American Clean Resources Group, Inc. 8-K

What Happened
American Clean Resources Group, Inc. (ACRG) announced on June 12, 2026 (effective June 9, 2026) that it entered a Joint Exploration and Development Agreement with TRG Holdings, LLC to jointly explore and scope an integrated energy generation, critical minerals processing, and data center campus on or adjacent to ACRG’s Millers Hub property in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The agreement is a project-specific follow-up to a non-binding joint venture framework dated May 6, 2026 and anticipates participation by ACE (a JV involving ACRG’s subsidiary ACRG Energy Holdings and Phoenix New Era) in future definitive agreements related to energy and data center integration.

Key Details

• Agreement effective June 9, 2026; executed June 12, 2026; initial term of 18 months, extendable by mutual agreement.
• Parties will pursue geothermal resource assessment, Solar Energy Zone designation and federal land use approvals, BLM geothermal leasing, and technical/commercial scoping of the integrated campus.
• Agreement is binding on certain matters (mutual exclusivity in a defined area, sharing approved third‑party joint work costs, confidentiality, and coordinated disclosures) but does not create an operating joint venture, transfer property or mineral rights, or commit either party to capital expenditures beyond an agreed joint work budget.
• Any operating/ownership relationship would require a separate definitive agreement; the full Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to ACRG’s next periodic report.

Why It Matters
This filing signals ACRG is advancing project-level work for Millers Hub—covering renewable energy, critical minerals processing, and data center integration—while keeping development risk limited until a definitive commercial agreement is negotiated. For investors, the agreement formalizes collaboration and certain exclusivity and cost‑sharing steps that could de‑risk early project evaluation, but it does not yet bind the company to capital commitments, transfer property interests, or establish final economics or governance for the project.