LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 30, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Ramaco Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: METC, METCB)) (” Ramaco” or the “Business”) is happy to reveal the finalizing of an Umbrella Cooperative Research Study and Advancement Arrangement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (” DOE”) National Energy Innovation Lab (” NETL”). This marks a considerable turning point in our longstanding collaboration with NETL and collective research study on unusual earth component and crucial mineral (” REE”) expedition, processing, ore deposit modeling, and commercialization techniques.
As one of NETL’s longest-standing tactical partners in the unusual earth location, Ramaco plans to continue its work not just with NETL however likewise with a range of the DOE’s other nationwide labs to speed up the discovery, mining, processing and production of unusual earths and crucial minerals and products at its Brook Mine in Sheridan, Wyoming The Brook Mine has what our company believe to be the biggest non-traditional unusual earth deposit in the United States
This multi-task and significant CRADA develops a structure for more collective research study and advancement tasks that consist of unusual earth components, crucial minerals, advanced products, carbon, carbon allotropes, coal, coal derivatives, and coal by-products. The contract is created to speed up the advancement and commercialization of innovations that will reinforce U.S. competitiveness, assistance domestic production, and drive clinical development.
Through this effort, Ramaco and NETL will work to incorporate sophisticated computing, expert system, and quantum innovations to automate clinical workflows and drive fast, data-driven discoveries in REE and crucial mineral advancement.
The CRADA will likewise particularly take advantage of the concentrate on crucial minerals and unusual earth know-how of the DOE’s just recently developed Minerals to Products Supply Chain Research Study Center (” METALLIC”). METALLIC joins 9 nationwide labs to speed up and advertise innovations established by the National Labs, Ramaco and other domestic partners in the REE location.
The program is arranged into 4 centers of know-how– Feedstock Beneficiation, Extraction and Separations, Refining, and Alloy Advancement and Advanced Production. Each center is geared up for innovation screening and recognition and supported by a cross-functional making it possible for activities group.
” This significant brand-new CRADA contract will at first concentrate on Ramaco’s unusual earth and crucial mineral advancement and shows the strength of our longstanding collaboration with NETL, and undoubtedly through the DOE program METALLIC, the whole multi-national lab community,” stated Randall W. Atkins, CEO of Ramaco Resources. “We hope that our resolve this contract will assist speed up Ramaco’s own industrial efforts at the Brook Mine as we look for to advance the country’s tactical interest in quickly establishing brand-new crucial mineral supply ability.”
” The CRADA will permit us to materially build on our previous joint research study efforts. Our company believe it will offer the complete strength of the DOE nationwide lab system’s skill, clinical abilities and know-how and in the field of crucial minerals to assist require increase efforts to advance Ramaco’s own crucial mineral advancement. Our objective is to collectively release and establish ingenious, commercially practical services that reinforce domestic unusual earth supply chains and improve nationwide mineral security.”
The CRADA will stay in impact for 5 years, with the alternative to start several collective tasks under its umbrella.
NETL contributed in the initial discovery of Ramaco’s Brook Mine REE deposit in 2018. NETL, along with the Oak Ridge National Lab, have actually likewise partnered with the Business on a range of science and engineering discoveries in addition to the Brook Mine REE task advancement.
Ramaco and the nationwide labs continue to collaborate on a range of amazing brand-new innovations in using coal as a precursor to establish high worth carbon items and products such as graphene, artificial graphite, and carbon fibers. Ramaco holds a body of approximately 76 copyright patents and pending applications, unique licensing contracts and numerous hallmarks in this whole location.
ABOUT RAMACO RESOURCES
Ramaco Resources, Inc. is an operator and designer of top quality, low-priced metallurgical coal in southern West Virginia, and southwestern Virginia and an establishing manufacturer of coal, unusual earth and crucial minerals in Wyoming Its executive workplaces remain in Lexington, Kentucky, with functional workplaces in Charleston, West Virginia and Sheridan, Wyoming The Business presently has 4 active metallurgical coal mining complexes in Central Appalachia and one advancement unusual earth and coal mine near Sheridan, Wyoming in the preliminary phases of production. In 2023, the Business revealed that a significant deposit of main magnetic unusual earths and crucial minerals was found at its mine near Sheridan, Wyoming Adjoining to the Wyoming mine, the Business runs a carbon research study and pilot center associated to the production of sophisticated carbon items and products from coal. In connection with these activities, it holds a growing body of approximately 76 copyright patents, pending applications, unique licensing contracts and numerous hallmarks. News and extra details about Ramaco Resources, consisting of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are readily available at https://www.ramacoresources.com. For additional information, contact financier relations at (859) 244-7455.
