RE: WhiteHouse backed $2.8 billion USAR acquisition of Serra Verde22 Apr 2026 22:03
The USAR growth story:
USAR only started generating revenues in the fourth quarter of 2025, bringing in $1.6 million in revenues for the year. USAR recorded a nearly $300 million net loss last year.
USAR’s main project is its Round Top rare earths mining and processing project in West Texas, which is slated to open by the end of 2028—two years earlier than prior projections.
However, USAR has been on a tear since the beginning of the year.
The company’s high-powered magnet manufacturing plant in Stillwater, Okla., opened at the end of March, and will continue to ramp up through 2027.
But the big news came earlier in January when the Trump administration—through the Department of Commerce—invested $1.6 billion in USAR, giving the government an equity stake that could exceed 15% as the White House continued its spree of investments in publicly traded companies.
USAR’s market cap rose 12% on April 20, up to nearly $5 billion, and it’s up almost 90% year to date.