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UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP

For the period ended Jul 31, 2025. Filed Jun 12, 2025.

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Jul 31, 2025 · Filed Jun 12, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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June 2025

Dear Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders of United States Antimony Corporation to be held on July 31, 2025 at 4:15 P.M., Eastern Time. The annual meeting will be a virtual meeting to enable our shareholders to participate from any location around the world that is convenient to them.

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement describe the formal business to be transacted at the meeting.

It is important that your shares are represented whether or not you attend the annual meeting and regardless of the number of shares you own. To make sure your shares are represented, we urge you to promptly vote. You may vote your shares by internet, phone or mail. If you attend the meeting, you may vote at the meeting even if you have previously submitted your proxy. The accompanying proxy information also provides instructions for submitting your vote online.

Please review in detail the attached notice card and proxy statement, which are being mailed to our shareholders on or about June 20, 2025. Your vote is very important to us regardless of the number of shares you own. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting virtually, we urge you to vote as soon as possible by authorizing a proxy as described in the enclosed materials to ensure that your shares are represented at the annual meeting. You may vote online, via telephone or by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card or voting instruction form sent to you. If you attend the annual meeting and wish to change your proxy vote, you may do so by voting virtually at the annual meeting.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

/s/ Gary C. Evans

Gary C. Evans

Chairman and CEO

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To the Shareholders of United States Antimony Corporation:

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of United States Antimony Corporation (“USAC” or the “Company”) will be held on July 31, 2025 at 4:15 P.M., Eastern Time. The annual meeting will be a completely virtual meeting to enable our shareholders to participate from any location around the world that is convenient to them.

We are holding the annual meeting for the following purposes, which are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice:

1.To elect each of the five directors named in the Proxy Statement for a term of one year;
2.To approve the reincorporation of the Company from the State of Montana to the State of Texas;
3.To approve the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan;
4.To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers;
5.To ratify the appointment of Assure CPA, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and
6.To transact any other business that properly comes before the meeting.

The Board recommends that you vote FOR all five proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2025 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting. A list of shareholders as of the Record Date will be available for inspection by any shareholder through the date of the annual meeting at the Company’s principal office. Shareholders must register for the annual meeting to attend. If your shares of USAC common stock or preferred stock are not registered in your name, you must provide proof of your ownership of those shares at the annual meeting in order to register to attend and vote. You should ask the broker, bank or other institution that holds your shares of common or preferred stock to provide you with a valid proxy card to permit you to vote at the annual meeting. Please have that documentation readily accessible when you attend the annual meeting.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting, we urge you to vote your shares at your earliest convenience. Promptly voting your shares will help to ensure the presence of a quorum at the meeting. Submitting your proxy now will not prevent you from voting your shares at the meeting if you desire to do so, as your proxy is revocable at your option. Retention of the proxy is not necessary for admission to or identification at the meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the annual meeting to be held on July 31, 2025. The proxy statement and 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A are available at www.proxyvote.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Gary C. Evans

Chairman and CEO

PROXY STATEMENT

OF

4438 W. Lovers Lane, Unit 100

Dallas, Texas 75209

(406) 606-4117

2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

July 31, 2025

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United States Antimony Corporation (“USAC” or the “Company”) is using this Proxy Statement to solicit proxies from our shareholders for use at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING

Time and Place of the Annual Meeting

Our annual meeting will be held as follows:

Date:July 31, 2025
Time:4:15 P.M., Eastern Time
Place:Virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UAMY2025

Matters to Be Considered at the Annual Meeting

At the meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote upon the following proposals (“Proposals”):

Proposal 1. To elect each of the five directors named in the Proxy Statement for a term of one year.

Proposal 2. To approve the reincorporation of the Company from the State of Montana to the State of Texas.

Proposal 3. To approve the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.

Proposal 4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.

Proposal 5. To ratify the appointment of Assure CPA, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

We also will transact any other business that may properly come before the annual meeting. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we are not aware of any other business to be presented for consideration at the annual meeting other than the matters described in this Proxy Statement.

Proxy Materials

We are making available this Proxy Statement and its accompanying materials and the form of proxy to our shareholders on or about June 20, 2025 at www.proxyvote.com. The following documents are included with this Proxy Statement:

1.Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
2.A Proxy Designation attached hereto (the “Proxy”); and

You can also view the Notice, Proxy Statement and Annual Report online or you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting them prior to July 17, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If you send an email, please include your 16-digit Control Number in the subject line.

Who is Entitled to Vote?

Only holders of record of USAC’s common stock and preferred stock on June 6, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting. You are entitled to one vote for each share of USAC common stock and Series C preferred stock that you own.

On the Record Date, the following shares were outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting: (i) 119,101,497 shares of common stock and (ii) 177,904 shares of Series C preferred stock (representing the right to cast one vote per share as converted to shares of common stock). There are no issued or outstanding shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock or Series D preferred stock, and the Company’s Series B preferred stock does not have voting rights.

How Do I Vote at the Annual Meeting?

You have several voting options:

VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 30, 2025. Have your proxy card and 16-digit Control Number in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 30, 2025. Have your proxy card and 16-digit Control Number in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood NY 11717

VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

To vote at the annual meeting, you will need to logon to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UAMY2025 and provide your 16 digit Control number and then click the vote button. Your 16-digit Control Number can be found on your proxy card, which is available to download at www.proxyvote.com.

Proxies are solicited to provide all shareholders of record on the Record Date with an opportunity to vote on matters scheduled for the annual meeting and described in these materials. You are a shareholder of record if your shares of USAC common stock and/or preferred stock are held in your name. If you are a beneficial owner of USAC common stock or preferred stock held by a broker, bank or other nominee (i.e., in “street name”), please see the instructions under the following question.

Shares of USAC common stock and preferred stock can only be voted at the annual meeting by proxy or in person if the shareholder is present at the annual meeting, which will be held completely virtually. To ensure your representation at the annual meeting, we recommend you vote by proxy even if you plan to attend the annual meeting. You can always change your vote at the annual meeting if you are a shareholder of record.

Shares of USAC common stock and preferred stock represented by properly executed proxies will be voted by the individuals named on the proxy card in accordance with the shareholder’s instructions. Where properly executed proxies are returned to us with no specific instruction as how to vote at the annual meeting, the persons named in the proxy will vote the shares “FOR” the election of each of our five named director nominees, and “FOR” approval of each of Proposals 2 through 5. If any other matters are properly presented at the annual meeting for action, the persons named in the enclosed proxy and acting thereunder will have the discretion to vote on these matters in accordance with their best judgment. We do not currently expect that any other matters will be properly presented for action at the annual meeting.

You may receive more than one proxy card depending on how your shares are held. For example, you may hold some of your shares individually, some jointly with your spouse, and some in trust for your children. In such case, you will receive three separate proxy cards to vote.

What if My Shares Are Held in Street Name?

If you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” by a broker, your broker, as the record holder of the shares, is required to vote the shares in accordance with your instructions. If you do not give instructions to your broker, your broker may nevertheless vote the shares with respect to discretionary items but will not be permitted to vote your shares with respect to non-discretionary items, pursuant to current industry practice. In the case of non-discretionary items, the shares not voted will be treated as “broker non-votes.”

If your shares are held in street name, you will need proof of ownership to be admitted to the annual meeting. A recent brokerage statement or letter from the record holder of your shares are examples of proof of ownership. If you want to vote your shares of USAC common stock or preferred stock held in street name in person at the annual meeting, you will have to get a written proxy in your name from the broker, bank or other nominee who holds your shares.

How Many Shares Must Be Present to Hold the Meeting?

A quorum must be present at the meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the meeting, in person or by proxy, of at least a majority of the shares of USAC common stock and preferred stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting as of the Record Date will constitute a quorum. Proxies received but marked as abstentions or broker non-votes will be included in the calculation of the number of shares considered to be present at the meeting.

What if a Quorum Is Not Present at the Meeting?

If a quorum is not present at the scheduled time of the meeting, either the chairperson of the meeting or a majority of the shareholders present or represented by proxy at the meeting may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is present. The time and place of the adjourned meeting will be announced at the time the adjournment is taken, and no other notice will be given unless the meeting is adjourned for 60 days or more. An adjournment will have no effect on the business that may be conducted at the meeting.

