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Issuer:     UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP (UAMY)
CIK:        0000101538
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-25-007448
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

US Antimony shipment detained 82 days by Chinese Customs, forced back to Australia
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- 50-ton stibnite ore shipment from Australia to Mexico detained at Ningbo port for 82 days.
- Company paid $715,413 partial payment prior to departure under existing contract.
- Chinese Customs released containers only on condition of return to Australia, not delivery to Madero smelter.
- Company assumes detention due to antimony ore content or US ownership; China banned antimony exports in Sept 2024.
- Shipment finally released June 23, 2025; company made exhaustive efforts to resolve but received no explanation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/000165495425007448/0001654954-25-007448-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/000165495425007448/uamy_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-007448

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