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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-069176"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRG"
cik: "0000773717"
company_name: "American Clean Resources Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-16T17:57:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:58:07.930916+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Clean Resources enters joint exploration deal for Nevada integrated energy/critical minerals campus

## Summary
- Joint Exploration and Development Agreement signed with TRG Holdings, LLC effective June 9, 2026, for Millers Hub property in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
- Scope includes geothermal assessment, Solar Energy Zone designation, BLM leasing, and commercial scoping of an integrated energy, minerals, and data center campus.
- Initial term of 18 months with mutual exclusivity within defined area; parties share approved third-party joint work costs.
- Agreement does not form an operating joint venture, transfer property or mineral rights, nor commit capital beyond the agreed joint work budget.
- ACE (ACRG's controlling JV with Phoenix New Era) expected to assist in energy offtake and data center integration for any definitive deal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-069176
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRG
- cik: 0000773717
- company_name: American Clean Resources Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T17:57:10+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773717/000121390026069176/0001213900-26-069176-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773717/000121390026069176/ea0294973-8k_american.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  American Clean Resources Group, Inc. entered into Joint Exploration and Development Agreement with TRG Holdings, LLC (effective 2026-06-09).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Counterparty: TRG Holdings, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-06-09
  source text: On June 12, 2026, effective as of June 9, 2026, American Clean Resources Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Joint Exploration and Development Agreement (the “Agreement”) with TRG Holdings, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“TRG Holdings”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773717/000121390026069176/0001213900-26-069176-index.htm

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