Vote Required to Approve Proposals; Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Directors (Proposal 1) are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting. Votes may be cast FOR or WITHHELD from each nominee. Votes that are withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the election.

Each of Proposals 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be approved if more votes are cast “FOR” than “AGAINST” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of Proposals 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Approval of the compensation of our named executive officers (Proposal 4) requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote which are present in person or by proxy at the annual meeting. Although the vote is advisory and non-binding, the Compensation Committee will review the voting results (including the number of abstentions) and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

A “broker non-vote” occurs when a broker or other nominee who holds shares for another person does not vote on a particular proposal because that holder does not have discretionary voting power for the proposal and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares.

May I Revoke My Proxy?

You may revoke your proxy before it is voted by:

•Submitting a new proxy with a later date;
•Notifying Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. in writing before the annual meeting that you have revoked your proxy by delivering such writing to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717; or
•attending and voting at the annual meeting

If you are the beneficial owner of your shares, you must contact the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares and follow their instructions to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

How can I obtain a copy of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A?

The Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, including financial statements, is available on the internet with this Proxy Statement at www.proxyvote.com. The Form is also available on the Company’s website at www.usantimony.com/investors and through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

At the written request of any shareholder who owns shares on the Record Date, the Company will provide to such shareholder, without charge, a paper copy of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements, but not including exhibits. If requested, the Company will provide copies of the exhibits for a reasonable fee.

Forward-Looking Statements

The discussions in this Proxy Statement contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our goals, commitments, strategies and mission, our plans and expectations regarding the Texas Reincorporation (as defined herein), expectations regarding the future of litigation in Texas, including the expectations and timing related to the Texas business court, potential benefits, implications, risks or costs or tax effects, costs savings or other related implications associated with the Texas Reincorporation or the Ratification, expectations about shareholder intentions, views and reactions, our future financial position, expected cost or charge reductions, our executive compensation program, growth opportunities and trends in the markets in which we operate, prospects and plans and objectives of management. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “continues,” “could,” “design,” “drive,” “estimates,” “expects,” “future,” “goals,” “intends,” “likely,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “seek,” “sets,” “shall,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements that we make. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks related to the Texas Reincorporation and the risks set forth in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and that are otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. The discussion of such risks is not an indication that any such risks have occurred at the time of this filing. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

PROPOSAL 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

What is the current composition of the Board?

The Board has fixed the number of directors at five, including USAC’s Chief Executive Officer.

Who is standing for election this year?

The Board has nominated the following five current Board members for election at the 2025 annual meeting, to hold office until the next annual meeting:

•Gary C. Evans (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
•Dr. Blaise Aguirre
•Lloyd Joseph Bardswich (Director and Executive Vice President, Chief Mining Engineer)
•Joseph A. Carrabba
•Michael A. McManus

What if a nominee is unable or unwilling to serve?

All of our nominees currently serve as USAC directors. Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and has agreed to serve if elected. If a nominee is unable to stand for election, the Board may either reduce the number of directors to be elected or select a substitute nominee. If a substitute nominee is selected, the proxy holders will vote your shares for the substitute nominee, unless you have withheld authority. At this time, we are not aware of any reason why any nominee might be unable to serve if elected.

How are nominees elected?

Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting by holders of outstanding shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

Board Recommendation

The Board recommends a vote FOR each of the five named nominees.

INFORMATION ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our directors who are named in this Proxy Statement.

In assessing potential directors, including those recommended by shareholders, the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consider a variety of factors, including, among other things, the evolving needs of the Board and the Company, the potential director’s judgment, independence, business and educational background, public service, conflicts of interest, ethics and ownership of Company stock, as well as his or her level of commitment to shareholder value creation and his or her ability and willingness to devote sufficient time to serve on the Board and to the affairs of the Company. The Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee require that each director be a recognized person of high integrity with a proven record of success in his or her field.

The term for each director, if elected, will expire at our next annual meeting or until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. The ages of the directors are shown as of June 6, 2025.

NameAgePosition
Gary C. Evans68Chairman and CEO (PEO)
Lloyd Joseph Bardswich80Director and EVP, Chief Mining Engineer
Dr. Blaise Aguirre61Director
Joseph A. Carrabba72Director
Michael A. McManus82Director

A biography of each director nominee is presented below. Each biography includes the experience (including the present principal occupation and other business experience during the last five years), qualifications, attributes and skills that led the Board to conclude that the nominee should serve as a director. While each nominee’s entire range of experience and skills is important, particular experience and skills that contribute to the effectiveness of the Board are identified below.

Gary C. Evans –Chairman & CEO– Gary C. Evans joined the Board in November 2022. Mr. Evans became Chairman of our Board in July 2023 and served as Chairman and Co-CEO from March 2024 to November 2024. Mr. Evans currently serves as our Chairman and CEO since December 2024. Gary C. Evans is a serial entrepreneur and transformational leader. The Company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, where Mr. Evans resides.

Mr. Evans is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Sustainable Enterprises, Inc. a “green” publicly held bitcoin mining company that owns a hydroelectric dam located in Costa Rica that serves as the power source for bitcoin mining. The Company is capitalizing on the intersection of sustainable energy and Bitcoin mining. Mr. Evans began investing in certain Bitcoin companies in early 2021 and is now deeply involved in the sector.

Mr. Evans previously led Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation for seven years, a NYSE listed multibillion dollar public energy company specializing in unconventional resource plays predominately in the Appalachian Basin and the Eagle Ford. These assets are now part of Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN). Mr. Evans was also founder and CEO of Eureka Hunter Holdings, LLC, a mid-stream gas gathering company transporting and managing over 1 BCF of daily natural gas volumes from wells producing in West Virginia and Ohio on approximately 200 miles of newly constructed pipeline during the similar seven-year period.

Additionally, Mr. Evans previously founded and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. (MHRI), a NYSE listed company, for twenty years before selling MHRI to Cimarex Energy for approximately $2.2 billion in June 2005. These assets are now part of Coterra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CTRA). Later that year, Mr. Evans formed Wind Hunter Energy, LLC, a renewable energy company which was subsequently acquired in December 2006 by GreenHunter Energy, Inc., an emerging water resource company focusing on oil field water management and clean water technologies active in the Marcellus and Utica resource plays in Appalachia. As founder, Mr. Evans has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. from December 2006 until May 2016, upon the sale of its assets to a private equity fund.

Throughout his career, Mr. Evans has raised various forms of capital on Wall Street that has exceeded $8 billion. Mr. Evans has previously served for 24 years, last serving as an independent director of Novavax Inc., a NASDAQ-listed (“NVAX”) vaccine biotechnology company that successfully reached commercialization of a critical Covid-19

Vaccine Nuvaxovid™ (also known as NVX-CoV2373), along with its Matrix-M™ adjuvant, a deployed malaria vaccine developed in collaboration with The University of Oxford. NVAX reached a market capitalization in excess of $20 billion during the pandemic. Mr. Evans previously also served as Chairman, CEO, and Lead Director of Novavax.

Mr. Evans was recognized by Ernst and Young as the Southwest Area 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year for the Energy Sector and was subsequently inducted into the World Hall of Fame for Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs. Mr. Evans was also recognized as the Energy Industry Leader of the year in 2013 and chosen by Finance Monthly in 2013 as one of the most respected CEO's. Mr. Evans was chosen as the Best CEO in the "Large Company" category by Texas Top Producers in 2013. He additionally won the Deal Maker of the Year Award in 2013 by Finance Monthly.

Mr. Evans serves on the Board of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University (“SMU”) and has historically lectured at SMU and currently speaks on the current affairs surrounding the antimony industry. Mr. Evans also periodically speaks at various industry conferences, on radio networks, podcasts, and national television programs.

