Published: August 14, 2023 |

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Tarlis Thompson
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American Resources Corporation’s strategic committee has approved the appointment of Tarlis Thompson as the chief executive officer of its American Carbon subsidiary, a leading producer of high quality metallurgical and specialty carbon.

“As American Resources continues to grow, it is clear that there is a need to expand the team and enables those that have performed to move up through the ranks of the company. There is no better person to lead our carbon division than our friend and colleague, Tarlis Thompson. He has been with us for more than 8 years and has moved up through the ranks due to his performance, passion, and desire to make the company not only a success for our investors but also for the men and women that work tirelessly for the company and their families,” said Mark Jensen, CEO of American Resources Corporation.

“Tarlis was born and raised in Pike County Kentucky and is a respected individual in the community, and I have the utmost confidence in him to steer our streamlined platform of high value assets forward as a new aged mining company focused on safe and low-cost production for our shareholders and local stakeholders,” added Jensen.

“I am honored to have been selected for this position by the company’s board of directors and the management team of American Resources Corporation. I am also honored to be in a position of leadership as we embark on a period of growth for the business at our Kentucky operations, as well as our extremely attractive Wyoming County complex in West Virginia. I take this appointment with the utmost respect and carry the safety and security of our team on my shoulders,” said Tarlis Thompson, CEO of American Carbon.

“Over the past few months, I have submitted a plan on how I believe we can maximize the value of the business in the coming years for our shareholders and I am excited to be able to continue forward with this vision while focusing on our highest value opportunities in the market. As part of the vision, our goal is to focus on monetizing non-core carbon assets through sales or leases, expanding our repositioned core assets for growth, while also further integrating the ability to produce rare earth and critical mineral concentrate from carbon-based waste stream to be refined by our sister company, ReElement Technologies,” added Thompson.

American Carbon has been performing character analysis of its focused deposits containing rare earth and critical minerals, which is believed to be some of the highest quality of unconventional deposits in the United States. The concentration technology is revolutionary as it sits in-line with existing carbon processing to offset costs of infrastructure, labor, and utilities while monetizing byproducts.

Tarlis Thompson is a Kentucky born native that has spent more than 23 years in the mining industry ranging from coal production, process, testing, and leadership positions. Prior to his appointment as CEO he was the president in charge of overseeing all daily operations at American Carbon’s Central Appalachian subsidiaries, which includes McCoy Elkhorn, Deane Mining, Wyoming County, Perry County, and Knott County Coal. In this role, he manages the activities at the company’s various processing facilities and loadout, coordinates production at the company’s various mining operations, manages environmental compliance and reclamation, and is responsible for quality control and shipments to customers. Prior to joining American Resources Tarlis spent more than 15 years at companies such as Massey Energy, Commercial Testing & Engineering, SGS Minerals, and CAM Mining.

American Resources Corporation is a next-generation, environmentally and socially responsible supplier of high-quality raw materials to the new infrastructure market. The company is focused on the extraction and processing of metallurgical carbon, an essential ingredient used in steelmaking, critical and rare earth minerals for the electrification market, and reprocessed metal to be recycled. The company has a growing portfolio of operations located in the Central Appalachian basin of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia where premium quality metallurgical carbon and rare earth mineral deposits are concentrated. American Resources has established a nimble, low-cost business model centered on growth, which provides a significant opportunity to scale its portfolio of assets to meet the growing global infrastructure and electrification markets while also continuing to acquire operations and significantly reduce their legacy industry risks.

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