---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-025116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "METC"
cik: "0001687187"
company_name: "Ramaco Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T13:58:06.772915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ramaco Resources names Evan H. Jenkins as Vice-Chairman, E. Forrest Jones Jr. as General Counsel

## Summary
- E. Forrest Jones Jr. resigned from Board effective March 14, 2025 to become General Counsel starting May 1, 2025; granted Director Emeritus title.
- Evan H. Jenkins, current General Counsel and Secretary, appointed to Board as Vice-Chairman effective March 14, 2025; will step down as GC when Jones joins.
- Jenkins retains $600k base salary and eligibility for bonuses; Jones receives $500k base salary, guaranteed 2025 cash bonus, and LTIP eligibility.
- Board composition unchanged: five independent and four non-independent directors after the swap.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-025116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: METC
- cik: 0001687187
- company_name: Ramaco Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000110465925025116/0001104659-25-025116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000110465925025116/tm259665d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-025116.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  E. Forrest Jones, Jr. resigned as Director at Ramaco Resources, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: E. Forrest Jones, Jr. resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and from his positions on all committees of the Board effective March 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000110465925025116/0001104659-25-025116-index.htm
- Executive change
  E. Forrest Jones, Jr. was appointed as General Counsel at Ramaco Resources, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel
  source text: the Board appointed E. Forrest Jones, Jr. as the Company’s new General Counsel effective on or about May 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000110465925025116/0001104659-25-025116-index.htm
- Executive change
  Evan H. Jenkins was appointed as Vice-Chairman at Ramaco Resources, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice-Chairman
  source text: the Board approved the appointment of the Company’s current General Counsel and Secretary, Evan H. Jenkins, age 64, to serve as a member of the Board filling the vacancy left by Mr. Jones’ resignation. The Board also approved the appointment of Mr. Jenkins as Vice-Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000110465925025116/0001104659-25-025116-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.