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American Resources Corporation's ReElement Technologies Achieves Greater Than 99.5% Pure Isolated Rare Earth Elements at Commercial Scale Separation and Purification Facility
First commercial scale success in the United States for rare earth and battery element separation and purificationCompany's first commercial facility is 1000x
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[{"type":"text","content":"First commercial scale success in the United States for rare earth and battery element separation and purificationCompany's first commercial facility is 1000x larger than previous bench scale facility with significant opportunity for low cost expansionFacility utilizes proprietary and patented chromatographic separation and purification process; the most efficient and environmentally safe method ever developedFISHERS, IN / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 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 ReElement Technologies division has achieved groundbreaking success in producing greater than 99.5% pure isolated dysprosium (Dy), neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium (Pr) / neodymium (Nd) rare earth elements from its first commercial scale rare earth and battery element isolation and purification facility located in Noblesville, IN. The success of achieving ultra-high purity levels of these REEs comes from the facility's first commercial run through its state-of-the-art LAD displacement chromatography production train.Mark Jensen, CEO of American Resources Corporation commented, \"We have stated from day one that not only would we be first in the U.S. to commercially produce separated and ultra-high purity rare earth elements, but we would also do so in an economically-viable process utilizing unprecedented environmentally-safe methods. We are thrilled today that we can share our results with the world from our first commercial production through our first-of-its-kind chromatography facility. Our initial production we believe showcases that chromatography, in the isolation and purification of rare earth and critical elements, when used at commercial scale actually produces better results than when in the lab. Today we can say we have significantly exceeded our initial anticipated results in producing isolated and greater than 99.5% pure rare earth elements. Furthermore, by using end-of-life magnets as our initial feedstock to recycle for their constituent elements, we are also addressing our sustainability needs and bringing the circular economy for these elements online. To...