TORONTO – November 02, 2026 -- Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has completed its first Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Argonne National Laboratory. The agreement produced a validated steady-state model of the rare earth separation circuit planned for Project Dynamo in Vinton, Louisiana.

The CRADA was signed on January 13, 2026. The model was calibrated against the full set of operating data and chemical assays from Aclara's demonstration plant at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.