American Resources Corporation's Electrified Materials Finalizes Agreements for $911,519 Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Recycling Grant from State of Indiana
- Secured $911,519 matching grant from Indiana for equipment and expansion
- Access to 135-acre site in Noblesville for operations expansion
- Strategic partnership with ReElement Technologies for complete recycling solution
- Establishing domestic circular supply chain for critical minerals and rare earth elements
- Grant is matching, requiring additional capital investment from the company
- Operations and expansion still in early stages with unproven commercial scale
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AREC secures $911,519 matching grant to expand critical mineral recycling operations, strengthening its domestic supply chain position in strategic materials.
Electrified Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Resources Corporation, has finalized a
The grant's importance extends beyond the immediate financial benefit. AREC is strategically positioning itself within a critical domestic supply chain gap for rare earth elements and battery materials that has substantial national security implications. The company is creating a closed-loop system where Electrified Materials preprocesses end-of-life products containing valuable materials (including EV motors, wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries), before feeding these concentrates to ReElement Technologies for final refining.
This circular approach addresses several market challenges simultaneously. The company gains access to feedstock sources without traditional mining costs, reduces environmental impacts compared to primary extraction, and creates high-value refined products essential for growth sectors like renewable energy and electric vehicles. By focusing on domestic processing of these materials, AREC is aligning with government priorities to reduce dependence on foreign sources of critical minerals.
While the grant itself is modest relative to the overall capital needs of the sector, it represents validation of AREC's technology approach and business model. The company's ability to secure government support demonstrates its effective positioning within the emerging policy framework supporting domestic critical mineral production. The collaborative ecosystem being built between Electrified Materials and ReElement Technologies creates multiple potential revenue streams from the same material flows, potentially improving overall margins compared to companies focused on single aspects of the supply chain.
AREC's grant strengthens circular economy model for critical minerals, aligning with both sustainability goals and strategic resource security priorities.
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AREC's integrated model deserves particular attention from a sustainability perspective. By reclaiming critical materials from end-of-life products, the company simultaneously addresses waste diversion goals (the explicit purpose of the grant program) while reducing the environmental footprint associated with primary mineral extraction. This dual environmental benefit positions the company favorably in ESG frameworks that increasingly scrutinize both waste management practices and supply chain impacts.
The company's focus on processing facilities in the American heartland also addresses the social dimension of sustainability by potentially creating advanced manufacturing jobs in regions traditionally dependent on declining industries. The mention of reclaiming former coal mines and industrial sites further underscores the potential for environmental remediation alongside economic redevelopment.
From a governance perspective, AREC's pursuit of diversified funding sources—including competitive grants—suggests a capital-efficient growth strategy that may reduce financing risks. The collaborative approach between Electrified Materials (preprocessing) and ReElement Technologies (refining) creates an integrated value chain that potentially enhances resource efficiency while developing multiple expertise centers.
This development strengthens AREC's positioning within the emerging policy framework supporting domestic critical mineral recycling and processing—a sector poised for growth as circular economy principles gain traction in manufacturing supply chains and resource security becomes an increasing priority for both government and private sector stakeholders.
Electrified Materials Secures State Grant to Advance Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Recycling in Indiana
FISHERS, IN / ACCESS Newswire / June 17, 2025 / American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) ("American Resources") today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Electrified Materials Corporation ("Electrified Materials" or "EMCO"), has finalized and signed all agreements related to a
This funding will support the purchase of advanced equipment for the preprocessing and recycling of rare earth magnets, critical minerals, and defense materials. The materials will be refined by ReElement Technologies Corporation ("ReElement") as part of a broader effort to establish a collaborative, circular supply chain and help reshore this vital industry to the United States.
Electrified Materials currently has access to a 135-acre site in Noblesville, Indiana, where it will expand its operations focused on end-of-life rare earth magnets, lithium-ion batteries, and defense metals-further supporting national security and sustainable domestic production.
Mark Jensen, Chairman and CEO of American Resources Corporation commented, "We're incredibly grateful for the support from the State of Indiana as we continue to build out a collaborative and strategic supply chain for critical minerals - an effort that is essential to both our economic future and national security. I also want to thank our team, and in particular Steven Frankowski, for their dedication in sourcing innovative and collaborative capital solutions that help us grow more efficiently and sustainably. Electrified Materials Corporation, our wholly owned division, is deploying state-of-the-art processes and equipment to break down rare earth magnets, battery materials, and defense metals. These feedstocks are then utilized by ReElement Technologies' industry-leading refining platform to produce high-purity rare earth oxides, battery materials, semiconductor materials, and other critical materials - right here in the heartland of America. I'm proud that our team continues to find creative, low-cost ways to fuel our growth, maintain efficiency, and build a resilient and forward-looking company within this essential sector."
Electrified Materials is a cutting-edge recycler of metals to the electrified economy specializing in processing used metals and minerals to be recycled and further refined into new steel-based, battery-grade and magnet-grade products. Today, EMCO operates within the U.S. with its origins in reclaiming former thermal coal mines and industrial sites. By leveraging its regional logistics and infrastructure, along with its affiliation with ReElement Technologies Corporation - a leader in critical minerals refining - EMCO is expanding its presence in high-growth markets, including recycled steel, rare earth elements, and critical battery and defense materials. Additionally, EMCO remains committed to cleaning up old infrastructure left behind from the declining mining industry. Through its affiliation and collaboration with ReElement, EMCO will preprocess end-of-life waste containing critical minerals, such as wind turbines, EV motors, lithium-ion batteries, consumer power tools and e-waste, before supplying these concentrates to ReElement for further refinement into manufacturing-grade final products, ready to reenter the supply chain.
The initial recycling grant approvals were previously announced on March 10, 2025.
About Electrified Materials Corporation
Electrified Materials Corporation ("EMCO") was formed by, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of, American Resources Corp (Nasdaq: AREC). EMCO is a cutting-edge recycler of metals for the electrified economy. It controls the preprocessing of both end of life magnets, batteries and ferrous metals that enables EMCO to ensure a domestic supply chain for copper, aluminum, steel, plastic as well as rare earth and battery elements through its refining partnership with ReElement Technologies Corp.
About ReElement Technologies Corporation
ReElement Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of high-performance refining capacity for rare earth and critical battery elements. Its multi-mineral, multi-feedstock platform technology focuses on the refining of recycled material from rare earth permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries, concentrated ores and brines, as well as coal-based waste streams and byproducts to create a cost effective and environmentally-safe, circular supply chain. ReElement has developed its innovative and scalable "Powered by ReElement" process which collaboratively utilizes its exclusively licensed intellectual property within its partners' material processing flow sheets to more efficiently support the global supply chain's growing demand for magnet and battery-grade products. For more information visit reelementtech.com or connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
About American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC)
American Resources Corporation is a leader in the critical mineral supply chain, developing innovative solutions both upstream and downstream of the refining process. The company and its affiliates focus on the extraction and processing of metallurgical carbon and iron ore, essential ingredients in steelmaking, as well as critical and rare earth minerals for the electrification market and recycled metals.
Leveraging its affiliation and former parent status of ReElement Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance refining capacity for rare earth and critical battery elements, American Resources is investing in and developing efficient upstream and downstream critical mineral operations. These operations include mining interests in conventional and unconventional sources, recycling, and manufacturing.
American Resources has established a nimble, low-cost business model centered on growth, which provides a significant opportunity to scale its portfolio of assets to meet the growing global infrastructure and electrification markets while also continuing to acquire operations and significantly reduce their legacy industry risks. Its streamlined and efficient operations are able to maximize margins while reducing costs. For more information visit americanresourcescorp.com or connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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