Flagship Project · Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Mason County. Where it begins.
Our planned first commercial FASForm™ facility, on the Ohio River in West Virginia.
Follow the project journey ↘
- Company-estimated project cost
- $850M
- Acres
- 183
- acquired January 16, 2026
- Full-time jobs projected
- 200+
- plus 2,000+ construction jobs projected by the WV Governor's office
Overview
Why Mason County
Mason County sits on the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The site is adjacent to the CSX rail network; the current Offering Circular says a dedicated spur, loading facilities, and barge moorings still must be engineered, permitted, and constructed before start-up.
See the project at a glance ↘Project at a glance
Mason County, West Virginia.
- Site
- Approximately 183 acres along the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia; ceremonial groundbreaking and project commencement held April 2, 2026.
- Logistics
- CSX Class I rail runs through the site, which has more than a mile of Ohio River frontage; rail-loading and barge facilities are planned.
- Feedstock
- 10-year feedstock secured.
- Engineering
- Kiewit (front-end engineering and design); JEPCO (owner’s engineer); KBC (process design); Yokogawa (main automation contractor). FEL-1 and FEL-2 complete; FEL-3 underway.
- Operations
- Plant operations and maintenance: CAMS (Consolidated Asset Management Services), MSA executed.
- Proven at pilot scale
- A FASForm™ demonstration unit completed 12 months of testing on multiple coal types, including West Virginia coal, with samples analyzed by independent labs under ASTM protocols; JOB Industrial Services provided third-party engineering review.
- Economic impact
- Approximately 2,000 construction-phase jobs. The West Virginia Department of Economic Development estimates the facility will add approximately 3% to the state’s GDP.
Milestones
The road to first production
Completed events, current development, and future targets are labeled separately. Every entry links to a public issuer, government, or SEC source; an announcement does not guarantee the next milestone.
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01
August 11, 2026
Issuer-announcedYokogawa selected as main automation contractor
Frontieras and Yokogawa announced Yokogawa’s selection as main automation contractor for the planned Mason County facility. The announced scope includes process control, safety systems, instrumentation and cybersecurity.
Yokogawa announcement ↗ -
02
June 30, 2026 filing
Current filingDevelopment-stage plan and risks updated
The qualified Offering Circular describes engineering work, the planned facility, use of proceeds, and the financing, permitting, construction, scale-up and schedule risks that remain.
SEC offering circular ↗ -
03
April 2, 2026
CompletedGroundbreaking
Frontieras held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Mason County site on April 2, 2026, attended by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey.
West Virginia Governor’s event record ↗ -
04
January 16, 2026
Completed183-acre site secured
Frontieras closed on approximately 183.4 acres in Mason County for the planned first commercial-scale facility. The company-estimated project cost is approximately $850 million.
SEC filing · site acquisition ↗
Looking ahead · Future targets
The next chapter is still ahead.
The company projects approximately 26 months from notice-to-proceed to completion.
- 01Financing and permitting
- 02Construction and commissioning
- 03Commercial operation
Inside the facility
FASForm™ Technology: a Virtual 3D Tour
Company video published March 5, 2025 · a virtual tour of the planned facility.