---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-012702"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAMY"
cik: "0000101538"
company_name: "UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:29:36.004682+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# US Antimony and Americas Gold JV to build first North American commercial hydromet plant in Idaho

## Summary
- JV ownership 51% Americas, 49% USAC; USAC serving as managing member with equal committee decisions.
- Facility to be located adjacent to Americas' active silver, copper, and antimony mines in Idaho.
- Permits nearly complete (except construction); immediate construction plans underway.
- USAC holds exclusive license for the hydromet technology; first-of-its-kind in North America.
- Americas produced 561,000 lbs of antimony in 2025 concentrate; JV will capture downstream profits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-012702
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAMY
- cik: 0000101538
- company_name: UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/000110465926012702/0001104659-26-012702-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/000110465926012702/tm265766d1_8k.htm

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