Lloyd Joseph Bardswich – EVP, Chief Mining Engineer & Director -Lloyd Joseph Bardswich joined the Board in February 2021. Mr. Bardswich served as Co-CEO and director from March 2024 to November 2024. Mr. Bardswich currently serves as EVP, Chief Mining Engineer and director since December 2024. He has extensive experience in mining, mining engineering, management, drilling, metallurgy and plant design. He is a registered Professional Mining Engineer, can serve as a QP (Qualified Person) regarding reporting to NI43-101 standards and has worked as a Mine Safety Engineer, Mine Foreman, Mine Manager and Mining Consultant. Since July 15, 2015, he has served as President of L.J. Bardswich Mine Consultant Inc., a Montana S corporation which provides consulting services to the mining industry. He also served as a director of Northern Vertex Mining Corporation (TSXV-NEE) from 2010 to February 2021, when Northern Vertex Mining Corporation (TSXV - NEE) acquired Eclipse Gold Mining Corporation (EGLD - TSXV). Also, he serves as President and as a Director of Frisco Gold Corporation, an Arizona S corporation, since October 14, 2019 to the present.

Dr. Blaise Aguirre – Director –Dr. Blaise Aguirre, who joined the Board in August 2019, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is the founding Medical Director of 3East at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. In 2011, Dr. Aguirre was elected to the board of directors at Investors Capital Holdings, Ltd, and remained on that board until it was sold to RCS Capital Corporation. In addition, Dr. Aguirre sits on the boards of various privately held companies. He has developed and maintained relationships with institutional money managers, venture capitalists, angel investors and has developed expertise as a small cap stock analyst as a broker with series 7 and 63 securities licenses. He received his Medical Doctor’s degree in 1989 from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and performed his residency at Boston University School of Medicine from 1991 to 1994.

Joseph A. Carrabba – Director –Joseph A. Carrabba joined the Board in February 2024. He is the Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., formerly Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., from May 2007 to November 2013. He also previously served as Cliffs President & CEO from 2006 to 2007 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2006. Prior to these executive positions, Mr. Carrabba previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines from 2003 to 2006. He serves or has previously served on the boards of several other NYSE listed companies including Newmont Mining and Timken Steel, as well as several TSX listed companies, AECON and NioCorp.

Michael A. McManus – Director –Michael A. McManus joined the Board in August 2023. He is a recognized leader and builder of enterprises with successes as a public company CEO, senior government experience, a lawyer, new product development leader, and has served as a board member of several companies. He served as a board member of Novavax, a biotechnology company committed to help address serious infectious diseases globally through the discovery, development, and delivery of innovative vaccines to patients around the world. Mr. McManus has previously served as president, chief executive officer, and director at Misonix, Inc., a medical, scientific, and industrial provider of ultrasonic and air pollution systems, since 1998. Prior to that tenure, he was president and chief executive officer at New York Bancorp Inc. from 1991 to 1998. From 1990 through November 1991, Mr. McManus was president and chief executive officer at Jamcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. Previously, Mr. McManus served as an assistant to the President of the United States from 1982 to 1985 and held positions with Pfizer Inc. and Revlon Group. Mr. McManus received a BA in economics from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center. He served in the US Army Infantry from 1968 through 1970. He is also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Directors

The Board conducts its business through Board meetings and through its committees. The Board is composed of five directors.

Director Independence

We have five directors as of the Record Date, including three directors deemed independent as follows:

•Dr. Blaise Aguirre
•Joseph A. Carrabba
•Michael A. McManus

An “independent” director is a director whom the Board has determined satisfies the requirements for independence under Section 803A of the NYSE American Company Guide.

Meetings of the Board and Board Member Attendance at Annual Meeting

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Board held twelve regular meetings. Each incumbent director attended at least 75% of the total board and committee meetings on which such person served during this period.

Board members are encouraged, but not required, to attend the annual meeting of shareholders. Gary C. Evans and Lloyd Joseph Bardswich attended the Company’s prior annual meeting of shareholders, held on July 30, 2024.

Communications to the Board

Shareholders who are interested in communicating directly with members of the Board, or the Board as a group, may do so by writing directly to the individual Board member c/o Corporate Secretary, at United States Antimony Corporation, 4438 W. Lovers Lane, Unit 100, Dallas, Texas 75209. Our secretary will forward communications directly to the appropriate Board member(s). If the correspondence is not addressed to a particular member, the communication will be forwarded to at least one Board member in order to bring the matter to the attention of the entire Board.

Committees and Committee Charters

The Board has the following standing committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee was established in December 2011, and the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees were established in 2012.

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Experts

We have a standing Audit Committee and audit committee charter, which complies with Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the requirements of the NYSE American. The Audit Committee consists of Michael A. McManus, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, and Joseph A. Carrabba, each of whom is independent (in accordance with Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and the requirements of Section 803A of the NYSE American Company Guide) and financially sophisticated (pursuant to the requirements of Section 803B of the NYSE American Company Guide). Mr. McManus satisfies the requirement of an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.

Our Audit Committee meets with our management and our external auditors to review matters affecting financial reporting, the system of internal accounting and financial controls and procedures and the audit procedures and audit plans. Our Audit Committee reviews our significant financial risks and is involved in the appointment of senior financial executives.

Our Audit Committee monitors our audit and the preparation of financial statements and all financial disclosures contained in our SEC filings. Our Audit Committee appoints our external auditors, monitors their qualifications and independence, and determines the appropriate level of their remuneration. The external auditors report directly to the Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee has the authority to terminate our external auditors’ engagement and approve in advance any services to be provided by the external auditors that are not related to the audit.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Audit Committee met four times. A copy of the Audit Committee charter is available on our website at www.usantimony.com.

Audit Committee Report

Our Audit Committee oversees our financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. During 2024, the Committee had three members, each of whom is “independent” as determined under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and the rules of the NYSE American. The Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board.

The Committee assists the Board by (1) overseeing the integrity of our financial reporting and internal control, (2) overseeing the independence and performance of our independent auditors, and (3) providing an avenue of communication between management, the independent auditors and the Board.

In the course of providing its oversight responsibilities regarding the 2024 financial statements, the Committee reviewed the 2024 audited financial statements, which appear in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, with management and our independent auditors. The Committee reviewed accounting principles, practices, and judgments as well as the adequacy and clarity of the notes to the financial statements. The Committee reviewed the independence and performance of the independent auditors who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and such other matters as required to be communicated by the independent auditors in accordance with Statement of Auditing Standards 61, as superseded by Statement of Auditing Standard 114―the Auditor’s Communication With Those Charged With Governance, as modified or supplemented.

The Committee meets with the independent auditors to discuss their audit plans, scope and timing on a regular basis, with or without management present. The Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for independent auditor communications with audit committees concerning independence, as may be modified or supplemented.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board has approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Committee and the Board have also recommended the selection of Assure CPA, LLC as independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Submitted by the Audit Committee Members

•Michael A. McManus
•Dr. Blaise Aguirre
•Joseph A. Carrabba

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee is composed of the following directors, each of whom is independent (under Section 803A of the NYSE American Company Guide): Joseph A. Carrabba, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, and Michael A. McManus.

We have a Compensation Committee charter that complies with the requirements of the NYSE American. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for considering and authorizing terms of employment and compensation of executive officers and providing advice on compensation structures in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Our Chief Executive Officer may not be present during the voting determination or deliberations of his or her compensation; however, our Compensation Committee does consult with our Chief Executive Officer in determining and recommending the compensation of directors and other executive officers.

In addition, our Compensation Committee reviews both our overall salary objectives and significant modifications made to employee benefit plans, including those applicable to executive officers, and proposes awards of stock options and restricted stock units, if any. The Compensation Committee has determined that the Company’s compensation policies and practices for its employees generally, not only with respect to executive officers, are not reasonably likely to encourage behavior that would create an abnormal amount of risk to the Company.

The Compensation Committee does not and cannot delegate its authority to determine director and executive officer compensation.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Compensation Committee met three times. A copy of the Compensation Committee charter is available on our website at www.usantimony.com.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is composed of the following directors, each of whom is independent as determined under Section 803A of the NYSE American Company Guide: Joseph A. Carrabba, Dr. Blaise Aguirre, and Michael A. McManus.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for developing our approach to corporate governance issues. The Committee evaluates the qualifications of potential candidates for director positions and recommends to the Board nominees for election at the next annual meeting or any special meeting of shareholders, and any person to be considered to fill a Board vacancy resulting from death, disability, removal, resignation or an increase in Board size. The Committee’s charter describes the criteria the Board will assess in connection with the consideration of a candidate, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s integrity, reputation, judgment, knowledge, independence, experience, accomplishments, commitment and skills, all in the context of an assessment of the perceived needs of the Board at that time.

