---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-063832"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "USAR"
cik: "0001970622"
company_name: "USA Rare Earth, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-02T13:14:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T13:15:15.437426+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# USA Rare Earth selects South Carolina for $1.2B magnet facility; 490 jobs, 6,400 tpa capacity

## Summary
- Lease for 800,000 sq ft facility in Blacksburg, SC; initial 20-year term with two 10-year renewal options.
- Expected total investment of ~$1.2 billion; press release targets 490 high-skill jobs in Cherokee County.
- Facility targeting 6,400 tpa NdFeB magnets and 5,000 tpa strip-cast, metal & alloy production.
- Incentives Agreement with Cherokee County: 4% fee-in-lieu-of-tax assessment for up to 40 years, minimum $400M investment.
- Combined Stillwater and Blacksburg capacity to reach 10,000 tpa magnets and 10,000 tpa metals; commissioning targeted for 2028.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-063832
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: USAR
- cik: 0001970622
- company_name: USA Rare Earth, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-02T13:14:30+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390026063832/0001213900-26-063832-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390026063832/ea0293127-8k_usarare.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-063832.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 35fb61d8f38a6d88ea782598736c0fa4af9029e0
  claim: USA Rare Earth, Inc. entered into Lease with TC Liberty Development, LLC (effective 2026-06-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On June 1, 2026, USA Rare Earth, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Lease”) with TC Liberty Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Landlord”), for the lease of a to-be-constructed specialty rare earth magnet manufacturing facility located on Bear Den Road in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina (the “Premises”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390026063832/0001213900-26-063832-index.htm
- claim_id: ef1039be1fe767ea253e6cb101c17bf23c71fe37
  claim: USA Rare Earth, Inc. entered into Fee-in-Lieu of Ad Valorem Taxes and Incentives Agreement with Cherokee County, South Carolina (effective 2026-06-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On June 1, 2026, the Company entered into a Fee-in-Lieu of Ad Valorem Taxes and Incentives Agreement (the “Incentives Agreement”) with Cherokee County, South Carolina (the “County”) in connection with the development of the Company's rare earth magnet manufacturing facility in the County.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000121390026063832/0001213900-26-063832-index.htm

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