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LEADING SUPPLIER OF CRITICAL MATERIALS

Enabling the Green Energy & Technology Revolution

VISION

To be a leading Western supplier of high-value rare earth magnets and critical minerals

TECHNOLOGY

The Green Revolution must be supported with materials developed using cleaner, more sustainable mining and manufacturing. 

EXTRACTION

The Round Top Heavy Rare Earth, Lithium, and Critical Minerals Project in West Texas hosts a wide range of critical heavy rare earth elements (REEs) and high-tech metals (including battery grade lithium, gallium, zirconium, hafnium and beryllium).

 

Due to the straight forward mining process and sustainably focused power generation,  Round Top will be one of the lowest-cost rare earth and lithium producers in the world. With a 100% renewable energy plan and an onsite solar plant, USARE will be producing materials for clean, green, renewable applications, using a process that employs clean, green, renewable power — without harming the environment or surrounding communities.

 

The Round Top project is under State of Texas permitting jurisdiction, which is fully delegated under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. The project has bipartisan political support in Texas and Congress. 

OPERATIONS POWERED 100% BY ONSITE SOLAR PLANT
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MATERIALS PROCESSING

The area surrounding Round Top is semi-arid, sparsely populated, and contains rock that is amenable to environmentally benign, economically efficient heap leach extraction. The leach solution will be pumped to a processing facility that uses a combination of membranes and continuous ion exchange/continuous ion chromatography (CIX-CIC) to separate and purify the various metal compounds.

Currently our processing optimizes the separation of individual, high purity rare earth compounds from Round Top feedstock, as well as from third-party feedstock, at its facility in Colorado. USARE plans to scale-up processing facilities to meet the forecasted demand growth from our own downstream processing as well as outside customers.

SINTERED NEO MAGNETS

Demand for rare earth magnets is being driven by electric vehicles (electric motors and batteries), windmills (direct drive generators), medical devices (personal “vital signs” monitors and medical imaging machines), smart phones, and aerospace/defense applications, where high-performance in extreme conditions is important.

To help meet this demand and complete its entirely domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain, USARE has acquired neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet manufacturing equipment. With this equipment, USARE will target initial production of 1,200 tonnes of high performance magnets per year, ramping up to 4,800 tonnes. Once recommissioned, USARE's plant will be the leading sintered neo magnet manufacturing facility in the Americas.

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USARE IN NUMBERS

A different approach, using 100% renewable energy and environmentally friendly mining. 

400

EMPLOYEES AT FULL SCALE

1.56 b

PEA VALUATION

50 mw

SOLAR POWER

$26 m/yr

PROJECTED ANNUAL ROYALTY TO TEXAS SCHOOLS

INDUSTRY

Critical minerals are in high demand across many industries.

Our Texas mineral deposit hosts a wide range of critical heavy rare earth elements (REEs) and high-tech metals, including lithium, gallium, zirconium, hafnium, and beryllium – materials required for electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, chipsets and semiconductors, consumer electronics, medical equipment, and critical defense applications. Round Top contains 22 of the 50 minerals deemed “critical” by the Department of the Interior. The deposit is well-located to serve the significant US internal demand, and more than 80% of the revenues will be used directly in green or renewable energy technologies. USARE’s processing facility is also successfully testing third-party materials, and we anticipate the ability to extend our supply chain beyond the Round Top project.

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RENEWABLE ENERGY

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

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5G NETWORK

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DEFENSE

Consumer Electronics

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

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SEMI-CONDUCTORS

CAREERS

We’re looking for talent to join our team. 

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