Chairman of Ramaco Resources Exercises Long-Held Stock Options

By Chris Stiles • Monday, March 02 10:43 • Permanent Link

Ramaco Resources, Inc. announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Randall W. Atkins, has exercised his long-held options in the company's stock. On February 26, 2026, Mr. Atkins exercised options received in connection with the original Ramaco Resources public offering in 2017 to acquire shares of both Ramaco Resources Class A and Class B shares. After provision for taxes, he acquired 177,187 shares of Class A stock and 54,429 shares of Class B stock. Mr. Atkins stated, "After holding a generous number of options for over 9 years, I have now chosen to both exercise these options and convert them into shares of Ramaco stock, which I currently feel are trading at an undervalued level."

Ramaco Resources, Inc. is a dual platform critical mineral company that is both an operator and developer of high-quality, low-cost metallurgical coal in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, and a developing producer of coal, rare earth, and critical minerals in Wyoming. The company currently has four active metallurgical coal mining complexes in central Appalachia and one coal mine and rare earth development near Sheridan, Wyoming in the initial stages of production.

In 2023, the company announced that a major deposit of primary magnetic rare earths and critical minerals was discovered at its mine near Sheridan, Wyoming. Contiguous to the Wyoming mine, the company currently operates a carbon research and pilot facility related to the development and production of advanced carbon products and materials derived from coal. In connection with these activities, it holds a body of more than 70 intellectual property patents, pending applications, exclusive licensing agreements, and various trademarks.

News and additional information about Ramaco Resources, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at https://www.ramacoresources.com. Following these announcements, the company's shares moved -2.97%, and are now trading at a price of $20.89. For more information, read the company's full 8-K submission here.

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