We do not have a formal policy regarding diversity in the selection of nominees for directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does, however, consider diversity as part of its overall selection strategy. In considering diversity of the Board as a criterion for selecting nominees, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee takes into account various factors and perspectives, including differences of viewpoint, professional experience, education, personal and professional skills and other individual qualities and attributes that contribute to Board heterogeneity, as well as race, gender and national origin. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks persons with leadership experience in a variety of contexts. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that this conceptualization of diversity is the most effective means to implement Board diversity.

The Committee will consider recommendations for director nominees made by shareholders and others if these individuals meet the criteria set forth in the Committee’s charter. For consideration by the Committee, the nominating shareholder or other person must provide the Corporate Secretary’s Office with information about the nominee, including a detailed background of the suggested candidate that will demonstrate how the individual meets our director nomination criteria. If a candidate proposed by a shareholder meets the criteria, the individual will be considered on the same basis as other candidates. No shareholder or shareholders holding 5% or more of our outstanding stock, either individually or in aggregate, has recommended a nominee for election to the Board.

All of the five nominees included on the proxy card accompanying this Proxy Statement were nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and were recommended by our current Board.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met two times. A copy of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter is available on our website at www.usantimony.com.

Board Leadership Structure

The Board has reviewed our current Board leadership structure in light of the composition of the Board, our size, the nature of our business, the regulatory framework under which we operate, our shareholder base, our peer group and other relevant factors. Considering these factors, we determined that a structure with one person as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer is currently the most appropriate Board leadership structure for the Company based upon the backgrounds and past experience of the individuals. The Board noted the following factors in reaching its determination:

•The Board acts efficiently and effectively under this structure.
•This structure allows the Company and the Board to be aware of major changes and issues facing us on a day-to-day and long-term basis, to identify key risks and developments facing us, and to bring such risks and developments to the Board’s attention.
•This structure lessens the potential for confusion and duplication of efforts, including among employees.

The Board of Directors’ Role in Risk Management Oversight

The understanding, identification and management of risk are essential elements for the successful management of the Company. Risk oversight begins with our Board and its committees that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight, such as operational, financial, legal, cyber security, and compliance.

The Audit Committee reviews and discusses policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. The Audit Committee assists the Board by (1) overseeing the integrity of our financial reporting and internal control, (2) overseeing the independence and performance of our independent auditors, and (3) providing an avenue of communication between management, the independent auditors and the Board. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews the risks related to succession planning and the independence of the Board. The Compensation Committee reviews the risks related to our various compensation plans. If a committee is allocated responsibility for examining and analyzing a specific risk, such committee reports on the relevant risk exposure during its regular reports to the entire Board, which facilitates proper risk oversight by the entire Board.

Based on a review of the nature of our operations, we do not believe that any areas of the Company are incentivized to take excessive risks that would likely have a material adverse effect on our operations.

Director Compensation

The following table provides information related to compensation of our non-employee directors for the year ended December 31, 2024:

NameFees Earned or paid in Cash ($)Stock Awards ($)Option Awards ($)Total ($)
Dr. Blaise Aguirre, Director$127,001$55,000$80,000$262,001
Joseph A. Carrabba, Director$108,997$27,500$40,000$176,497
Michael A. McManus, Director$133,000$55,000$80,000$268,000

The fees earned by our directors follow the results of a study prepared by an independent firm using peer data, among other things, to determine market pay for our directors and can be calculated as follows: $65,000 annual retainer for each Board member, $70,000 additional annual retainer for the chairman, $30,000 additional annual retainer for the lead director, $20,000, $13,500, and $13,500 additional annual retainers for the chairs of the audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees, respectively, $10,000, $7,500, and $5,000 additional annual retainer for each member of the audit, compensation, and nominating and governance committees, respectively, $2,500 for each Board member for attending each Board meeting, $2,000 for the audit committee chair for attending each audit committee meeting, $1,500 for each audit committee member for attending each audit committee meeting, and $1,500 for each compensation and nominating and governance committee chair and member for attending each compensation and nominating and governance committee meeting.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

This section discusses the material components of the executive compensation program for our named executive officers (“NEOs”) included in the “Summary Compensation Table” below. We comply with the executive compensation disclosure rules applicable to “smaller reporting companies,” as such term is defined in the rules promulgated under the Securities Act, which require compensation disclosure for the last two completed fiscal years for our principal executive officer (“PEO”) during the year ended December 31, 2024, the two most highly compensated executive officers other than our principal executive officer who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2024 and whose total compensation for 2024 exceeded $100,000, and up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer as of December 31, 2024. These officers are referred to as our named executive officers.

Named Executive Officers

Our NEOs as of December 31, 2024, their ages and positions with the Company are provided in the table below.

NameAgePosition
Gary C. Evans68Chairman and CEO (PEO)
Lloyd Joseph Bardswich80Director and EVP, Chief Mining Engineer
Richard R. Isaak56SVP, Chief Financial Officer (PFO)
John C. Gustavsen77President of Antimony Division

Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides a summary of annual compensation of the Company’s NEOs for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

Name and Principal PositionYearSalary ($)Bonus ($)Stock Awards ($)Option Awards ($)All Other Compensation ($)Total ($)
Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO(1)2024$—$200,000$165,000$120,000$173,740$658,740
2023$—$—$—$—$150,612$150,612
Lloyd Joseph Bardswich, Director & EVP, Chief Mining Engineer(2)2024$12,692$100,000$110,000$80,000$89,167$391,859
2023$—$—$—$—$95,460$95,460
Richard R. Isaak, SVP, Chief Financial Officer(3)2024$174,635$150,000$44,000$64,000$9,856$442,491
2023$107,692$—$—$—$1,958$109,650
John C. Gustavsen, President of Antimony Division(3)2024$171,538$100,000$66,000$80,000$11,105$428,643
2023$140,994$—$—$—$10,642$151,636
(1)All other compensation in 2024 represents fees paid for Board services ($167,084) and health insurance costs paid by the Company ($6,656). All other compensation in 2023 represents fees paid for Board services.
(2)Salary earned in 2024 as EVP was for the month of December 2024. All other compensation in 2024 and 2023 represents fees paid for Board services.
(3)All other compensation represents health insurance costs paid by the Company.

Compensation for all NEOs, including the CEO position, is approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Compensation Committee follows, among other things, the peer group data and advice of an independent compensation consulting firm in reviewing the CEO’s compensation recommendations for executives and determining their compensation, and for determining the compensation of the CEO. The material compensation components of NEOs include salary, bonus, and equity awards.

The following table provides information related to outstanding awards held by our NEOs as of December 31, 2024:

Name and Principal PositionNumber of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) unexercisableOption Exercise Price ($)Option Expiration DateNumber of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested (#)Value of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested ($)
Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO750,000$0.223/1/2027500,000$885,000
Lloyd Joseph Bardswich, EVP, Chief Mining Engineer & Director500,000$0.223/1/2027333,333$589,999
Richard R. Isaak, SVP, Chief Financial Officer400,000$0.223/1/2027133,333$235,999
John C. Gustavsen, President of Antimony Division500,000$0.223/1/2027200,000$354,000

Equity Award Timing

The Board and Compensation Committee are responsible for approving stock grants for executive officers. Stock awards are typically granted at the start of employment with the Company and around the end of the calendar year. The purpose of these stock grants is to set performance expectations for the executive officer over the next several years for the financial and operational success of the Company, thereby advancing the Company’s interests and the interests of the Company’s shareholders. One of the Board and Compensation Committee’s considerations when approving stock grants is reviewing the timing of the grant in relation to potential upcoming events, especially if the potential event involves material nonpublic information. The intention of the Board and Compensation Committee is to avoid having disclosure of material nonpublic information affect the value of the stock grant. During the year ended December 31, 2024, stock options were not awarded to a named executive officer in close proximity to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that disclosed material nonpublic information.

Insider Trading Policy

The Company has adopted an Insider Trading Policy that applies to all our directors, officers and employees. We believe our Insider Trading Policy is reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct, to comply with applicable laws, and to provide accountability for adherence to the policy. Our Insider Trading Policy is included in Exhibit 19 of the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and is also available on our web site at www.usantimony.com.

