MP Materials (NYSE:MP) saw its shares leap by as much as 32% in premarket trading after announcing a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense aimed at strengthening America’s rare earth supply chain and expanding domestic magnet production.

MP Materials announces a public-private partnership with the US Department of Defense to accelerate the build-out of an end-to-end US rare earth magnet supply chain.

Lynas Rare Earths (OTCPK:LYSDY) (OTCPK:LYSCF), the largest rare earths producer outside China, soared as much as 20% to its highest level since mid-August 2022, on track for its best trading day since April 2020 after MP Materials' (MP) deal with the U.

Company’s stock rallies on U.S. support to build the 10X Facility as its second domestic magnet-manufacturing plant

Shares of Australian rare earths miners, including Lynas and Iluka Resources , soared on Friday after U.S.-based MP Materials' a multibillion-dollar deal with the U.S. government to boost production of rare earth magnets.