USA Rare Earth, Inc.
Round Top Mine Project
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Reading this record
What the evidence says — and does not say
- What kind of figure?
- CommitmentMoney, or a money-like promise, committed to a named recipient or project. The only role ever summed.
- What has happened legally?
- ContractedA binding agreement has been executed. Not a payment, and not necessarily an obligation of funds: an agreement can leave that to a later step.
- Has money been paid?
- Follow the payment evidenceThis status does not itself establish a cash payment. In particular, a signed contract does not necessarily establish an obligation of funds.
- What does it link to?
- Project attributionOne registered project is linked directly to this row. The link alone does not prove the amount was paid or that the project advanced.
This is a commitment role, but the financial status still determines legal standing and payment. Funding and verified industrial outcomes remain separate. A financial record alone never independently verifies construction, commissioning or production. Read SMPT's counting and evidence rules.
Amount
As stated “(a) $132.0 million for the construction of a rare earth mining and processing facility in Sierra Blanca, Texas”
USD 132,000,000 · Up to · Currency stated in the source
Place in the money chain
A figure is never counted together with a figure it is part of or drawn from.
This row is part of
Stated by USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Item 1.01, Direct Funding (a)
Record
- Provider
- U.S. Department of Commerce (CHIPS Program Office)U.S. Department of CommerceGovernment body
- Legal authority
- Not stated
- Programme
- CHIPS Incentives Program
- Recipient
- USA Rare Earth, Inc.USA Rare Earth, Inc.Company
- Project
- Round Top Mine ProjectRound Top Mine Project capital stack →
- Facility
- Not stated
- Location
- Sierra Blanca, TexasUS
- Stages
- Mining, ProcessingSeveral stages, split not stated
- Materials
- Rare earth elements (grouped)GalliumDysprosiumTerbiumAlso names: hafnium; zirconiumIncludes untracked materials
Status
Financial and physical progress are separate histories. The last entry is current.
Financial
- Contractedcurrent
Direct Funding Agreement entered into on 3 June 2026. Signing obligates no funds: under Exhibit 10.1 Section 2.1(b) the Department obligates funds only when it delivers a Funding Obligation, and disbursements follow project milestones, subject to conditions precedent.
USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
Implementation
No source states the physical status of a project for this row.
Notes
Instrument not specified, as on the package: the 8-K calls this a "direct funding award" and the executed agreement defines Direct Funding as "in the form of an other transaction", never a grant.
Evidence
Every populated field names the source that states it, how directly, and where.
USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- Fields supported
- Value role · Capital source · Amount · Related commitments · Provider · Programme · Recipient · Project · Status · Location
- Evidence level
- Explicit
- Location in document
- Item 1.01, Direct Funding (a)
USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- Fields supported
- Instrument
- Evidence level
- Ambiguous
- Location in document
- Item 1.01, Direct Funding (a)
- Qualification
- The filing calls them "direct funding awards" that reimburse eligible costs on milestones and never calls them grants; recorded as instrument not specified.
USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- Fields supported
- Instrument
- Evidence level
- Ambiguous
- Location in document
- Article 1, definitions of “Direct Funding” and “CHIPS Incentives”; Section 2.1(a)(i)
- Qualification
- The executed agreement defines "Direct Funding" as "direct funding under the NOFO in the form of an other transaction" and lists grants, cooperative agreements and other transactions as separate forms of CHIPS Incentives. It never calls the awards grants. The vocabulary has no instrument for an other transaction, so the instrument is recorded as not specified, not as grant.
USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
- Fields supported
- Status
- Evidence level
- Explicit
- Location in document
- Section 2.1(b)
- Qualification
- Contracted means the agreement is executed: no obligation of funds for this project's award occurs on execution, only when the Department delivers a Funding Obligation, up to the project's scheduled cumulative disbursement amount and subject to its progress.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS Program Office)
- Fields supported
- Supply-chain stages · Materials
- Evidence level
- Explicit
- Location in document
- Third and fourth paragraphs
- Qualification
- The Commerce release names the 12 minerals the mine will process: yttrium, gallium, dysprosium, terbium, holmium, lutetium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, gadolinium, hafnium and zirconium. The rare earths among them fall under the grouped material; hafnium and zirconium are untracked.
| Source | Fields supported | Evidence level | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Rare Earth, Inc. Form 8-K (June 3, 2026): Direct Funding Agreement and Loan Guarantee Agreement with the Department of Commerce USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Source dossier |
| Explicit | Item 1.01, Direct Funding (a) |
| USA Rare Earth, Inc. Form 8-K (June 3, 2026): Direct Funding Agreement and Loan Guarantee Agreement with the Department of Commerce USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Source dossier |
| Ambiguous The filing calls them "direct funding awards" that reimburse eligible costs on milestones and never calls them grants; recorded as instrument not specified. | Item 1.01, Direct Funding (a) |
| Direct Funding Agreement, dated June 3, 2026, by and among USA Rare Earth, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the United States Department of Commerce (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K) USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Source dossier |
| Ambiguous The executed agreement defines "Direct Funding" as "direct funding under the NOFO in the form of an other transaction" and lists grants, cooperative agreements and other transactions as separate forms of CHIPS Incentives. It never calls the awards grants. The vocabulary has no instrument for an other transaction, so the instrument is recorded as not specified, not as grant. | Article 1, definitions of “Direct Funding” and “CHIPS Incentives”; Section 2.1(a)(i) |
| Direct Funding Agreement, dated June 3, 2026, by and among USA Rare Earth, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the United States Department of Commerce (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K) USA Rare Earth, Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) · Source dossier |
| Explicit Contracted means the agreement is executed: no obligation of funds for this project's award occurs on execution, only when the Department delivers a Funding Obligation, up to the project's scheduled cumulative disbursement amount and subject to its progress. | Section 2.1(b) |
| The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Announces a Letter of Intent with USA Rare Earth to Accelerate Its Domestic and Vertically Integrated "Mine-to-Magnet" Strategy National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS Program Office) · Source dossier |
| Explicit The Commerce release names the 12 minerals the mine will process: yttrium, gallium, dysprosium, terbium, holmium, lutetium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, gadolinium, hafnium and zirconium. The rare earths among them fall under the grouped material; hafnium and zirconium are untracked. | Third and fourth paragraphs |