Clawback Policy

The Board has adopted a Clawback Policy covering compensation paid to our executive officers. Under this policy, in the event a restatement of our financial statements is made due to material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under U.S. securities laws, any performance-based cash compensation paid and any performance-based equity awards granted to such officer with respect to the period covered by the restatement will be recalculated and the board may seek recoupment of any excess compensation.

The Company does not have:

•Change in control agreements;
•Supplemental compensation policies;
•Any practices or policies regarding hedging or offsetting any decrease in the market value of registrant equity securities;
•Employment contracts;
•Separation or severance agreements; or
•Any other type of compensation arrangements with its named executive officers.

Pay versus Performance

The following table shows the past three fiscal years’ total compensation for the NEOs as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table, the total compensation actually paid to the NEOs, the Company’s total shareholder return (“TSR”), and the Company’s net income (loss).

YearSummary Compensation Table Total for PEO(1) $Compensation Actually Paid to PEO(2) $Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Other NEOs(3) $Average Compensation Actually Paid to Other NEOs(2) $Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On Total Shareholder Return(4) $Net Income (Loss)(5) $
2024$658,740$2,498,740$420,998$1,428,108$340.38($1,730,404)
2023$151,636$151,636$112,365$112,365$48.08($6,348,287)
2022$111,250$111,250$102,875$102,875$94.23$428,661
(1)Represents the amounts reported in the Total column of the Summary Compensation Table for the PEO, who was Gary C. Evans for 2024 and John C. Gustavsen for 2023 and 2022.
(2)SEC rules require certain adjustments be made to the Summary Compensation Table totals to determine compensation “actually paid” in the Pay versus Performance table. Compensation “actually paid” does not necessarily represent cash and/or equity value transferred to the applicable NEO without restriction, but rather is a valuation calculated under applicable SEC rules. In general, compensation “actually paid” is calculated as summary compensation table total compensation adjusted to (a) include the value of any pension benefit (or loss) attributed to the past fiscal year, including on account of any amendments adopted during such year; and (b) include the fair value of equity awards attributed to the past fiscal year factoring in dividends and interest accrued with respect to such awards. For purposes of this disclosure, no pension valuation adjustments were required for any year presented and there were no equity awards in fiscal years 2023 and 2022. The following table provides the calculation of compensation actually paid to the PEO and other NEOs for fiscal year 2024:
YearExecutivesSummary Compensation Table Total $Deduct Reported Value of Equity Awards(a) $Add Equity Award Adjustments(b) $Compensation Actually Paid $
2024PEO$658,740($285,000)$2,125,000$2,498,740
2024Other NEOs$420,998($148,000)$1,155,110$1,428,108
(a)The amounts in this column represent the grant date fair value of equity awards reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns of the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024.
(b)The amounts added or deducted in calculating the equity award adjustments for fiscal year 2024 were as follows:
YearExecutivesYear-end fair value of equity awards granted during the year $Year over year change in fair value of outstanding and unvested equity awards $Fair value as of vesting date of equity awards granted and vested during the year $Year over year change in fair value of equity awards granted in prior years that vested during the year $Fair value at the end of the prior year of equity awards that failed to meet vesting conditions in the year $Total equity award adjustments $
2024PEO$2,070,000$0$55,000$0$0$2,125,000
2024Other NEOs$1,130,666$0$24,444$0$0$1,155,110
(3)Represents an average of the amounts reported in the Total column of the Summary Compensation Table for the other NEOs. The average for 2024 included Lloyd Joseph Bardswich, Richard R. Isaak and John C. Gustavsen. The average for 2023 included Richard R. Isaak and Kelly J. Stopher. The average for 2022 included Russell C. Lawrence and Kelly J. Stopher.
(4)TSR is determined based on the value of an initial fixed investment of $100 at the end of the 2021 fiscal year.
(5)Represents net income (loss) as reported in the consolidated financial statements included in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and our 2023 Annual Report Form 10-K.

Total shareholder return and net income are two of the factors used to evaluate the performance of our NEOs. In addition, successful completion of various initiatives to improve the Company, such as growing our antimony business and building effective teams, are also factors used to evaluate the performance of our NEOs. Most of these factors span beyond one year. All of these factors have periodic milestones and are used to determine the compensation of our NEOs.

OTHER GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a corporate Code of Ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. We believe our Code of Ethics is reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct, to provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in public reports, to comply with applicable laws, to ensure prompt internal reporting of code violations, and to provide accountability for adherence to the code. Our Code of Ethics provides written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

•Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
•Full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that are filed with, or submitted to, the Commission and in other public communications made by an issuer;
•Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
•The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and
•Accountability for adherence to the code.

Our Code of Ethics is available on our web site at www.usantimony.com. An electronic copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided to any person without charge upon written request to us at our executive offices: United States Antimony Corporation, 4438 W. Lovers Lane, Unit 100, Dallas, Texas 75209. We intend to disclose any waiver from a provision of our Code of Ethics that applies to any of the following officers: our principal executive officer, principal financial officer (“PFO”), principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions that relates to any element of our Code of Ethics on our website.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers and the holders of 10% or more of our common stock to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Officers, directors, and shareholders holding more than 10% of our common stock are required by the regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they have filed.

Based solely on our review of copies of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed with the SEC during or relating to 2024 and written representations provided to the Company, the Company has determined that Jeffrey Fink and Joseph A. Carrabba filed their Forms 3 late in an earlier fiscal period.

Compensation Interlocks and Insider Participation

There were no compensation committee or board interlocks among the members of the Board.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Since the beginning of the 2024 fiscal year, there were no transactions in which we were a party and in which any director, executive officer or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of any class of our voting securities or relatives of our directors, executive officers or five percent (5%) beneficial owners had a direct or indirect material interest.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of June 6, 2025 by (i) each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our Series B and C preferred stock or common stock; (ii) each of our named executive officers and directors; and (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise stated, each person’s address is c/o United States Antimony Corporation, 4438 W. Lovers Lane, Unit 100, Dallas, Texas 75209.

Title of Class of StockName and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(2)Percent of Class(1)Percent of Voting Stock(1)
More than 5% owners:
Common StockKenneth M Reed, 4 Betsy Lane, Dover, MA 020308,118,7296.8%6.8%
Common StockLydia Dugan & Patrick Dugan, 3009 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 1212, Houston, Texas8,114,0276.8%6.8%
Common StockCreative Planning, LLC, 5454 W. 110th Street Overland Park, KS 662117,435,1016.2%6.2%
Common StockRussell Lawrence, 1500 Johnson Road, Deary, ID 838236,743,1475.7%5.7%
Series B PreferredExcel Mineral Company, P.O. Box 3800 Santa Barbara, CA 93130750,000(3)100.0%N/A
Series C PreferredWalter Maquire, Sr., PO Box 129, Keller, VA 2340149,091(4)27.6%0.04%
Series C PreferredRichard A. Woods, 59 Penn Circle West Penn Plaza Apts. Pittsburgh, PA 1520648,305(4)27.2%0.04%
Series C PreferredDr. Warren A. Evans, 69 Ponfret Landing Road Brooklyn, CT 0623448,305(4)27.2%0.04%
Series C PreferredEdward Robinson, 1007 Spruce Street, 1st floor Philadelphia, PA 1910732,203(4)18.1%0.03%
Directors and Executive Officers:
Common StockDr. Blaise Aguirre656,0330.5%0.5%
Common StockLloyd Joseph Bardswich789,3240.7%0.7%
Common StockJoseph A. Carrabba189,4000.2%0.2%
Common StockGary C. Evans2,028,8181.7%1.7%
Common StockJeffrey Fink79,3330.1%0.1%
Common StockJohn C. Gustavsen236,2000.2%0.2%
Common StockRichard R. Isaak258,5130.2%0.2%
Common StockMichael A. McManus581,9650.5%0.5%
Common StockMelissa M. Pagen150,0000.1%0.1%
Common StockAll Directors and Executive Officers as a Group4,969,5864.2%4.2%
Common and Preferred Voting StockAll Directors and Executive Officers as a Group4,969,5864.2%4.2%
(1)Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of the security or the right to acquire such powers within 60 days. In computing the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by a person or entity and the percentage ownership, we deem outstanding shares of our stock subject to options, warrants or other rights held by that person or entity that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of June 6, 2025. We do not deem these shares outstanding, however, for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person or entity. Unless otherwise indicated, and subject to applicable community property laws, we believe that the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of stock beneficially owned by them. “Percent of Class” is based on 119,101,497 shares of common stock, 750,000 shares of Series B preferred stock and 177,904 shares of Series C preferred stock outstanding on June 6, 2025. “Percent of Voting Stock” is based on 119,279,401 shares, which is the total of all the common stock issued and all Series C preferred stock outstanding on June 6, 2025.
(2)The shares shown include the following unissued shares that our directors and executive officers have the right to acquire beneficial ownership of within 60 days of June 6, 2025: Mr. Aguirre, 189,400; Mr. Bardswich, 166,667; Mr. Carrabba, 106,066; Mr. Fink, 46,000; Mr. McManus, 22,733; and Ms. Pagen, 150,000.
(3)The outstanding Series B preferred shares carry voting rights only if the Company is in default in the payment of declared dividends. The Board has not declared any dividends as due and payable for the Series B preferred stock.
(4)The outstanding Series C preferred shares carry voting rights equal to the same number of shares of common stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table summarizes equity compensation plans that were approved by our shareholders and equity compensation plans that were not approved by our shareholders as of December 31, 2024:

