We are proud to announce the latest members who have joined the Rare Earth Industry Association. Each organization brings unique expertise to our Association, and we look forward to welcoming them into our growing Association of experts and professionals!

• Defense Metals Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of its 100% owned Wicheeda Project in British Columbia. The rare-earth elements project strives to deliver critical metals commonly used in the defense and national security industries, and in the production of green energy technologies. The Property consists of 12 mineral claims covering an area of 11,800 hectares, located approximately 80 km northeast of the city of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Learn more at https://www.defensemetals.com/

• Hertha Metals is revolutionizing steel production with HERS^TM and FLEX-HERS^TM technologies, using a combination of hydrogen, natural gas, and electricity to replace coal. They produce high purity iron for use in rare-earth magnets, right from the furnace. Hertha Metals eliminates the need for coal, any secondary ore feedstock processing, can use any grade or configuration of iron ore and the result is high-purity iron. There are no post furnace secondary steps to reach 99.9% purity. Learn more at https://herthametals.com/

• L3 Process Development supports its clients in developing processes for the extraction, refining, separation and metallization of technology metals and critical materials. Learn more at https://www.l3processdev.com/

• St George Mining is progressing a portfolio of exploration and development projects that are focused on critical metals for the clean-energy future. Their flagship project is the advanced niobium-REE Araxa Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. St George also holds exploration projects in Western Australia for rare earths, nickel and lithium. Learn more at https://stgm.com.au/

• Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex Joint Stock Company is engaged in deep processing of molybdenum and tungsten metals by hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods, production of refractory metal alloys, tungsten carbide hard alloys, metalworking equipment, refractory ceramic products. The company also aims to develop R&D capabilities for the extraction and production of other critical elements. These include rhenium, scandium, vanadium, as well as various rare-earth elements such as yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, terbium, among others. Learn more at https://uztmk.uz/en