Rare Earths Americas CEO Don Swartz Details Potential New U.S. Rare Earth District in REEx Podcast on YouTube

Sep 18, 2026

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Highlights

  • Rare Earths Americas is developing Shiloh/Liberty Peak in western Georgia, described as the first novel U.S. rare-earth discovery in roughly 40 years.
  • The company has approximately $80 million in cash post-IPO and is running eight drill rigs across Georgia and Brazil simultaneously, targeting over 20,000 meters of drilling.
  • CEO Don Swartz highlights the stark divergence between Chinese and ex-China heavy rare earth pricing, warning the West needs many more HREE projects.
  • The conversation flags a critical but overlooked bottleneck: a shortage of mining engineers, geologists, and metallurgists needed to rebuild Western rare earth supply chains.

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Inspired to launch Rare Earth Exchanges in part due to his lifelong passion for geology and mineralogy, and patriotism, to ensure America and free market economies develop their own rare earth and critical mineral supply chains.

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