Published: March 21, 2024 |

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American Resources’ subsidiary ReElement Technologies said its wholly owned subsidiary, ReElement Technologies Africa Ltd., has added His Excellency Baba Kamara to its board as its first independent member of the Africa subsidiary. H.E. Kamara will help guide the company via its partnerships within Africa to ensure that the partnerships are established with a long-term mutual benefit to all parties involved.

“We couldn’t be more grateful and honored to have Baba be a member of our ReElement family. His experience, knowledge, passion and drive motivates our team to accomplish big goals and big dreams with our African partners. We hope that our company, through Baba’s leadership and guidance can continue his legacy to work with the local communities to together unlock the full value of the resources of African nations,” said Mark Jensen, chief executive officer of ReElement Technologies.

“Our business model is focused on value addition and forming local partnerships with African companies and communities. Working together is essential to long-term success for all stakeholders. To achieve common goals, we must move swiftly but wisely, and in a manner that ensures tangible benefits to all parties involved,” said Ben Kincaid, chief executive officer of ReElement Technologies Africa.

“Baba’s long record of leadership, regional statesmanship, diplomacy, and business acumen enormously benefits ReElement Africa’s ambitious objectives,” added Kincaid.

“Success for ReElement Technologies Africa is success for the people of Africa and for the strength of the global critical minerals supply chain. Our bold but achievable objective: multiply the value of Africa’s natural resources for the benefit of the African people and for the world,” said Baba Kamara.

“ReElement’s technology and vision unlocks the economic potential of the continent by bringing the high value addition step of refinement, which has long been the missing link in the critical minerals value chain in Africa,” added Kamara.

Amb. Issifu Baba Braimah Kamara, a seasoned diplomat and business leader, brings decades of expertise in peace and security, governance, and international relations to ReElement Africa with the goal of helping countries process and retain value of their own resources. With a Master’s degree in Peace and Security from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center and Master’s in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Amb. Kamara has continued to hone his skills through Harvard Executive Education and other prestigious institutions worldwide.

In his distinguished career, Amb. Kamara has held pivotal roles, including National Security Advisor and Senior Presidential Advisor in Ghana’s government. He’s also served as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria and serves currently as a High Official for ECOWAS. He’s also a successful entrepreneur, founding and leading infrastructure companies since 1981.

Amb. Kamara’s astute leadership extends beyond business. He’s a seasoned diplomat, adept at navigating complex international relations and conflict resolution. His experiences in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and with ECOWAS has earned him respect across the African continent and strong personal relationships leaders from around the globe. His cultural awareness and diplomatic finesse empowers him to connect with people from diverse backgrounds, proving him as a valuable asset in both business and diplomacy.

Married with children, Amb. Kamara is fluent in English and four Ghanaian languages and calls Accra, Ghana home.

ReElement Technologies Africa Ltd. is wholly owned subsidiary of ReElement Technologies Corporation, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands focused on partnering with local companies and nations on the African continent to unlock the value of the resources via partnership with local partners.

ReElement Technologies is redefining how critical and rare earth elements are both sourced and processed while focusing on the recycling of end-of-life products such as rare earth permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries, as well as coal-based waste streams and byproducts to create a low-cost and environmentally-safe, circular supply chain. ReElement Technologies has developed its innovative and scalable capture-process-purify process chain in conjunction with its licensed intellectual property including 16 patents and technologies and sponsored research partnerships with three leading universities to support the domestic supply chain’s growing demand for magnet and battery metals.

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