REalloys Appoints Former Pentagon Chief of Staff Joe Kasper to Lead Advisory Board in Push for China-Free Rare Earth Supply Chain

REalloys Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOY) announced the appointment of Joe Kasper as Chair of its Advisory Board, bringing together three significant figures in American defense and national security. Kasper most recently served as Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Special Government Employee focused on critical material supply chain vulnerabilities. He now joins REalloys Chairman Stephen duMont, President and CEO of GM Defense, and General Jack Keane, a retired four-star General and former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Their collective mission is to secure America's heavy rare earth supply chain for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base with zero Chinese involvement from feedstock to intellectual property.

The appointment reflects REalloys' strategy of combining national security expertise, defense industry leadership, and government relationships to identify and secure strategic rare earth assets. As China continues to weaponize its control over heavy rare earth metallization capabilities and restrict exports of defense-critical materials like dysprosium and terbium, REalloys is building what it describes as the only Western supply chain capable of delivering these materials without any Chinese dependency. The company's approach involves partnering with high-grade developers across allied nations to create a diversified supply network specifically designed to counteract Chinese dominance.

Kasper brings more than twenty years of senior federal service spanning the U.S. House of Representatives, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense. As Chair of the Advisory Board, he will work alongside General Keane and Chairman duMont to strengthen REalloys' relationships across the Department of Defense and the Defense Industrial Base while coordinating with allied feedstock partners globally. This team brings deep national security expertise to help REalloys identify strategic assets, navigate government procurement, and secure a sovereign, China-free supply of heavy rare earth metals essential for modern defense systems.

"The convergence of rare earth supply chain security and national defense readiness is one of the defining strategic challenges of our time," said Joe Kasper, Chair of the REalloys Advisory Board. "Having served at the center of U.S. defense policy, I know firsthand how acutely the Defense Industrial Base needs a domestic, zero-China-nexus source of rare earths. REalloys is building the exact platform that the U.S. defense industrial base is looking for." Stephen duMont, Chairman of REalloys, added that the company is driving a coordinated effort under Title 50 authorities to ensure supply chains underpinning allied defense modernization are sovereign, resilient, and entirely outside Chinese control.

General Jack Keane emphasized that the security of America's defense supply chains is a national security imperative requiring people who understand both urgency and complexity. "Joe Kasper is exactly that person," said Keane. "He understands better than anyone in this country how dangerously dependent our Defense Industrial Base remains on Chinese controlled rare earth supply chains. With Joe, Stephen duMont, and the platform REalloys has built, we now have the leadership, relationships, and operational capability to deliver what the Pentagon and American war-fighter actually need." REalloys intends to announce further additions to its Advisory Board in coming months, with more information available through the company's investor website and regulatory filings accessible via the Securities and Exchange Commission.