U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc.

Announces New Member to Special Advisory Board Member

BEND, OR, Oct 4, 2011 U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc., (OTCBB: USMN) announced today that Dr. Antonio L. Betancourt has joined our Special Advisory Board. Dr. Betancourt resides in Washington, DC. We are proud to have a person of Dr. Betancourts experience and international affiliations as our Domestic and World Trade Advisor. I am positive that he will open many new doors to International and Domestic business for our company. He intends to generate focus from individuals, government organizations, and national and international corporations on to the nutritional and soil rejuvenation benefits of USREMS MICROEXCELERITE and EXCELERITE products. stated CEO Paul Hait. About Dr. Antonio L. Betancourt Dr. Antonio Betancourt is the Secretary General of the Summit Council for World Peace, an association of former heads of state and government established in 1981. He is a member of several boards of charitable organizations. The International Culture Foundation, The Kirov Academy of Ballet, The World Institute for Development and Peace, and the Gallery VU among others. Dr. Betancourt has more than three decades of public service, he has personally met and enhanced the efforts for peace and development with numerous current and former world leaders and luminaries, including President George H. W. Bush, President Gerald R. Ford, and President Bill Clinton (U.S.); President Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR); Pope John Paul II; Mother Theresa; President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il (North Korea); President Kim Dae Jung (South Korea); Chairman Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority); Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Yitzhak Shamir (Israel); Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath (United Kingdom); President Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia); Governor General Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer (Canada); and numerous others. Dr Betancourt involvement with U.S. Rare Earth Mineral. Inc, follows His commitment to the ideals for the creation of a better world. In this case, by restoring the natural health of the soils for agriculture on the planet, the natural health of animals and the natural health of humans through the process of mineralization with the products brought to the world markets by USREM, Inc. A complete bio can be viewed on USREMs website at www.us-rem.com. U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. (USMN), is engaged in the sales and distribution of certain products derived from the Companys mining activities relating to natural mineral deposits commonly known as Calcium Montmorillonite. USMN products consist of supplements for human and animal consumption that supply 78 chelated minerals as well as agricultural products under the brand name EXCELERITE. USREM is headquartered in Bend, Oregon and has executive offices in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company maintains a web site at: http://www.usrem.com

This press release contains statements which may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of U.S. Natural Nutrients and Minerals, Inc., and members of management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results. Dr. Antonio L. Betancourt Bio Dr. Antonio L. Betancourt is the Secretary General of the Summit Council for World Peace, an association of former heads of state and government established in 1981. He also serves as President of the World Institute for Development and Peace, a think tank devoted to economic and social justice and resource developer on ideas and technologies to address more effectively the problems of poverty. Dr. Betancourt serves as Secretary General of the Middle East Peace Initiative (MEPI), which since 2003 has sent more than 10,000 Ambassadors for Peace from around the world for interfaith peace-building in Israel, the Occupied Territories, and Jordan. He has worked extensively in the fields of international affairs, interreligious dialogue, and international conflict resolution. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of the International Security Council, a Washington, DC-based defense and foreign policy think tank, and was Executive Editor of Global Affairs, its quarterly journal. A pioneer in the interfaith reconciliation movement, Dr. Betancourt has acted in the capacity of a facilitator for dialogue and engagement and worked side-by-side with different faiths and denominations active in peacemaking and bridge-building in such hot spots as Gaza and the West Bank, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, the DMZ dividing the Korean peninsula, Colombia, Japan, the Philippines, Sudan, and the United States. During nearly more than three decades of public service, through the work of the Summit Council and the expertise of prominent statesmen and religious leaders. In what is commonly call track 2 or backdoor diplomacy, he has personally met and enhanced the efforts for peace, dialogue and reconciliation with numerous current and former world leaders and luminaries, including President George H. W. Bush, President Gerald R. Ford, and President Bill Clinton (U.S.); President Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR); Pope John Paul II; Mother Theresa; President Turbay Ayala (Colombia); President Rodrigo Carazo (Costa Rica); President Belaunde Terry (Peru); President Arturo Frondissi (Argentina); President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il (North Korea); President Kim Dae Jung (South Korea); Chairman Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority); Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Yitzhak Shamir (Israel); President Suar El Dahab (Sudan); Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath (United Kingdom); President Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia); Governor General Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer (Canada); and numerous others.

Dr. Betancourt is also International Chief Marketing Officer for Equitech International, which proposes a comprehensive national energy policy based on integrated and advanced renewable energy systems and citizen cooperative land ownership. He received a doctoral degree honoris causa from the Catholic University of San Andres, Santiago, Chile. In addition, Dr. Betancourt has received numerous honors including a commendation from the Catholic University, La Plata, Argentina; Academy Award from the Mexican Academy of International Law; and Honorary Citizenship of Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic; and a presidential recognition for peace from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Member of the board of the International Culture Foundation. Member of the board of Trustees of the Kirov Academy of Ballet. Member of the board of Gallery VU Officer of the World Institute for Development and Peace Published Articles and Addresses: Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Area, Washington, DC: American Foreign Service Association, US Department of State, Washington, DC, 1994 Key Element of Stability in East Asia, Twenty-third International Conference on World Peace and the Third International Conference on the East Asian Highway Project, Tokyo, Japan, 1994 Universal Values and China in the 21st Century, Winnipeg, Canada: National Conference on Chinese Education in Canada, 1994 The God-Centered Worldview: Worldwide Perspective for the 21st Century, World Media Conference, Arlington, VA, 1995 The Four Great Realms of Heart: The Family as the School of True Love, Second Annual Meeting of Scholars for Social Justice, St. Louis, MO, 1997 A City Reborn: Our Vision, American University in Moscow and the Summit Council for World Peace, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1998 The Third Way: Is It for Real? World Institute for Development and Peace and the Center for Economic and Social Justice, National Press Club, Washington, DC, 1998 Curing World Poverty Through the Democratization of Access to Money and Credit, Asian Convention on World Peace, hosted by the Professors World Peace Academy-Philippines, the Unification Thought Institute, and the Asia University Federation, Manila, Philippines, 1999 For the Colombia of the 21st Century: A Proposal of Economic Justice to Make Each Individual an Owner, Bogot, Colombia, 2001 The Current Crisis and the Role of Governments, IIFWP Assembly 2001 on Global Violence: Crisis and Hope, New York, NY, 2001 The Democratization of Access to Money and Credit (co-author), Washington, DC: World Institute of Development and Peace, 2003 What Is Needed for Peace in the Korean Peninsula, IIFWP-Japan Newsletter, 2004 Mongolias Future as a Center of Banking and Finance in Northeast Asia, Third World Assembly of the Mongolian Peoples Federation for World Peace, Seoul, Korea, 2006

Toward Peace and Unification, in Korea at the Turning Point: Toward Lasting Peace in Northeast Asia, World & I Special Report, Vol. 2, No. 1, Tarrytown, NY: Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, 2006 USA and Latin America: Toward an Alliance for Peace, Universal Peace Federation International Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, 2007 Speaker Topics Universal Shared Values and the Building of the Culture of Peace North Korean Regime and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (Note: Betancourt has visited North Korea 17 times.) Eradication of Poverty and the Democratization of Access to Money and Capital The Spiritual Moral Imperative in the Reconciliation of Israel and Palestine The Struggle for Economic and Social Justice in South America The Hispanic Race and the Future of America and the World Contact Information Dr. Antonio L. Betancourt Summit Council for World Peace 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 540 Washington, DC 20036 PH: 202-269-5335, Email: nagarey12@gmail.com CONTACT: U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. Please email Dennis at: dennis@us-rem.com