DALLAS, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blackboxstocks Inc. (NASDAQ: BLBX), (“Blackbox” or the “Company”), announces that its merger target REalloys Inc. (“REA” or “REalloys”), has signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Saskatchewan Research Council (“SRC”) to begin working together to advance REA’s initiative of commercial production of high-performance rare earth magnet materials. REA’s planned production starts in Q2, with targeted expansion to 500 metric tonnes (“mt”) per year of magnet materials in 2026, and 1,000 mt by 2028. This is a major milestone to achieve the objective of a secure & resilient North American magnet materials & magnets supply chain focused on demand from U.S. Protected Markets (includes: National Defense Stockpiles (“NDS”), Defense Industrial Base (“DIB”), Nuclear Industrial Base (“NIB”), Robotics, Electric Aviation, Critical Infrastructure industries, and for U.S. Partner Countries with Defense Treaties, Alliances & Agreements).
By combining REA’s mid-stream production capabilities in heavy rare earth dysprosium-terbium (“DyTb”) metals with SRC’s mid-stream production capabilities in light rare earth neodymium-praseodymium (“NdPr”) metals, high performance magnet materials can now be made in North America, at REA’s Euclid, Ohio facility, to supply U.S. Protected Markets.
A North American Supply Chain for Magnet Materials & Magnets
REA’s Euclid facility has been servicing U.S. Protected Market clients including the US Defense Logistic Agency (“DLA”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”) Ames National Laboratory (“AMES”) with high-performance magnet materials, critical metals, & alloys solutions since 1997.
The SRC’s Rare Earth Processing Facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada is North America’s first, vertically integrated complex and began commercial scale processing of rare earth metals in July 2024, positioning Canada as a leader in ethical, sustainable, rare earth element separation and midstream processing.
REA has signed an MOU with The Saskatchewan Research Council on a strategic collaborative relationship in which SRC will provide services to REA in support of its effort to develop a secure and resilient North American rare earth elements supply chain to service U.S. Protected Market clients.
REA sources of material for its integrated supply chain include concentrate from its wholly owned development phase Hoidas Lake Rare Earth Elements Project (“HLREE Project”) in Saskatchewan, concentrate from an operating mine, and recycled magnet materials, ensuring strategic redundancy of upstream and mid-stream rare earth element supply for its Euclid Facility.
HLREE is one of North America’s most significant and high-grade Rare Earth Element (“REE”) ore deposits, situated approximately 55 kilometers northeast of Uranium City, the HLREE Project hosts a well-documented resource of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium—that are key inputs for high-performance magnet production. An S-K 1300 Technical Report for the HLREE Project was completed on December 6, 2024 by William J. Lewis, P.Geo. of Micon International Limited and REA is actively de-risking the project with Axiom Exploration Group as the lead upstream project manager.
David Argyle, CEO of REalloys said: “This collaboration between SRC and REalloys is a major step forward in building a fully independent North American high performance magnet materials and magnets supply chain – ensuring a secure & resilient source to meet U.S. Protected Markets demand.”
Mike Crabtree, President and CEO of SRC said: “SRC is excited to move forward with the intent of this MOU, which aims to address this strategic opportunity to integrate midstream processing technology with Saskatchewan’s vast potential in REE mineral resources.”
About REalloys Inc.
REalloys Inc. (REA) operates a downstream magnet material, critical metals, alloys, & magnet manufacturing facility, located in Euclid, Ohio, and owns the Hoidas Lake Rare Earth Elements Project, located in Saskatchewan, Canada. The project boasts a significant Mineral Resource Estimate of 2,153,000 tons of Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO) in the Measured and Indicated categories, with significant potential upside. The Hoidas Lake deposit is distinguished by its unique combination of both Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs), including Dysprosium, Terbium, Gadolinium, and Erbium, as well as Light Rare Earth Elements (LREEs) such as Neodymium, Praseodymium, Cerium, and Lanthanum. REA is expanding its Ohio facility’s production capacity and is concurrently de-risking and advancing its HLREE Project. By incorporating additional verified rare earth element sources, toll manufacturing, and expanding the Euclid Facility’s installed manufacturing capacity, REA is positioned to meet U.S. Protected Markets high performance magnet materials, critical metals, and magnets demand on an accelerated timeline.
About SRC
SRC is Canada’s second largest research and technology organization with 1,400 clients in 22 countries around the world. With more than 400 employees, SRC has been helping clients solve technology problems, make improvements, increase productivity and develop new markets for more than 77 years. For more information, go to www.src.sk.ca.
About Blackboxstocks Inc.
Blackboxstocks Inc. is a financial technology and social media hybrid platform offering real-time proprietary analytics and news for stock and options traders of all levels. Our web-based software employs “predictive technology” enhanced by artificial intelligence to find volatility and unusual market activity that may result in the rapid change in the price of a stock or option. Blackbox continuously scans the NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, CBOE, and all other options markets, analyzing over 10,000 stocks and up to 1,500,000 options contracts multiple times per second. We provide our users with a fully interactive social media platform that is integrated into our dashboard, enabling our users to exchange information and ideas quickly and efficiently through a common network. We recently introduced a live audio/screenshare feature that allows our members to broadcast on their own channels to share trade strategies and market insight within the Blackbox community. Blackbox is a SaaS company with a growing base of users that spans over 40 countries.
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REalloys Inc.
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