CAUTIONARY DECLARATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RESERVE, RESOURCE AND EXPEDITION TARGET DECLARATIONS
Specific declarations consisted of in this press release make up “positive declarations” within the significance of the Personal Securities Lawsuits Reform Act of 1995. These positive declarations consist of, however are not restricted to, the anticipated advantages of the CRADA and our collaboration with NETL, our expectations concerning our capability to establish unusual earth mineral reserves and effectively establish the Brook Mine into a commercially practical producing mine. These positive declarations represent Ramaco Resources’ expectations or beliefs worrying assistance, future occasions, prepared for earnings, future need and production levels, macroeconomic patterns, the advancement of continuous tasks, expenses and expectations concerning operating outcomes, and it is possible that the outcomes explained in this press release will not be accomplished. These positive declarations go through threats, unpredictabilities and other aspects, a lot of which are beyond Ramaco Resources’ control, which might trigger real outcomes to vary materially from the outcomes gone over in the positive declarations. These aspects consist of, without constraint, unforeseen hold-ups in our existing mine advancement activities, the capability to effectively increase production at our complexes in accordance with the Business’s development efforts, failure of our sales dedication counterparties to carry out, increased federal government guideline of coal in the United States or globally, the effect of tariffs enforced by the United States and foreign federal governments, the more decrease of need for coal in export markets and underperformance of the railways, the Business’s capability to effectively establish the Brook Mine REE/CM task, consisting of whether the Business’s expedition target and quotes for such mine are recognized, the timing of the preliminary production of unusual earth focuses, the advancement of a pilot and eventually a complete scale industrial processing center. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not satisfy the limit for reserve customizing aspects, such as approximated financial practicality, that would permit conversion to mineral reserves. There is no certainty that any part of the approximated mineral resources at Brook Mine will be transformed into mineral reserves in the future. Uncommon earth and crucial minerals is a brand-new effort for us and, as such, has actually needed and will continue to need us to make substantial financial investments to develop out our unusual earth abilities. Any positive declaration speaks just since the date on which it is made, and, other than as needed by law, Ramaco Resources does not carry out any responsibility to upgrade or modify any positive declaration, whether as an outcome of brand-new details, future occasions or otherwise. Brand-new aspects emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Ramaco Resources to forecast all such aspects. When thinking about these positive declarations, you ought to bear in mind the threat aspects and other cautionary declarations discovered in Ramaco Resources’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (” SEC”), including its Yearly Report on Kind 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Kind 10-Q. The threat aspects and other aspects kept in mind in Ramaco Resources’ SEC filings might trigger its real outcomes to vary materially from those consisted of in any positive declaration.
This press release likewise consists of numerous declarations about our mineral reserves and resources which are obtained, for the a lot of part, from the technical report summaries prepared in compliance with the Product 601( b)( 96) and subpart 1300 of Guideline S-K. The terms “mineral resource” and “mineral reserve” are specified and utilized in accordance with subpart 1300 of Guideline S-K. Under subpart 1300 of Guideline S-K, mineral resources might not be categorized as “mineral reserves” unless the decision has actually been made by a certified individual that the suggested and determined mineral resources can be the basis of a financially practical task. You are particularly warned not to presume that any part or all of the mineral resources will ever be transformed into mineral reserves, as specified by the SEC. You are warned that, other than for that part of mineral resources categorized as mineral reserves, mineral resources do not have actually shown financial worth. Presumed mineral resources are quotes based upon minimal geological proof and tasting and have an expensive of a degree of unpredictability regarding their presence to use pertinent technical and financial aspects most likely to affect the potential customers of financial extraction in a way beneficial for examination of financial practicality. Quotes of presumed mineral resources might not be transformed to a mineral reserve. In specific, our quotes of unusual earth and crucial minerals at the Brook Mine are reported as in-place presumed resources. Uncommon earth and crucial minerals is a brand-new effort for us and, as such, has actually needed and will continue to need us to make substantial financial investments to develop out our unusual earth abilities. As a brand-new aspect of our organization, there are increased threats and unpredictabilities, and there is no guarantee that we will have the ability to effectively establish the Brook Mine into an industrial scale mine. We have little to no showed performance history of industrial, functional or monetary success beyond our core organization, and provided the unpredictabilities connected with unusual earth and crucial minerals and the mining thereof, we can not ensure you that this effort will succeed. For that reason, you are warned not to presume that all or any part of a presumed mineral resource exists, that it can be the basis of a financially practical task, or that it will ever be updated to a greater classification. Also, you are warned not to presume that all or any part of determined or suggested mineral resources will ever be transformed to mineral reserves. This press release likewise consists of numerous declarations concerning our expedition targets at the Brook Mine Residential Or Commercial Property, which are obtained, for the a lot of part, from the expedition report technical report summary prepared in compliance with the Product 601( b)( 96) and subpart 1300 of Guideline S-K along with an initial financial analysis finished by Fluor. The quotes stemmed from the technical report summary are, in part, a function of the quality and amount of readily available information at the time such report was ready and are thought about affordable; nevertheless, the quotes ought to be accepted with the understanding that with extra information and analysis subsequent to the date of the report, the quotes might require modification, which might be product. Likewise, Fluor’s initial financial analysis is based in part on details not within the control of Ramaco and totally on details not within the control of Fluor. While it is thought that the details consisted of therein will be reputable under the conditions and based on the restrictions stated therein, neither Ramaco nor Fluor ensures the precision or efficiency thereof.
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