American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 15, 2022 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Mark LaVerghetta - Vice President, Corporate Finance & Communications

Kirk Taylor - Chief Financial Officer

Mark Jensen - Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer

Conference Call Participants

Mike Niehuser - ROTH Capital Partners

Steven Segal - KBB Asset Management

Michael Samuels - Berthel, Fisher

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the American Resources Corporation Second Quarter 2022 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mark LaVerghetta, Vice President, Corporate Finance and Communications. Please begin.

Mark LaVerghetta

Thanks Sara. Good afternoon. On behalf of American Resources Corporation, I'd like to welcome everyone to our second quarter of 2022 conference call and business update. We welcome this opportunity to not only provide an update and discuss our accomplishments since our last update. But also on how we’re uniquely positioned in both the carbon and critical and rarest element markets.

Also on the call with me is Mark Jensen, American Resources, Chairman and CEO. Kirk Taylor, our Chief Financial Officer, and Tom Sauve, our President.

Before we kick it off, I'd like to remind everyone that this call is being recorded and of our normal cautionary statement, certain statements discussed on today's call constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which could cause the actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors, uncertainties, and other cautionary statements, which are laid out in our press releases and SEC filings.

We also do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Lastly, we'll be holding a question-and-answer session today following our prepared remarks and for anyone waiting to ask a question, you'll need to dial in by phone to get into queue.

We're going to begin today with a few comments from Kirk Taylor. Kirk?

Kirk Taylor

Thanks, Mark, and thank you, everyone for taking the time this afternoon to join us. The second quarter of 2022 signifies the continued production ramp that really began this past March. And in a market environment that continues to be highly supply constrained. As a reminder, our mining focus is on high quality metallurgical carbon as well as PCI specially carbon.