Ibs Capital Form 4 Applied Minerals / TURNAROUND FUND ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS CAPITAL LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

31ST FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02110

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Applied Minerals, Inc. [ AMNL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/30/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/30/2015		J(2)		0(2)	A	$0.56(2)	22,536,128(2)	I(1)(2)	See footnotes(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock	07/01/2015		A		21,552	A	$0.58	22,557,680(4)	I(1)(2)(4)	See footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS CAPITAL LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

31ST FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02110

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP)

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

31ST FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02110

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

TAFT DAVID A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

31ST FLOOR

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02110

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is being filed on behalf of IBS Capital LLC ("IBS Capital"), The IBS Turnaround Fund (QP) (A Limited Partnership) (the "QP Fund"), and David A. Taft (IBS Capital, the QP Fund, and David A. Taft are each a "Reporting Person" and collectively the "Reporting Persons"), each of which has the same business address and may have a pecuniary interest in the securities reported herein. IBS Capital is the general partner of QP Fund and The IBS Turnaround Fund, L.P. (the "LP Fund"). IBS Capital is the investment manager of The IBS Opportunity Fund, Ltd. (the "Opportunity Fund") (the QP Fund, the LP Fund, and the Opportunity Fund are hereinafter referred to as the "IBS Capital Funds"). David A. Taft is a director of Applied Minerals, Inc. (the "Issuer") and president and a member of IBS Capital.

2. This transaction is being reported as a result of ordinary course rebalancing transactions in which the IBS Capital Funds purchased and sold securities among themselves. All of the rebalancing was effected at the same time. The Opportunity Fund sold 433,700 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer to the QP Fund and 228,300 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock to the LP Fund, for $0.56 per share. There was no change in the overall beneficial ownership of IBS Capital as a result of the rebalancing. Following the rebalancing: (i) 14,334,384 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by QP Fund, (ii) 6,842,029 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by LP Fund and (iii) 1,359,715 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by Opportunity Fund.

3. The Reporting Persons each disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest.

4. David A. Taft received 21,552 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock (the "Shares") as compensation for his service as a director of the Issuer. The Shares will be allocated to the IBS Capital Funds so that, following such allocation: (i) 14,347,863 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by QP Fund, (ii) 6,848,460 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by LP Fund and (iii) 1,361,357 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by Opportunity Fund.

	/s/ David A. Taft	07/01/2015
	/s/ David A. Taft, President of IBS Capital LLC, the general partner of The IBS Turnaround Fund (QP)(A Limited Partnership)	07/01/2015
	/s/ David A. Taft, President of IBS Capital LLC	07/01/2015
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