Applied Minerals (AMNL) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2022

Commission File Number 000-31380

APPLIED MINERALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	82-0096527
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
PO Box 432 Eureka, UT	84628
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(212) 226-4256

(Issuer’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory

. Sharad Mathur resigned as the Chief Technology Officer of the Company effective April 25, 2022. Mr. Mathur resigned for personal reasons. Mr. Mathur will continue to provide the Company with technical advisory services with respect to its iron oxide and halloysite clay businesses with particular focus on its recent halloysite-derived silicon project.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		APPLIED MINERALS, INC.
Dated:	April 29, 2022	/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. CARNEY
		By:  Christopher T. Carney
		Chief Executive Officer