News Brief from Mark C. Jensen, CEO, ReElement Technologies Corporation

Innovators in Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals Refining

ReElement's expansion creates high-tech jobs in vital industry

Building global relationships from the Atlantic to the Pacific

(Volume 2 - 2026 / Issue 4)

FISHERS, Ind. (Apr. 30, 2026)


ReElement Technologies is hiring!  As we expand production at our Marion, Indiana, facility, we are looking for exceptional team members that are self-motivated and want to contribute to a sector that is vital to our economy and national security. Our U.S. and international partnerships, capital raises and installation of additional refining technology with greater capacity mean that we are executing on our refining-first model to meet defense and commercial customer demand for ultra-high purity materials. These are high-skilled jobs with excellent earning potential for the right candidates. Bring it, Indiana!

Current openings include


Visit our
careers page to learn more about our expansion.

Other April Highlights

April 16 - American Resources Investor's Webinar Highlights ReElement's status



Expanding ReElement's workforce was just one of the topics covered during American Resources' (AREC) April 16 investor webinar. 

As CEO of AREC, which retains an approximate 17% stake in ReElement, I recognized ReElement's strategic separation and deconsolidation from its former parent and its establishing operations as an independent entity.


This separation allows AREC to concentrate on a streamlined business model of building a global pipeline of strategic feedstock, which naturally aligns and supports ReElement’s leading separation and purification platform. At the same time, ReElement continues executing on its standalone growth strategy, including commissioning its Marion facility this summer ahead of an eventual IPO.


We are working vigorously to launch the Phase 1 Product Lines at Marion beginning in the July and August time frame.


Phase I Product Lines are:



✅ Specialty Hard Products Recycling Line 2,000 metric tons annually of high purity Y, Gd, Zr, Sm, Co



✅ Rare Earth Elements - Recycled Feedstocks 7,000 metric tons annually of high purity Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb



✅ Rare Earth Elements - Primary Feedstocks 7,000 metric tons annually of high purity Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb, Y, Gd, Sm


✅ Semiconductor and Strategic Materials Line 500 metric tons annually of high purity Ge, Ga


This initial growth phase addresses some urgent gaps within our domestic supply chain. Our second phase will include refining materials from LFP and NMC lithium-ion battery chemistries. 

April 23: Shane Tragethon, ReElement Vice President of International Strategy, was among the panelists discussing “Overcoming Commercialization & Scale Challenges” during the Battery Saloon at the Battery Innovation Summit, in San Francisco Climate Week. "From rechargeable smart phones to power tools to home or utility scale battery power, batteries will remain a fixture in our electrified economy for the foreseeable future," Shane said. "ReElement's ability to fill the mid-stream refining gap for battery material - whether from recycled batteries or virgin ores - is a solution to the scaling challenges facing commercial, defense and consumer product manufacturers."

April 28: Ben Kincaid, CEO ReElement Technologies Africa (center above), joined The Bitcoin Conference panel on the "Hashrate Arms Rce: Conflict in a Softwar World," and what it means for network resilience, U.S. leadership in the industry, and national security. 

Ben focused on answering a common question: What do rare earths and critical minerals have to do with Bitcoin?



"Behind every data center and mining rig is a supply chain that powers their operations. Behind that supply chain is a geopolitical reality with profound implications for U.S. national security," Ben commented.


While Bitcoin's network is decentralized, the hardware supply chain isn't. "For any industry that depends on a single source supply chain, this is a strategic vulnerability that ReElement is working to solve," Ben said. 

His overarching message: network resilience is hardware resilience; hardware resilience is supply chain resilience; and supply chain resilience is a national security imperative.


Senator Todd Young visits ReElement



U.S. Senator Todd Young (R. Ind., second from left) and staff meet with Mark Jensen (second from right) and team during a visit to ReElement's Noblesville facility.

April 7 - It was a pleasure to welcome Senator Todd Young to ReElement for a look at how we are helping solve one of the world’s biggest rare earth and critical mineral challenges - separation, purification and refining.


🔹 For too long, critical mineral refining capacity has remained concentrated outside the United States. ReElement’s refining first model brings that capability home through its proprietary chromatography-based separation and purification platform - delivering a more flexible, scalable, and sustainable approach that strengthens domestic and allied supply chains with lower chemical use, a smaller footprint, and more efficient deployment than legacy systems.



ICYMI: New videos in our newsroom




March 9: Mark LaVerghetta (on left), ReElement Executive Director and co-founder, sat down with SunCast Media's Nico Johnson at the UNC Cleantech Summit 2026. In the video interview, Mark explains why the mineral refining mid-stream - a series of processes including mineral separation, purification, refining, metalization, and magnet manufacturing - represents the highest point of vulnerability in the supply chain. From geopolitical and government perspectives, LaVerghetta said, the mid-stream is "probably one of the most important topics going on today, and a problem that ReElement is addressing through innovation."





✅ March 11: Ben Kincaid, CEO of ReElement Technologies Africa, recorded a video interview at the REMADE Circular Economy and Tech Summit in Washington, D.C.

E-waste recycling is a growing sector, and Ben welcomed partnerships and more companies into the community to meet the demand for domestically refined critical minerals and rare earths.


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To speak with or interview a member of our executive team,please contact Marjorie Weisskohl at All Seasons PR orMark LaVerghetta through the ReElement website.



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