Applied Minerals, Inc.: directors' dealings · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Applied Minerals, Inc.

Applied Minerals, Inc. is a U.S.-based materials company whose reporting and insider-transaction activity is followed through SEC Form 4 disclosures. For French, Belgian, and Swiss investors, the key market context is the United States: the company is tied to the American public-markets framework and should be viewed within the broader NYSE/NASDAQ ecosystem, even though it has historically traded on the OTC Pink market rather than as a mainstream large-cap exchange name. The company is incorporated in the United States and has historically disclosed a New York business address, while its operating heritage is centered in Utah.([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8328/000000832812000018/0000008328-12-000018-index.html?utm_source=openai)) Applied Minerals was built around the Dragon Mine property in Utah, where it extracted and marketed halloysite clay and, historically, natural iron oxide. Its core commercial identity has been rooted in specialty mineral materials rather than bulk commodities. The company’s product architecture has been associated with the DRAGONITE brand for halloysite clay and the AMIRON brand for advanced natural iron oxides, with management describing these materials as suited to high-performance industrial uses. The SEC record shows target end markets including flame-retardant plastics, polymer reinforcement, catalysts, molecular sieves, ceramics, binders, cosmetics, controlled-release systems, environmental remediation, and certain lithium-ion battery-related applications.([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8328/000157587219000087/app001_10k.htm?utm_source=openai)) Historically, the company positioned itself as a specialist producer with a resource-quality story: unique mineral morphology, high purity, and technical performance characteristics that could support premium industrial applications. Over time, however, the business has become more constrained and more focused. A major strategic milestone came in 2022, when Applied Minerals announced and completed the sale of its iron oxide assets, effectively narrowing the company’s operating scope and reinforcing the idea that halloysite is the primary remaining strategic mineral theme.([nasdaq.com](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/applied-minerals-closes-on-the-sale-of-its-iron-oxide-assets-2022-08-10?utm_source=openai)) From a competitive standpoint, Applied Minerals is best understood as a niche specialty-minerals platform rather than a diversified industrial materials supplier. Its value proposition depends on resource quality, product consistency, and the ability to commercialize halloysite into higher-margin technical applications. That said, the company’s small scale and its history of restructuring mean investors should expect execution risk, customer-concentration risk, and funding sensitivity to remain material. Compared with larger materials peers, its market position is more opportunistic and less balanced across end markets.([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8328/000143774916028656/amnl20151231_10k.htm?utm_source=openai)) A major recent development is that the company stated in February 2026 that it had completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 on November 19, 2025. This is an important catalyst because it changes the capital-structure narrative and may improve business continuity, but it also underscores the company’s distressed-history profile. For investors, Applied Minerals should therefore be assessed as a turnaround-oriented U.S. materials story with optionality in specialty minerals, not as a stable, mature industrial compounder.([barchart.com](https://www.barchart.com/story/news/210854/applied-minerals-inc-successfully-completes-financial-restructuring?utm_source=openai))