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): ~~January~~May 305, 2023

Commission F

ile

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.)
1200 Silver City Road, PO Box 432, Eureka, UT		84628
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

APPLIED MINERALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 226-4256 (Issuer’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Delaware		82-0096527
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8

1200 Silver City Road, 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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (

see

General Instruction A.2. below):

. below):

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~~ITEM~~Item 72.0104 Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

~~Regulation~~On FDMay ~~Disclosure~~5, 2023, the Company received a Notice of Default from holders of its 10% PIK-Election Convertible Notes due May 1, 2023 (“Series A Notes”). The Company failed to make payment of principal and interest under the terms of the Series A Notes, which have a Stated Maturity Date of May 1, 2023, thereby causing an Event of Default under section 7(a) of the Series A Notes. Under the Event of Default, all outstanding principal and interest of the Series A Notes, totaling approximately $31.3 million, are immediately due.

An investor presentation to be made at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on January 30, 2023

is attached as Exhibit 99.1

ITEM 9.01

Financial Statement and Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Investor Presentation

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.

, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		APPLIED MINERALS, INC.

Dated:	May 11, 2023	/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. CARNEY
		By: Christopher T. Carney
		President and Chief Executive Officer

		APPLIED MINERALS, INC.
Dated:	January 30, 2023	/s/ CHRISTOPHER T. CARNEY
		By: Christopher T. Carney
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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