regional aeromagnetic anomalies and are being explored for carbonatite-hosted rare earths. The Cap, Seebach and Javorsky claims are located approximately 80 km northeast of Prince George and are all located within the immediate vicinity of Spectrum Mining Corp.’s Wicheeda rare earth discovery. The company will conduct a helicop-ter-borne magnetic and radiometric survey. Follow-up work will include a ground program of rock and soil sampling and mapping to define targets for drilling. The Javorsky claims cover an area of anomalous rare earths in stream sediment samples.

Northcore Resources Inc. [NCR-TSXV], formerly Big Red Diamond, is a junior exploration company with several exploration projects across Canada. Within the British Columbia Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt approximately 80 km north of Prince George, Northcore has optioned 100% interests in the South-East Cap, North Cap, MagAnamoly 1 and South Seebach properties for their potential to host rare earth elements and rare metals. This group of 18 claims covers about 8,055 hectares and are in the vicinity of Spectrum Mining’s Wicheeda rare earths discovery. Known rare earth element mineralization in the Wicheeda-Carbo camp is related to regional magnetic highs and lows. The South-East Cap and South Seebach claims cover or are adjacent to distinct, circular, regional aeromagnetic geo-physical anomalies within the Carbo area.

Bolero Resources Corp. [BRU-TSXV] holds 211 mineral claims cov-ering 90,000 hectares contiguous to and completely surrounding several significant rare earth discoveries in the Wicheeda-Carbo district north of Prince George. Aeroquest is flying airborne geophysical surveys over the Carbonatite Syndicate Project. These surveys will be overlain with Bolero’s recent highly anomalous rare earths sampling and previous survey results to define priority drill targets for the 2011 drill program. The 100%-owned Charge rare earth prospect is about 50 km southeast of Northgate’s Kemess Mine. The Charge prospect contains significant rare earth sample results that are the highest lanthanum (1,146 grams/tonne), yttrium (647 grams/tonne) and second highest cerium (1,247 grams/tonne) samples in the BC Regional Geochemical Survey database. Airborne geophysics is planned for the Charge property. Management is currently planning a 2011 drill program.

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Electric Metals Inc. [EMI-TSXV] has an active exploration program underway on its joint-ventured Chuchinka Rare Earth Project in central British Columbia to define drill targets within several anomalies discovered by an airborne geophysical survey completed by the company in 2010. The project is contiguous with Spectrum Mining’s recently reported Wicheeda rare earth discovery. Electric Metals is awaiting results from geochemical sampling of soils and bedrock together with ground-based geophysics in the form of precision magnetometer and scintillometer surveying in prepara-tion for drilling. The company is also exploring for rare earth elements at its Abitibi properties in the Montviel area of Québec, within close proxim-ity of Geomega Resources’ Montviel complex. The area recently returned results of 485 metres of 1.44% total rare earth oxides (TREO) including 111 metres of 2.09% TREO.

Commerce Resources Corp. [CCE-TSXV; D7H-FSE; CMRZF-OTCQX] specializes in the exploration and development of rare metals and rare earth elements. Its most advanced rare metal project in the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt is the Blue River Tantalum-Niobium Project north of Kamloops in southern British Columbia. The Upper Fir deposit at the Blue River Project is host to an Indicated Resource of 36,350,000 tonnes grading 195 ppm Ta2O5 (tantalum) and 1,700 ppm Nb2O5 (niobium). Commerce also holds a 25% interest in the Carbo Rare Earth Project that is being developed by Canadian International Minerals Inc. In 2011, the company expects to spend $5 million on exploration within the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt. Commerce recently closed a non-brokered pri-vate placement of 10.38m shares at $0.73 per share for gross proceeds of $7.58 million.

Critical Elements Corp. [CRE-TSXV; F12-FSE; CRECF-OTCQX] will be conducting exploration at its Trident, Kin, Hiren, Munroe and IRC properties in the British Columbia Rare Metal Belt. The program will build on results stemming from a successful reconnaissance ground exploration program in 2010. Work will include 1,829 line-km of airborne, radiometric and magnetic geophysical surveys. This will be followed by ground pros-pecting, geological and geochemical surveys on the above properties near Revelstoke, and on the Munroe property near Canal Flats. The ground pro-gram will include helicopter-assisted stream sediment sampling, followed by rock sampling and orientation portable XRF-assisted soil sampling in more promising areas. Prospecting and reconnaissance-scale mapping will be completed in conjunction with the geochemical program. The best tar-gets in outcrop will be channel sampled for more representative analysis.

International Montoro Resources Inc. [IMT-TSX.V; O4T-FSE] is exploring its 100%-owned Tacheeda Lake Property (4,654 ha) as well as the Chuchinka Property (2,268 ha) property. Both projects are north-east of Prince George, central British Columbia, within the emerging Wicheeda-Carbo carbonatite camp where two new rare earth discover-ies were found. The Chuchinka property is contiguous to both of these discoveries made by Spectrum Mining and Canadian International Minerals. Phase I exploration at the Chuchinka property will help to define priority drill targets within several anomalies discovered by joint venture partner, Electric Metals (option to earn 75%), through an airborne geophysical sur-vey in 2010. The largest target measures over 4 by 1 km. Exploration at the Chuchinka property and the recently acquired Tacheeda property will include sampling and an airborne survey in preparation for drilling.

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Rara Terra Minerals Corp. [RTX-TSXV] is focusing on the exploration and development of Rare Earth Element (REE) deposits that have above-average weightings of any or all of the most critical REEs; namely, dysprosium, neodymium, terbium, yttrium and europium. This has lead Rara Terra to seek REE deposits characterized by less common mineralization. Rara Terra has two properties in Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt. Rara Terra can earn a 60% interest in the 2,479-hectare Lonnie niobium and rare earths property located in the Omenica Mining District of central British Columbia and has a 100% interest in the 7,966-hectare Xeno property in the Kechika River-Terminus Mountain area of the Cassiar Mountains, Liard Mining Division of northern BC. Both properties are consid-ered to be excellent REE and rare metal prospects.

Zimtu Capital Corp. [ZC-TSXV; ZCT1-FSE] is a publicly-held investment company that invests in and assists in the growth of natural resource companies, in particular, private, micro- and small-cap companies. Along with its prospecting partners, Zimtu locates and acquires mineral properties of merit and connects them with exploration companies. The company has been a partic-ipant in several property transactions within the British Columbia Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt. Projects are normally acquired on a 50:50 basis with geological and prospecting partners. Zimtu has funded or launched several companies including: Commerce Resources Corp., Evolving Gold Corp., and Western Potash Corp. Through its mineral property advisory services Zimtu helps to connect companies to properties of interest in a number of com-modities beyond rare earth elements and rare metals.

M I N E R A L S C O R PRARA TERRARara Terra is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focussed on Rare Earth Elements (REEs). Rara Terra is seeking to identify and develop REE deposits characterized by less common mineralization. These unique deposits will bear those specific REEs that are widely agreed to have the strongest mid to long term technological relevance and sustainable economic value. relevance and sustainable economic value.

TSXV:RTX

www.rara ter ra .com www.zimtu.com / TSXV: ZC / FSE: ZCT1

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www.arcticstarexploration.comTSXv:ADD

Exploring for Rare Earth Elements in theRocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt

TSXV : CIN

Canadian International Minerals is a junior resource company focused on the exploration, discovery and development of deposits of exotic metals and minerals in demand for technologies related to re-newable energy, hybrid vehicles, clean air and carbon emission reduction.

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Electric Metals is focused on the exploration of rare earth elements with properties in two leading Canadian REE exploration districts

Current projects include the Chuchinka property in central British Columbia and the Abitibi properties in the Montviel area of Quebec

2011 exploration program has already commenced

EMIEMI has an option to earn a 75% interest in Chuchinka & 100% interest in the Abitibi properties

A global supply deficit of rare earth elements has driven up prices more than tenfold since 2009

Increasing dependence on technology has also led to increased demand for REEs

TSXV: EMI

www.electricmetalsinc.com

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for Rare Metals in theRocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt

Exploring

TSXV:CCE / FSE:D7H

www.commerceresources.com


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