American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

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Mike Niehuser: Got it. I apologize. I just realized how long I have been on this call. I have enjoyed your answers. As far as like the magnitude of the purification of a particular metal, does lithium look like it’s going to be several magnitudes more than what the other metals that you are involved with as far as market size and acceptance and demand. Is lithium, the big one?

Mark Jensen: Yes. I mean, so lithium ores is the largest opportunity we have in front of us right now, just because we have some opportunities that are really large. That being said, I think I mean there are some cobalt operations that just shut down, because of the market environment today, because prices went up, prices went back down. We can actually help make those projects profitable. And so that’s I think they explore the other ores and the other materials you get. On batteries, you are going to produce more nickel and cobalt than you will lithium.

Mike Niehuser: Are you talking about cobalt mines there?

Mark Jensen: Yes.

Mike Niehuser: Okay. And I do apologize. Yes. I apologize for keeping this long. Last question, do you think we are going to see starts to see meaningful revenues and it’s from ReElement on the rare earth and the battery metals this year?

Mark Jensen: I think by the end of the year, I mean we are already making money on the metals side of the business and part of our breakdown recycling process. I know, USA Rare Earth and AML, are actually both doing really well on the magnet side. They are getting really close, and that will help unlock some pretty significant revenue for us. From €“ everything I am hearing, they will be up and running this year, which is I know AML well. I mean I think USA Rare Earth well, USA, there’s going to be a lot bigger producer. And I mean they are being led by a world class team. And then on the battery side, I mean I think some of these projects we are working on could move really quickly. So, by the end of the year, I think we could be generating pretty substantial revenue.

But there are times, there are things outside of our control, we wait on our partners for some of those things. Now, that being said, they are advancing quickly though, and we feel good about those timeframes.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Steve Segal with KBB Asset Management. Please proceed with your question.

Steve Segal: Hey Mark. Congratulations, all the benchmarks you have already accomplished with ReElement, especially. Most of my questions that was asked have been asked and answered already. So, I was just wondering if you can talk a little bit about Novusterra.

Mark Jensen: Yes, absolutely. So, we sold €“ Novusterra actually ties into the Wyoming County Complex as well. It’s part of what €“ that will be the initial pre-stock, pre-feedstock process in fact. But we ended up selling the exclusive rights to those patents to Novusterra for equity in Novusterra. As you can see what we have said is, we have set out earlier, end of last year with the ability to align the interests of all of our team members, but also the people dedicatedly focused in that. And so notice there was restructured. We brought in the new management team, part of our team moved over there. And now they have a dedicated focus on operational control. Now, what’s really exciting about Novusterra is, we did a sub-license with Kenai Defense.

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