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A profinite group \(G\) is said to have lower rank \(\leq l\), if there is system of open subgroups \(\{G_\alpha\}\) that form a base of open neighborhoods of the identity and every \(G_\alpha\) can be generated (topologically) by at most \(l\) elements. Let \(L(G)\) be the Lie algebra associated to \(G\) in the standard way. Suppose \(L(G)\cong{\mathfrak g}\otimes\mathbb{F}_p[t]\), where \(\mathfrak g\) is a simple Lie algebra over the field of \(p\) elements \(\mathbb{F}_p\). The author shows that the lower rank of \(G\) is \(\leq d({\mathfrak g})+1\), where \(d({\mathfrak g})\) is the number of generators of \(\mathfrak g\), in case \(\mathfrak g\) is simple classical of rank \(r\) and \(p>7\) or \(p>2r\). The result is based on the result stating that the minimal number of generators of a simple classical Lie algebra over a field of characteristic \(p\) is \(2\) (proved by the author in Section 1 under some assumptions on the characteristic that are probably not necessary for the validity of the result).