American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) CEO Mark Jensen attended the American Mining Industry Roundtable hosted by President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC last week.
The roundtable, held August 7, included leaders from the US mining and critical minerals industries to address the strategic importance of developing secure domestic and allied supply chains for minerals essential to national security, defense, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors and energy infrastructure.
Jensen's participation comes as American Resources continues executing its Platform Orchestration strategy, developing and integrating capabilities across commercial feedstock origination, industrial processing and advanced refining. The strategy is supported by the company's industrial platform, Electrified Materials Corporation, and its strategic affiliation with ReElement Technologies Corporation, a provider of rare earth and critical mineral refining technologies.
"The United States is making clear that critical minerals are a matter of national security, and we are proud to be part of the conversation," Jensen said in a statement.
"Our focus has always been on solving the most difficult part of the critical mineral supply chain, transforming mineral resources and unconventional feedstocks into high-purity, separated materials that can be used by American manufacturers. Through ReElement Technologies, we have developed an important technological advantage in accomplishing that objective."
American Resources recently announced it was selected by the US Department of Energy for award negotiations under a program intended to expand domestic capacity to recover rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal and coal-based industrial feedstocks.
"Mining is only the first step," Jensen said. "The real strategic value is created when we can take a resource or feedstock and produce separated, high-purity rare earth elements and other critical materials that can move directly into American manufacturing. ReElement's technology is designed to do exactly that, and we believe its ability to process diverse feedstocks gives the United States another tool for building a secure and resilient supply chain."
American Resources is building out a network across the critical materials supply chain, from sourcing feedstock and recovering rare earths to processing, refining and separation, with end uses in magnets, EVs, defense, semiconductors, electronics and energy infrastructure.
"We believe the next generation of American critical mineral companies will be defined as much by technology, innovation and strategic collaboration as by the resources they control," Jensen said. "Our objective is to combine American resources with American technology to produce the strategic materials that American industry needs. The future isn't about owning every step of the supply chain, it's about connecting the right capabilities to build secure, resilient and commercially sustainable supply chains. The discussions in Washington this week reinforced both the importance of that approach and the urgency of executing it."