Quest Announces Election of Directors

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - May 5, 2016) - Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. (TSX:QRM) is pleased to announce that all of the nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated March 28, 2016, were re-elected as directors at Quest's annual and special meeting of shareholders held yesterday in Montreal.

According to proxies received and ballots cast at the meeting, the following individuals were re-elected as directors of Quest, with the following results:

Name of Nominee	Votes for	%	Votes Withheld	%
Yves Beauchamp	12,839,143	96.56	457,878	3.44
Ronny Kay	12,508,433	94.07	788,588	5.93
Pierre Lortie	12,385,143	93.14	911,878	6.86
Prashant Pathak	12,163,187	91.47	1,133,834	8.53
Michael Pesner	12,761,133	95.97	535,588	4.03
Neil Wiener	12,779,423	96.11	517,598	3.89

The biographies of the Directors are available in the Board of Directors section of Quest's website.

At the meeting, Quest's shareholders also adopted a special resolution authorizing an amendment to Quest's Articles so as to change Quest's name to "Quest Rare Metals Ltd. - Métaux Rare Quest Ltée", and re-appointed Ernst & Young LLP as Quest's auditors.

"Quest Rare Metals better aligns the Company's name with its strategy to become a world class supplier of rare earth metal oxides," stated Quest Executive Chairman Pierre Lortie. "Our leadership team believes the time has come to rebrand the Company to better reflect what we do, and to distinguish our purpose as a significant participant in the rare earth elements material supply chain."