American Clean Resources Group announced the formation of an Environmental Sustainability Board comprised of distinguished industry leaders. This Advisory Board aims to champion and contribute to the realization of American Clean Resources Group's corporate objectives and globally impactful cleantech strategies. Serving as a driving force behind ACRG's renewable revolution, the board will collaborate with academic institutions, NGOs, federal agencies, and Fortune 500 industrial partners, to provide innovative solutions and economically sound strategies to address some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges.

The Environmental Sustainability Board boasts members with extensive expertise in various fields, including global tailings management, soil and water remediation, infrastructure management, waste-to-energy technology, smart mining and reclamation engineering. These esteemed individuals will act as key advisors, project collaborators, and stakeholders for the organization. ACRG Environmental Sustainability Board Members: Dr. Priscilla P. Nelson, Advisory Board Member.

Dr. Priscilla P. Nelson joined the Colorado School of Mines in 2014 as a Professor and Department Head of Mining Engineering, after serving as a Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Division Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation, and Provost and Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is internationally renowned in geological, civil, and tailings engineering and has published over 200 technical and scientific papers. Dr. Nelson is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), past president of its Geo-Institute, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a lifetime member and the first president and Fellow of the American Rock Mechanics Association.

Recognized as a Mole and Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, she has received the Kenneth Andrew Roe Award from AAES and the Henry L. Michel Award from ASCE. In 2016, she was named a Global Inspirational Woman in Mining by WIM/UK, and in 2018, she was honored with the Outstanding Educator award from UCA of SME. In 2020, she established the Tailings Center in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, and the University of Arizona.

Rusty Lowdermilk, Advisory Board Member. Mr. Lowdermilk's business career has spanned more than 40 years across several industries. Beginning at age 14 and continuing through his early 20s, he learned the nuts and bolts of a legacy heavy earth moving/highway construction company in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.

Over the years, he has acquired a diverse range of skills and experiences, having been a superintendent in charge of gold production, among other roles. Mr. Lowdermilk's passion for photography steered him toward the motion picture industry, where he worked on commercials, movies, and owned a production rental company serving the Colorado Motion Picture industry for over 27 years. Alongside photography, he has had a profound interest in mining and moving rock.

Samuel K. Mansfield, Jr., Advisory Board Member. Early in his career, Mr. Mansfield was licensed in the securities business. Throughout his diverse career, he has held positions including corporate historian, intercorporate liaison, senior sales executive, senior vice president, and managing director.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, he participated in generating over one billion dollars in funding for programs in single-family housing, tax credit programs for affordable housing, congregate care facilities, and infrastructure development for raw land. At that time, Mr. Mansfield raised capital for ongoing operations in the construction, clothing, arena development, printing, aerospace, and transportation sectors. In the late 1990s, he began working with NGAS, a publicly-held independent energy company headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, contributing to the company's growth from drilling ten wells a year to hundreds through multiple partnerships, and was instrumental in capital formation for their drilling operations.

Tracy Weslosky, Advisory Board Member. Tracy Weslosky is the Executive Director of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) and Founder, CEO, and Director of InvestorNews Inc., the publisher of InvestorNews.com-an independent source of market news that garners over 120 million hits annually. Along with her role as an online publisher, InvestorNews has provided digital media services in the capital markets for two dozen years.

Renowned for hosting major critical mineral events globally, Tracy co-founded and serves as the Executive Director of CMI, focusing on critical minerals for a decarbonized economy. Her past ventures include co-founding REE Stocks PLC, a FTSE-recognized rare earths indices company, and being a principal partner in the investment banking firm Weslosky & Cowans Ltd., which had an Exempt Market Dealers license for eight years. Additionally, she produced and hosted the business television series 'DealFlow', distributed to 294 million households worldwide, including on CNBC.

Trevor Jones, Advisory Board Member. Trevor Jones is the Founder and CEO of Lynx Global Intelligence, a Denver-based software platform that enhances support for the mining and renewable energy industries through advanced technology. His initiatives aim to render data more accessible and actionable, aligning with sustainable reporting frameworks and integrating environmental and social data.

His efforts improve communications with regulators, communities, and shareholders through the innovative use of big data and AI tools. Born in Denver, Trevor holds an MA in International Security from the University of Denver and a BA from Tulane University. He actively contributes to the promotion of robust domestic supply chains, as evidenced by his involvement in the Colorado Advisory Committee of the US Global Leadership Coalition.

This newly established Environmental Sustainability Board reflects ACRG's unwavering commitment to driving positive environmental change while delivering value to stakeholders. As ACRG continues its mission to lead the charge in reshaping the future by cleaning up mining tailings and through its renewable energy investment, the guidance and expertise provided by the Environmental Sustainability Board will be invaluable. The historical method of mineral and metal extraction, reliant on fossil fuels, draws a parallel with the future of reprocessing mining waste using renewable energy, reflecting the foundational link between past practices and future advancements shaping America's trajectory.