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 portfolio company ReElement Technologies announced their December conference and event schedule, beginning with the Honeywell Ventures Innovation Showcase on December 5, 2025 in Rosemont, IL.
ReElement will be represented by Shane Tragethon for commercial and government meetings. The release highlights ReElement's Powered by ReElement refining process and American Resources' focus on critical mineral extraction, recycling, and downstream processing for electrification markets.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) announced a Tokenization Services Agreement with SAGINT and a strategic equity commitment to deploy blockchain-based tokenization for ReElement-produced rare earth and critical minerals on December 1, 2025.
The platform will create verifiable digital warehouse receipts, enable end-to-end provenance from mine to refined product, support compliant borderless financing, and provide traceability demanded by commercial and defense customers for materials like yttrium, gadolinium, germanium, and samarium.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC), via its minority holding in ReElement Technologies, signed a commercial processing agreement with ERI to refine recycled magnet waste into high‑purity rare earth oxides for domestic supply.
Key points: ReElement has begun trial shipments of 99.99%+ pure rare earth oxides to commercial and defense partners, is accepting orders, and is producing at Noblesville, Indiana with large‑scale output transitioning to a 400,000‑sq ft Marion, Indiana facility beginning in early 2026. ERI will aggregate and pre‑process feedstock using its international collection network and eight U.S. recycling centers; ERI reports capacity to process >1 billion pounds of e‑waste annually across nine certified locations.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) via its minority holding in ReElement Technologies signed a commercial processing agreement with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to supply recycled magnet feedstock for refining into high-purity rare earth oxides.
The deal pairs ERI's eight U.S. recycling centers and >1 billion pounds annual e‑waste capacity with ReElement's modular refining; trial shipments of 99.99%+ pure rare earth oxides are underway and large-scale output will move to a 400,000 sq ft Marion, Indiana complex in early 2026.
American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: AREC) announced a live Virtual Investor CEO Connect Shareholder Update webcast with CEO Mark Jensen on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET.
Mr. Jensen will provide a comprehensive shareholder update on recent corporate developments and strategic growth initiatives in the critical mineral and infrastructure supply chain. Investors can submit questions live during the moderated discussion.
The live video webcast will be available on the company’s Investors page at americanresourcescorp.com. A replay will be posted two hours after the event and remain accessible for 90 days.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) said its portfolio company ReElement Technologies was awarded the 2025 Trusted Tech Leadership Award by the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue on November 11, 2025.
The release highlights ReElement's role in deploying advanced rare earth and critical-mineral refining technologies, its allied partnerships across Africa and Korea, its $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. Department of War, and its scalable "Powered by ReElement" process for recycling magnets, batteries, ores, and brines.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) and its minority holding in ReElement Technologies signed a strategic partnership with TMK LLC of the Republic of Uzbekistan on November 10, 2025 to develop a critical mineral supply chain beginning with tungsten.
The agreement creates a framework to broker Uzbek tungsten concentrates, refine them into high-purity tungsten in the U.S., and explores future cooperation on germanium, lithium, and rare earth elements. A Joint Working Group will produce technical and financial feasibility studies and coordinate investment structures involving U.S. and Uzbek investors.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) said ReElement Technologies and Vulcan Elements secured a $1.4 billion joint partnership with the U.S. Department of War Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) announced on November 3, 2025. OSC will provide two loans—$620M to Vulcan Elements and $80M to ReElement—matched by private capital to fund domestic rare earth separation, metallization, and NdFeB magnet manufacturing.
The partners aim to scale to 10,000 metric tonnes of NdFeB magnet production capacity; the Department of War will receive warrants in ReElement. Funding derives from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) lending authority enacted July 2025.
American Resources (NASDAQ:AREC) entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private placement of 7,843,138 class A common shares (or pre-funded warrants) at $5.10 per share, generating estimated gross proceeds of $40.0 million. The Offering is expected to close on or about October 16, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, with Maxim Group acting as sole placement agent.
The securities are being sold under Section 4(a)(2)/Regulation D and the company will file a resale registration statement for the purchasers. Net proceeds will be reduced by placement agent fees and offering expenses.
American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) and portfolio company ReElement Technologies will attend multiple October 2025 conferences to present, meet customers, investors and partners.
Events and dates: US-DRC Business Summit on October 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C.; TDK Ventures 100X October 20-23, 2025 in San Francisco, CA (flagship sessions October 21-23); and the 2025 Economic Statecraft Summit October 23-24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. ReElement attendees named include Ben Kincade (CEO, ReElement Technologies Africa) and Shane Tragethon (VP, International Strategy).
The release reiterates ReElement's focus on rare earth and critical battery element refining and American Resources' role in critical mineral supply chains and upstream/downstream operations.