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- American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: AREC; ARECW warrants) operates as a raw materials solutions provider focused on critical minerals for rare earth magnets, lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, infrastructure, and electrification markets; its core segments include American Infrastructure Corporation, which extracts, processes, transports, and distributes metallurgical-grade coal to steelmakers from Central Appalachian Basin operations in Kentucky and West Virginia; ReElement Technologies, which refines separated and purified rare earth elements, critical minerals like antimony, and battery materials from mining waste, recycled magnets, and end-of-life sources into high-purity oxides for defense and commercial supply chains; and Electrified Materials Corporation, which aggregates and recycles used metals into steel products. The company, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, sources feedstocks through mining interests, recyclers, and unconventional streams like coal waste, targeting U.S. domestic production to reduce reliance on foreign supplies while serving steel, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing sectors primarily in North America. Recent developments encompass a $5 million credit facility with Old National Bank in December 2025 to procure rare earth and critical mineral feedstocks for ReElement; a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital, Vulcan Elements, and ReElement including $620 million and $80 million loans matched by private capital for domestic rare earth magnet production; closure of $33 million and $40 million PIPE financings in October 2025 to unlock U.S. rare earth reserves from coal waste; 141% expansion of ReElement's Noblesville refinery and Phase-1 Marion Supersite scaling to 2,500-3,500 metric tons annually of magnet-grade materials; commercial processing agreements with ERI for recycled magnet rare earth oxides and POSCO International for offtake and joint feedstock development; strategic blockchain tokenization partnership with SAGINT for mineral traceability; and a merger completion with American Infrastructure Corporation in early 2025.