secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary ====================================== Issuer: American Resources Corp (AREC) CIK: 0001590715 Form: 8-K Filed at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00 Accession: 0001477932-25-008556 Event type: other_material Sentiment: negative Materiality: 0.60 Item codes: 4.01, 9.01 LLM model: deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 American Resources dismisses auditor GBQ, cites going concern and material weaknesses in prior reports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Dismissed GBQ Partners LLC as independent auditor on November 21, 2025; GBQ's reports for FY2023-2024 included a going concern explanatory paragraph. - No disagreements with GBQ on accounting principles; material weaknesses in internal controls had been previously disclosed in the Company's Annual Report. - Audit committee appointed GreenGrowth CPAs as new independent auditor, effective immediately upon dismissal. - Neither the Company nor its behalf consulted GreenGrowth on accounting principles or audit opinions prior to engagement. Source: EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000147793225008556/0001477932-25-008556-index.htm Primary doc: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000147793225008556/arec_8k.htm HTML page: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-25-008556 License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer