Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 PFS Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
18-13
18.2.4.1 Security Office, Fire Fighting and First Aid
The security office, fire-fighting and first aid building will be a pre-engineered building
complete with insulated steel roof deck and steel wall cladding. The building will be
divided into two sections. The first section, estimated at 30 ft. x 50 ft. (1,500 ft
2
, or 139
m
2
) will be used as a security office and will have a safety training room. The second
section, estimated at 50 ft. x 70 ft. (3,500 ft
2
, or 325 m
2
) will be used as the firefighting
and ambulance base, and will include a first aid center.
18.2.4.2 Main Hydromet Building
The main Hydromet building will be divided into several areas: the administration,
shower and change room, laboratory, vehicle maintenance, workshop and storage,
and the process areas. Concrete masonry block walls will be built between each
area.
The administration area will host the offices for administrative and technical
personnel, as well as the employees’ lunch room. It will have two floors; each
estimated at 50 ft. x 50 ft. (2,500 ft
2
, or 232 m
2
) and is located on the North corner of
the main Hydromet building.
The shower and change room area will include lockers, two change rooms, and two
shower areas. It will be built on a single floor, estimated at 50 ft. x 75 ft. (3,750 ft
2
, or
348 m
2
), and will be located on the North side of the main Hydromet building.
The laboratory area will host all equipment required to analyze samples from the
processing area as well as a sample storage area. The laboratory will be built on a
single floor, estimated at 50 ft. x 50 ft. (2,500 ft
2
, or 232 m
2
), and be located on the
north corner of the main Hydromet building.
The vehicle maintenance, workshop, and storage area will include a truck shop to
perform maintenance on vehicles, a workshop to perform maintenance on the various
equipment and instruments of the facility, and a spare parts storage area. A 2-ton (1.8
tonne) jib crane will be installed in the workshop. This area will be built on a single
floor estimated at 50 ft. x 137 ft. (6,850 ft
2
, or 635 m
2
) located on the northwest side of
the main Hydromet building.
The main Hydromet building will host the process units, the mechanical and electrical
room, and the control room. The interior of the Hydromet building will be built using
multi-levels of steel platforms for ongoing operation and maintenance needs. The
