Rainbow Rare Earths Limited

('the Company' or 'the Group')

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMR

and persons closely associated with them

Rainbow was notified today that Martin Eales, CEO, had purchased 179,000 ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 13.99p. Martin Eales now has a beneficial interest in 2,257,299 ordinary shares, representing 1.29% of the total issued share capital.

For further information, please visithttp://rainbowrareearths.comor contact:

Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd

Martin Eales

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3910 4550

St Brides Partners Ltd

Lottie Wadham

Susie Geliher

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177

Arden Partners plc

William Vandyk

Benjamin Cryer

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614 5900

Hannam & Partners (Advisory) LLP

Neil Passmore

Ben Newman-Sanders

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 8500

a)

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Martin Eales

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CEO

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Rainbow Rare Earths Limited

b)

LEI

213800HONYSAXTG6KS11

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of No Par Value

GG00BD59ZW98

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Shares of No Par Value

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.1399

179,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

179,000

£25,053.60

e)

Date of the transaction

2017-12-22

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

Notes to Editors:

Rainbow's focus is the Gakara Project in Burundi, one of the highest-grade (47%-67% Total Rare Earth Oxide) rare earths projects globally. The Company raised US$8 million in January 2017 to fast-track the fully permitted Gakara Project to production ahead of targeted first production and sales of concentrate by the end of 2017, which has now been achieved. Rainbow has a ten-year distribution and offtake agreement with multinational thyssenkruppRaw Materials secured for the sale of at least 5,000 tpa of concentrate produced. The Gakara basket is weighted heavily towards the magnet rare earths, including neodymium and praseodymium, which are driving demand and account for 70% of annual global REE sales due to their use in vital components in motors, generators, wind turbines, and electric vehicles.

Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd. published this content on 22 December 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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