 American Resources Corporation announced that it has been named to a US Department of Energy DOE Federal Demonstration Partnership award for the sorting of critical mineral-rich coal resource feedstocks in a support role. Under the agreement, the company said it will provide support to the DOE-sponsored program lead by Microbeam Technologies Inc. Microbeam and Energy Technologies Inc. ETI to determine novel methods for predicting rare earth elements and critical minerals in different coal types utilizing gamma neutron activation analysis PGNAA spectra technology. 