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American Resources Corporation reports developments in the U.S. critical mineral supply chain, including upstream and downstream initiatives tied to rare earth elements, critical battery materials and circular feedstock sourcing. Company updates frequently reference its affiliated minority holding in ReElement Technologies, a rare earth and critical mineral refining business serving commercial and defense markets.
Recurring news themes include ReElement refining technology, intellectual property for lithium and mineral separation, customer and strategic-partner discussions, refinery buildout activity, and Electrified Materials recycling, pre-processing and conditioning capacity for magnets, copper, aluminum, ferrous metals and rare earth feedstocks. American Resources also issues shareholder updates on corporate initiatives and subsidiary-level growth platforms.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and affiliated minority holding ReElement Technologies will attend PDAC 2026 in Toronto from March 1–4, 2026.
Representatives will offer thought leadership and meet customers, investors, and strategic partners to discuss rare earth and critical mineral refining and recycling solutions.
ReElement Technologies (NASDAQ:AREC) expanded and commissioned advanced laboratory capacity and added technical hires to scale its rare earth and critical mineral refining platform on February 27, 2026. New instrumentation includes XRD, ICP-MS, ICP-OES and laser diffraction to support precision analysis and purity validation.
The lab upgrade supports commercial refining programs targeting gadolinium, gallium, germanium, terbium, and yttrium at purities up to 99.999%, and follows seven recently filed patents to advance its chromatographic separation platform.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and its affiliate ReElement Technologies will attend Investing In African Mining INDABA 2026 in Cape Town, Feb 9–12, 2026. ReElement executives will offer thought leadership, meet customers, investors, and partners, and pursue African partnerships to support critical minerals supply chains for U.S. and allied industries.
American Resources (NASDAQ: AREC) announced that its subsidiary Electrified Materials Corporation (EMCO) has commenced initial 2026 shipments of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries to its Noblesville, Indiana disposition site as of January 23, 2026.
EMCO is aggregating and preprocessing multiple lithium-ion chemistries, including LFP and nickel-/cobalt-bearing systems, and supplying conditioned materials to downstream partner ReElement Technologies for refining into ultra-high-purity, manufacturing-grade products to support a domestic circular critical minerals supply chain.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC), via its minority holding in ReElement Technologies, and SAGINT announced on January 21, 2026 the minting of the world’s first utility token for critical minerals to represent refined neodymium oxide from ReElement’s Noblesville, Indiana refinery.
The token, created on a privately operated Sui Layer‑1 blockchain, records material origin, processing integrity, and mass balance to provide immutable, end‑to‑end provenance and DFARS‑relevant compliance controls for defense and industrial supply chains.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) said its portfolio company ReElement Technologies has developed commercial protocols to produce samarium purity >99.9%, targeting samarium‑cobalt (SmCo) magnet‑grade material for defense and advanced industrial applications. The flowsheet accepts recycled and ore‑based feedstocks and is designed to meet market needs for 99.9%–99.99% purity. ReElement emphasizes a modular, solvent‑free refining platform that it says lowers CapEx/OpEx, enables rapid U.S. deployment, and supports scaling at its Marion facility and partner sites to address short‑term supply gaps and long‑term supply security.
American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) and ReElement Technologies announced their January 2026 conference and event schedule, listing appearances, meetings, and presentations across major industry gatherings.
Key items: CES (Jan 5–9, Las Vegas) with Shane Tragethon attending; Future Mineral Forum (Jan 13–15, Riyadh) with Shane Tragethon; Center for Critical Minerals Strategy roundtable (Jan 21, Washington D.C.) with Ben Kincade; and the Battery Innovation Forum (Jan 30, Miami) with Mark Jensen conducting commercial and government meetings.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) announced a $200 million strategic equity facility from Transition Equity Partners to accelerate ReElement Technologies' commercial deployment of its multi-mineral refining platform.
The investment funds buildout of a Marion, Indiana facility targeting >10,000 MTPA refined critical minerals from recycled feedstocks and mined mixed rare earth concentrates, with planned U.S. and select international expansions. ReElement will process light and heavy rare earths and defense minerals and cites partnerships with the U.S. Department of War, Vulcan Elements, and POSCO to support domestic magnet and critical-mineral supply chains.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) said on December 10, 2025 that ReElement Technologies filed five new patent applications expanding IP for high‑purity refining of germanium, antimony, terbium, gallium, gadolinium, yttrium and heavy rare earth separation.
The filings claim ultra‑high purities (examples: antimony 99.7%+, gadolinium 99.9%–99.999%, germanium 99.9%–99.999%, terbium 99.5%–99.999%, yttrium 99.9%–99.999%, gallium 99.5%–99.999%) and leverage advanced software and machine‑learning optimization. Royalty Management Holding (NASDAQ:RMCO) provided non‑dilutive support and will receive a royalty interest on refined output under the patented processes.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) on December 8, 2025 highlighted a new strategic partnership with SAGINT to implement blockchain-based tokenization for global critical mineral traceability. The collaboration pairs American Resources and affiliated ReElement Technologies refining capabilities with SAGINT's blockchain infrastructure to enable real-time insight into mineral origin, custody, and environmental stewardship.
The initiative aims to strengthen domestic supply chain integrity, enhance compliance, and create an auditable, tokenized record across sourcing and refining for critical and rare earth minerals used in electrification and defense markets.