 Department of Energy has awarded multifaceted award to consortium to identify rare earth elements REEs from carbon-based deposits Program is to support the establishment of a domestic supply chain for rare earth and critical elements to support the growth of the electrification market FISHERS, IN ACCESSWIRE August 25, 2021 American Resources Corporation NASDAQ:AREC American Resources or the Company, a next generation and socially responsible supplier of raw materials to the new infrastructure marketplace, announced today that the Company has been named to a U.S. Department of Energy DOE Federal Demonstration Partnership award for the sorting for critical mineral-rich coal resource feedstock in a support role. Under the agreement, American Resources 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 prompt gamma neutron activation analysis PGNAA spectra technology. 