Plan categoryNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rightsWeighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rightsNumber of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
(a)(b)(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders4,330,000$0.231,480,000
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders———
4,330,000$0.231,480,000

PROPOSAL 2 – PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE REINCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY FROM MONTANA TO TEXAS BY CONVERSION

Overview

We are seeking shareholder approval for this Proposal No. 2 to approve the conversion of the Company from a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Montana to a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas and adopt the resolutions of the Board approving the reincorporation on May 30, 2025, as more fully described in this Proposal No. 2, and have determined that the reincorporation is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The reincorporation, if approved by our shareholders, will be effected through a conversion pursuant to Sections 35-14-920 through 35-14-924 of the Montana Business Corporation Act, as amended (the “MBCA”) and Title 1, Chapter 10, Subchapter C of the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”), as set forth in the plan of conversion (the “Plan of Conversion”) and Certificate of Conversion, included as Appendices C and D, respectively, to this Proxy Statement. Approval of this Proposal No. 2 (the “Texas Reincorporation Proposal”) will constitute approval of the Plan of Conversion.

Principal Reasons for the Conversion under Texas Law

There are a number of reasons why Texas is an attractive state for the incorporation of the Company and why the Texas Reincorporation is in the best interests of our shareholders. Montana and Texas provide substantially equivalent bundles of economic, governance, and litigation rights for shareholders, balancing relevant considerations against one another and as relevant to the Company. However, there were three differentiating factors: (1) Texas is the Company’s corporate headquarters and the home of corporate management; (2) Texas statutory law would better align with the Company’s mission-driven culture; and (3) whereas Montana does not currently have a dedicated business court, Texas recently established a business court, and its statutes are more favorable to the Company and its shareholders. The Board balanced these considerations and concluded that, in its business judgment, it is in the best interests of the Company and all its shareholders for the Company to reincorporate in Texas. The Board, in this evaluation, included an examination of the effect of reincorporation on the economic, governance, and litigation rights of shareholders.

Effecting the Conversion

Through the adoption of the Plan of Conversion, upon the Texas Reincorporation:

•the Company will continue in existence as a Texas corporation and will continue to operate our business under the current name, “United States Antimony Corporation”
•the affairs of the Company will cease to be governed by Montana law at the time the Plan of Conversion is effective and will be subject to Texas law
•the Company will cease to be governed by our existing charter and bylaws and will be instead subject to the provisions of the proposed Texas certificate (the “Texas Certificate”) and the proposed Texas bylaws (the “Texas Bylaws”), forms of which are included as Appendix A and Appendix B, respectively, to this Proxy Statement
•the Texas Reincorporation will not result in any change in headquarters, business, jobs, management, properties, location of any of our offices or facilities, number of employees, obligations, assets, liabilities or net worth
•each outstanding share of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Montana Corporation Common Stock”), will automatically become one outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Texas Corporation (“Texas Corporation Common Stock”) pursuant to the Plan of Conversion
•shareholders will not need to exchange their existing stock certificates for new stock certificates
•each outstanding warrant, option or right to acquire shares of Montana Corporation Common Stock will continue in existence and automatically become a warrant, option or right to acquire an equal number of shares of the Texas Corporation Common Stock under the same terms and conditions
•our common stock will continue to be traded on NYSE American under the symbol “UAMY.” We do not expect any interruption in the trading of our common stock as a result of the Texas Reincorporation.

If our shareholders approve the Texas Reincorporation, we anticipate that the Texas Reincorporation will become effective as soon as practicable following the 2025 Annual Meeting (the “Effective Time”). In connection with the Texas Reincorporation, the Company intends to make filings with the Secretary of State of Texas and the Secretary of State of Montana and does not anticipate making any other filings to effect the Texas Reincorporation. The Texas Reincorporation may be delayed by the Board or the Plan of Conversion may be terminated and abandoned by action of the Board at any time prior to the Effective Time of the Texas Reincorporation, whether before or after the approval by our shareholders, if the Board determines for any reason that such delay or abandonment would be in the best interests of the Company and all of its shareholders, as the case may be.

Following the Texas Reincorporation, we will be governed by the TBOC instead of the MBCA, and we will be governed by the Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws. Approval of this Proposal No. 2 will constitute approval of the Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws. Our current Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Montana Charter”) and our current Restated Bylaws (the “Montana Bylaws”) will no longer be in effect following completion of the Texas Reincorporation.

The Texas Reincorporation will not result in any change in business, jobs, management, properties, location of any of our offices or facilities, number of employees, obligations, assets, liabilities or net worth. We intend to maintain our corporate headquarters in Texas. Our management, including all directors and officers, will remain the same in connection with the Texas Reincorporation and will have identical positions with the Texas Corporation. The Texas Reincorporation will not affect any of the Company’s material contracts with any third parties and the Company’s rights and obligations under such material contractual arrangements will continue as rights and obligations of the Texas Corporation.

We will continue to be a publicly held company following completion of the Texas Reincorporation, and our common stock will continue to be listed on NYSE American and traded under the symbol “UAMY.” We will continue to file the required periodic reports and other documents with the SEC. We do not expect there to be any interruption in the trading of our common stock as a result of the Texas Reincorporation. We and our shareholders will be in the same respective positions under the federal securities laws after the Texas Reincorporation as we and our shareholders were prior to the Texas Reincorporation.

Apart from being governed by the Texas Certificate, Texas Bylaws and the TBOC, following completion of the Texas Reincorporation, the Company will continue to exist in the form of a Texas corporation and cease to exist as a Montana corporation. By virtue of the Texas Reincorporation, the Texas Corporation will be a continuation of the Montana Corporation and all of the rights, privileges, and powers of the Montana Corporation, and all property, real, personal, and mixed, and all debts due to the Montana Corporation, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to the Montana Corporation, will remain vested in the Texas Corporation and will be the property of the Texas Corporation, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in the Montana Corporation will not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the Texas Reincorporation, but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of the Montana Corporation will be preserved unimpaired.

In addition, all debts, liabilities, and duties of the Montana Corporation will remain attached to the Texas Corporation and may be enforced against the Texas Corporation to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had originally been incurred or contracted by it in its capacity as the Texas Corporation. The rights, privileges, powers and interest in property of the Montana Corporation, as well as the debts, liabilities and duties of the Montana Corporation, will not be deemed, as a consequence of the Texas Reincorporation, to have been transferred to the Texas Corporation for any purpose of the laws of the State of Montana. The conversion of the Montana Corporation into the Texas Corporation and the resulting cessation of the Company’s existence as a corporation of Montana will not affect any obligations or liabilities of the Company incurred prior to the conversion, nor will it affect the choice of law applicable to the Company with respect to matters arising prior to the conversion.

