American Resources Corp. press release

American Resources Corporation subsidiary American Rare Earth LLC Changes Name to reELEMENT Technologies LLC

2022-06-13

NASDAQ - Nasdaq Stock Market · Coal · Lithium · Rare Earth Elements · Iron · United States

Name change better reflects the brand of recycling rare earth and battery elements back to magnet and battery grade products.

FISHERS, IN / ACCESSWIRE / June 13, 2022 / American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC)("American Resources" or the "Company"), a next generation and socially responsible supplier of rare earth and critical elements, carbon and advanced carbon materials to the new infrastructure and electrification marketplace, today announced that its majority-owned American Rare Earth division has changed its name to _re_ELEMENT Technologies LLC. The name change aims to better reflect its mandate of producing and supplying high-purity magnet and battery grade rare earth and critical elements to the domestic supply chain while also focusing on the sustainability of these raw materials.

Mark Jensen, CEO of American Resources Corporation commented, "We are excited to showcase the new brand name of _re_Element Technologies to the rare earth and battery element electrification marketplace. As we are now at the point of starting our initial production at the first commercial separation and purification facility in the United States, we felt that it would be important to showcase our updated brand image which expands well beyond solely rare earth elements. As we continue to explore expansion within the business, we also wanted a name that reflected more flexibility with downstream or upstream growth opportunities."

American Resources continues to focus on running efficient streamlined operations in being a new-aged supplier of raw materials to the infrastructure and electrification marketplace in the most sustainable of ways, while also helping the world achieve its goals of carbon neutrality. By operating with low or no legacy costs and having one of the largest and most innovative growth pipelines in the industry, American Resources Corporation works to maximize value for its investors by positioning its large asset base to best fit a new-aged economy, while being able to scale its operations to meet the growth of the markets it serves.

About American Resources Corporation

American Resources Corporation is a next-generation, environmentally and socially responsible supplier of high-quality raw materials to the new infrastructure market. The Company is focused on the extraction and processing of metallurgical carbon, an essential ingredient used in steelmaking, critical and rare earth minerals for the electrification market, and reprocessed metal to be recycled. American Resources has a growing portfolio of operations located in the Central Appalachian basin of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia where premium quality metallurgical carbon and rare earth mineral deposits are concentrated.

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.comor connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

About _re_ELEMENT Technologies LLC

_re_ELEMENT is redefining how critical and rare earth elements are both sourced and processed while focusing on the recycling of end-of-life products such as rare earth permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries, as well as coal-based waste streams and byproducts to create a low-cost and environmentally-safe, circular supply chain. _re_ELEMENT has developed its innovative and scalable _"Capture-Process-Purify"_process chain in conjunction with its licensed intellectual property including 16 patents and technologies and sponsored research partnerships with three leading universities to support the domestic supply chain's growing demand for magnet and battery metals. For more information visit reelementtech.comor connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance, or achievements or industry results to differ materially from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond American Resources Corporation's control. The words "believes", "may", "will", "should", "would", "could", "continue", "seeks", "anticipates", "plans", "expects", "intends", "estimates", or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Any forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. The Company cannot assure you that the projected results or events will be achieved.

PR Contact Precision Public Relations Matt Sheldon 917-280-7329 matt@precisionpr.co

Investor Contact: JTC Team, LLC Jenene Thomas 833-475-8247 arec@jtcir.com

RedChip Companies Inc. Todd McKnight 1-800-RED-CHIP (733-2447) Info@redchip.com

Company Contact: Mark LaVerghetta Vice President of Corporate Finance and Communications 317-855-9926 ext. 0 investor@americanresourcescorp.com

SOURCE: American Resources Corporation

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