ReElement Technologies Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Ben Wrightsman as President

Well-established leader in the battery sector brings significant industry, operational and commercial expertise

American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC)

FISHERS, INDIANA, UNITED STATES, August 21, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — ReElement Technologies LLC (“ReElement”), a leading provider of high performance refining capacity of rare earth and battery elements, announced today it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Ben Wrightsman as President of ReElement. Mr. Wrightsman will work alongside the executive team to expand the business geographically through the deployment of its next-generation refining capacity, commercial partnerships, as well as product offerings within both North America and international markets.

“Adding Ben to the team is a testament to the technology we possess and the groundbreaking results we have generated over the past 24 months,” said Mark Jensen, CEO of ReElement Technologies. “Ben brings excellence in operational growth, establishing product differentiation and has been making an impact from day one.”

Mr. Wrightsman most recently served as CEO of the Battery Innovation Center where he focused on serving the commercial Industry, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and global research institutes to rapidly develop, test, advise, and commercialize the next generation of safe, reliable, lightweight, and cost-effective energy storage systems. His more than 23-year career in the battery / electronics industry has spanned companies such as Energy Systems Network, EnerDel, Eclipse Energy and Diversified System. With ReElement, he will be leading the operational team and reporting directly to the CEO.

Mr. Wrightsman, added, “It is a privilege to work alongside with and lead the amazing team at ReElement. The State of Indiana and the United States was once the center of the critical technology supply chain. Our goal is to reestablish world-leading innovation and operational scale to create a resilient domestic supply chain capable of supporting the advanced energy transition. Additionally, we want to ensure a collaborative global impact through our technologies and building key industry partnerships.”

With its initial commercial battery production train at its first Noblesville, Indiana facility, ReElement has the refining capacity to process approximately 137,500 kilograms per year of battery materials to produce ultra-high pure battery minerals or compounds. The Company is in the design and engineering phase to implement its second and larger scale battery production line in Marion, Indiana which will have an initial, annual refining capacity of approximately 13,750,000 kilograms per year with the ability to efficiently expand on a modular basis thereafter. As previously announced, this is in addition to its initial commercial production train that is used to recycle end-of-life permanent magnets for the separation and purification of their inherent rare earth elements. The Company continues to scale its first rare earth and critical element recycling facility in Noblesville, Indiana which is being developed as a modularly-scalable, commercial facility and is also currently evaluating additional sites for both standalone and co-located facilities.

ReElement’s advanced chromatography refining methods are unique in that it’s an efficient continuous, closed-loop, column-based, modular system that is able to operate at multiple stages and recover high value components from a variety of feedstocks. Typically, the Company’s process first isolates pure lithium while also isolating and recovering supplemental products such as the inherent iron phosphate from LFP-type batteries, and manganese, cobalt and nickel, from NMC-type batteries, with minimal increase in costs. Additionally, chromatography produces minimal waste making it environmentally benign and much easier to permit relative to conventional refining methods.

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.

David Sauve
ReElement Technologies LLC
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