Reasons for the Conversion

We believe that the Conversion will give us a greater measure of flexibility and certainty in corporate governance than is available under Montana law and may enhance investors’ perception of our Company. The State of Texas is increasingly recognized for adopting comprehensive, modern, and flexible corporate laws, which are and will be revised periodically to respond to the changing legal and business needs of corporations. Texas’s newly created specialized business judiciary have been set up to be experts in corporate law matters. Accordingly, we believe that Texas law may provide greater clarity, efficiency, and predictability with respect to our corporate legal affairs than is currently the case under Montana law. In this regard, many major U.S. corporations are increasingly incorporating in Texas or changing their corporate domiciles to Texas in a manner similar to the Conversion.

We also believe that the Conversion will enhance our ability to attract and retain qualified directors and officers and encourage directors and officers to continue to make independent decisions in good faith on behalf of the Company. We are in a competitive industry and compete for talented individuals to serve on our management team and our Board. Texas law is more familiar than Montana law to many potential director candidates and offers directors and officers greater certainty and stability. Director and officer liability is extensively addressed in and is therefore better defined and better understood than under Montana law. We believe that the better understood and comparatively stable corporate environment afforded by Texas law will enable us to compete more effectively in the recruitment and retention of talented and experienced directors and officers.

For the reasons outlined above, the Board believes that our business and affairs can be conducted better if the Company is converted into a Texas corporation

Therefore, our Board recommends that shareholders approve the Plan of Conversion pursuant to which the Company will effect the Conversion, in compliance with the TBOC and the MBCA.

Anti-Takeover Implications

Texas, like many other states, permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or to otherwise adopt measures designed to reduce its vulnerability to unsolicited and potentially hostile takeover attempts. The Board is not, however, proposing that the Company complete the Conversion to prevent any threatened change in control and it is not aware of any present attempt by any person to acquire control of the Company or to obtain representation on the Company’s Board.

With respect to implementing defensive measures, Texas law is generally considered preferable to Montana law because of a greater amount of corporate law judicial precedent. As either a Montana corporation or a Texas corporation, the Company could implement some of the same defensive measures. As a Texas corporation, however, the Company would benefit from the greater likelihood of predictability of Texas law on these matters, including their enforceability under applicable law. Nevertheless, how the Texas business court system will function in the future cannot be known for certain.

Certain Differences Between the Montana Charter and Bylaws and the Texas Certificate and Bylaws as well as the MBCA and TBOC

The rights of our shareholders are currently governed by the MBCA, Montana case law, Montana Charter and Montana Bylaws. Following completion of the Texas Reincorporation, the rights of our shareholders will be governed by the TBOC, Texas case law, the Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws.

The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws have been drafted with an intent to reflect the Montana Charter and Montana Bylaws to the extent legally and practically possible. Nonetheless, because of differences between the TBOC and the MBCA, as well as areas in which the MBCA is silent or limited in its codification, differences, which in some areas are substantial, will be in effect

The following discussion does not provide a complete description of the differences that may affect you. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the TBOC and MBCA, the Montana Charter and Montana Bylaws, the Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws, and the body of case law in both jurisdictions, and some of the differences in the legal considerations below may not affect you in light of the provisions of the Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws, which opt in to certain determinations as permitted under the TBOC.

