Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. Announces Filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection with its Merger with MP Materials

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FVAC) (“FVAC”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC, today announced that it has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, in connection with its recently announced proposed merger with MP Materials, owner and operator of Mountain Pass, the only rare earth mining and processing site of scale in North America. The combined company will supply materials essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, defense systems and many other advanced technologies.