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Number of DirectorsUnder the MBCA, a corporation’s board of directors must consist of one or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to or in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws. The Montana Bylaws provide that the number of directors shall at least five (5) and not more than eighteen (18), with the precise number of directors within that range to be set from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.Under the TBOC, the number of directors shall be set by, or in the manner provided by, the certificate of formation or bylaws, except that the number of directors on the initial board of directors must be set by the certificate of formation. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by amendment to, or as provided by, the certificate of formation or bylaws. If the certificate of formation or bylaws do not set the number constituting the board of directors or provide for the manner in which the number of directors must be determined, the number of directors is the same as the number constituting the initial board of directors as set by the certificate of formation. The proposed Texas Certificate sets the initial number of directors at five. The proposed Texas Bylaws sets forth manner in which the number of directors shall be set from time to time.
Procedures for Filling Vacant DirectorshipsUnder the MBCA, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a corporation’s board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders or the board of directors may fill the vacancy, or, if the directors remaining in office are less than a quorum, the vacancy may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office. Under the Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws, any vacancy on the board of directors, including a vacancy created by the increase in the number of directors on the board of directors, may be filled solely by the directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum of the total number of directors specified in the Montana Articles or Montana Bylaws.Under the TBOC, except as provided below with respect to class voting, vacancies may be filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by the election at an annual or special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy occurring in the board of directors is the unexpired term of the director’s predecessor in office. Except as provided below with respect to class voting, a directorship to be filled because of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the shareholders or by the board of directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more directors by the shareholders. The board of directors may not fill more than two such directorships during the period between any two successive annual meetings of shareholders. Unless otherwise authorized by a corporation’s certificate of formation, a vacancy or a newly
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created vacancy in a director position that the certificate of formation entitles the holders of a class or series of shares or group of classes or series of shares to elect may be filled only: (1) by the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors then in office elected by the class, series, or group; (2) by the sole remaining director elected in that manner; or (3) by the affirmative vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the class, series, or group.
Removal of DirectorsUnder the MBCA, shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause. If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that director. A director may be removed if the number of votes cast to remove exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove the director, except to the extent the articles of incorporation or bylaws require a greater number. However, if cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if, in the case of a meeting, the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is cast against removal and, if action is taken by less than unanimous written consent, voting shareholders entitled to the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting do not consent to the removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director, and the meeting notice must state that removal of the director is the purpose of the meeting. The Montana Bylaws provide that a director may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the shareholders then entitled to vote at an election of such director if the number of votes cast to remove such director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove such director, at any meeting of the shareholders at whichUnder the TBOC, subject to the exceptions discussed below or as otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation, the holders of a majority of shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors may remove a director or the entire board of directors with or without cause. Unless the certificate of formation provides otherwise, if a Texas corporation’s directors serve staggered terms, a director may only be removed for cause. If the certificate of formation permits cumulative voting and less than the entire board is to be removed, a director may not be removed if the votes cast against the removal would be sufficient to elect him or her if cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors, or if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which the director is a part. Where the certificate of formation provides that separate classes or series of shareholders are entitled, as such a class or series, to elect separate directors, in calculating the sufficiency of votes for removal of such a director, only the votes of the holders of such a class or series are considered. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not provide for staggered terms or cumulative voting. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a change in the voting percentage.
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a quorum is present and the notice for which states that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting shall be removal of such director named in that notice.
Action by Written Consent of DirectorsUnder the MBCA, unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the board of directors of a Montana corporation may act without a meeting if the action is approved by members holding at least 80% of the voting power. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents that describe the action taken, be signed by those members representing at least 80% of the voting power, and be delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws, a written consent stating the action taken and signed by all members of the board of directors of a Texas corporation is also an act of the board of directors. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a change in the written consent percentage.
Action by Written Consent of ShareholdersUnder the MBCA, shareholders to act by written consent, but, unless otherwise provided by the company’s articles of incorporation, such actions must be consented to by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, shareholders may act without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, with the written consent of (1) all shareholders or (2) if authorized by the certificate of formation, the shareholders having at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the action that is the subject of the consent at a meeting, in which each owner or member entitled to vote on the action is present and votes. If less than unanimous written consent is given, the corporation must give prompt notice of the action taken to the non-consenting shareholders. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a change in the written consent percentage.
Quorum and Required Vote for Stock CorporationsUnder the MBCA, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for a greater or lesser number or the MBCA expressly provides otherwise, a quorum of a board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws and may not consist of less than one-third of the specified or fixed number of directors. The Montana Bylaws provide that a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting by any voting group entitled toUnder the TBOC, subject to the following sentence, the holders of the majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders of a Texas corporation that are present or represented by proxy at the meeting are a quorum for the consideration of a matter to be presented at that meeting. The certificate of formation of a corporation may provide that a quorum is present only if: (1) the holders of a specified portion of the shares that is greater than the majority of the shares entitled to vote are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy; or (2) the holders of a specified portion of the shares that is less than the majority but not less
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vote on a matter, present in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum for action by that voting group on that matter at the meeting.than one-third of the shares entitled to vote are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a change in the quorum percentage.
Shareholder Vote for Fundamental Business TransactionsUnder the MBCA, in addition to approval by the board of directors, unless the articles of incorporation require a greater vote or a lesser vote, the terms of a merger or a share exchange generally must be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the plan of merger or share exchange and, if any class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a separate group on the plan of merger or share exchange, the approval of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the merger or share exchange by that voting group. A shareholder vote is not required for a plan of merger if (a) the company will survive the merger, (b) the articles of the corporation will not be amended or the amendment is such that shareholder approval is not required, (c) each shareholder with shares that were outstanding immediately before the merger’s effective date will hold the same number of shares with identical preferences, rights and limitations immediately after the merger, and (d) the issuance in the merger of shares or other securities convertible into or rights exercisable for shares does not require a vote under Montana law. The Montana Articles do not include a higher voting threshold so the default voting standard for such business transactions applies.Under the TBOC, unless otherwise provided for in the TBOC or the certificate of formation of a corporation, shareholders holding at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of a class entitled to vote on the matter must typically approve fundamental business transactions such as: (1) a merger; (2) an interest exchange; (3) a conversion; or (4) a sale of all or substantially all of the corporation’s assets that is not made in the usual and regular course of the corporation’s business. The certificate of formation can provide for a different threshold of approval, but not less than a majority of the shares entitled to vote. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a lower voting threshold so the default voting standard for such business transactions applies.
Shareholder Vote for Sales, Leases, Exchanges or Other DispositionsUnder the MBCA, unless the articles of incorporation require a greater vote or a lesser vote, a sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of assets, not in the ordinary course of business, requires approval of the corporation’s shareholders if the disposition would leave the corporation without a significant continuing business activity. In such instances, as well as a dissolution of the corporation, the disposition or dissolution requires approval of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast and, if anyUnder the TBOC, generally the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of a Texas corporation requires the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, unless the corporation’s certificate of formation sets a lower threshold (which may not be less than a majority of the voting shares). No such approval is required, however, if the transaction is made in the usual and regular
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class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a separate group, the approval of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by that voting group. The Montana Articles do not include a higher voting threshold so the default voting standard for such business transactions applies.course of a Texas corporation’s business. Under Texas law, even the transfer of substantially all of a corporation’s assets in such a manner that the corporation continues directly or indirectly to engage in one or more businesses is deemed not to be a transaction requiring shareholder approval under the TBOC. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not include a lower voting threshold so the default voting standard applies.
Charter AmendmentsMontana law provides that a corporation may amend its articles of incorporation by adoption of a board resolution followed by a majority vote of shareholders entitled to vote, unless the articles of incorporation require a greater or lesser vote. In addition, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, directors may amend the company’s articles of incorporation without shareholder approval (i) to make certain administrative changes, (ii) if the corporation has only one class of shares outstanding: to change each issued and unissued authorized share of the class into a greater number of whole shares of that class or to increase the number of authorized shares of the class to the extent necessary to permit the issuance of shares as a share dividend, or (iii) if so authorized by the articles of incorporation to classify or reclassify any unissued shares into one or more classes or into one or more series within a class as provided. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, subject to limited exceptions, an amendment to the certificate of formation requires the approval of (i) the board of directors and (ii) the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of a Texas corporation, unless a different threshold, not less than a majority, is specified in the certificate of formation. The proposed Texas Certificate provides for the approval of an amendment to the certificate of formation by a majority of the outstanding shares in addition to the approval of the board of directors.
Bylaw AmendmentsMontana law provides that shareholders may amend or repeal the company’s bylaws. Montana law also provides that the board may amend or repeal the bylaws unless the articles of incorporation or Montana law reserves that power exclusively to the shareholders or if the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors may not amend, repeal, or adopt that bylaw, except that with respect to bylaws pertaining to proxy solicitations for the election of directors, the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting such a bylaw may not limit theGenerally, under the TBOC, the board of directors may amend, repeal or adopt a Texas corporation’s bylaws. However, (i) the shareholders may amend, repeal or adopt bylaws even if the directors also have that power and (ii) a Texas corporation’s certificate of formation may wholly or partly reserve the power to amend, repeal or adopt bylaws exclusively to the shareholders. Similarly, the shareholders, in amending, repealing or adopting a particular bylaw, may expressly provide that the board of directors may not amend, readopt or repeal that bylaw. In addition to that provided above under the TBOC, the proposed Texas Bylaws specify certain
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authority of the board of directors to amend or repeal any condition or procedure set forth in or to add any procedure or condition to such bylaw to provide for a reasonable, practical, and orderly process. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.sections of the bylaws which may only be amended by a vote of 66 2/3s of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities, voting together as a single class.
Inspection of Books and RecordsUnder the MBCA, a shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a Montana corporation’s principal office, the corporation’s books and records, excluding minutes of meetings of and records of actions taken without a meeting by the corporation’s board of directors and board committees, if the shareholder gives the corporation a signed written notice of the shareholder’s demand at least 5 business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy. The Montana Articles provide that any shareholder of record or properly appointed agent shall, upon written demand stating the proper purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect the Corporation’s records.Under the TBOC, a shareholder may inspect a Texas corporation’s books and records during normal business hours upon written demand stating a proper purpose if such shareholder holds at least 5% of the outstanding shares of stock of the Texas corporation or has been a holder of shares for at least six months prior to such demand. If a Texas corporation refuses to allow a person to examine and make copies of account records, minutes, and share transfer records under the TBOC, the Texas corporation is liable to the shareholder for any cost or expense, including attorney’s fees, incurred in enforcing the shareholder’s rights under the TBOC. A Texas corporation may defend against an inspection action by establishing that the shareholder: (1) has sold or offered for sale, or has aided or abetted a person in procuring a list of shareholders or of holders of voting trust certificates for the purpose of selling, a list of shareholders or of holders of voting trust certificates for shares of the Texas corporation or any other corporation within the two years preceding the date the action is brought; (2) has improperly used information obtained through prior examination of the books, account records, minutes, or share transfer records of the corporation or any other corporation; or (3) was not acting in good faith or for a proper purpose in making the request. Neither the proposed Texas Certificate nor the Texas Bylaws vary from the provisions of the TBOC.
Interested Party TransactionApprovalsMontana law provides that a contract or transaction between a corporation and one or more of its directors, or between a corporation and any other entity in which one or more of its directors are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, may not be enjoined, set aside or give rise to damages if: (i) it is approved by a majority of qualified directors; (ii) it is approved by theThe TBOC provides that an otherwise valid and enforceable contract or transaction between a corporation and (1) one or more directors or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more directors or officers, of the corporation; or (2) an entity or other organization in which one or more directors or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more directors or officers, of the corporation: (A) is a
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affirmative vote of a majority of all qualified shares; or (iii) at the time of commitment, the transaction was fair to the corporation. For purposes of this provision, a “qualified director” is one who does not have (a) a conflicting interest respecting the transaction or (b) a familial, financial, professional or employment relationship with a second director who does have such a conflict and which relationship would reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the first director’s judgment when voting on the transaction. “Qualified shares” are defined generally as shares other than those beneficially owned, or the voting of which is controlled, by a director who has a conflicting interest respecting the transaction. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.managerial official; or (B) has a financial interest is valid and enforceable, and is not void or voidable, notwithstanding such relationship or interest if any one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) the material facts as to the applicable relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed to or known by: (A) the corporation’s board of directors or a committee of the board of directors, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the approval of the majority of the disinterested directors or committee members, regardless of whether the disinterested directors or committee members constitute a quorum; or (B) the shareholders entitled to vote on the authorization of the contract or transaction, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by a vote of the shareholders; or (2) the contract or transaction is fair to the corporation when the contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified by the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, or the shareholders. The TBOC expressly provides that if at least one of the above conditions is satisfied, neither the corporation nor any of the corporation’s shareholders will have a cause of action against any of the corporation’s directors or officers for breach of duty with respect to the making, authorization, or performance of the contract or transaction because the person had an applicable relationship or interest. Neither the proposed Texas Certificate nor the Texas Bylaws vary from the provisions of the TBOC.
Limitation of Liability of ShareholdersUnder the MBCA, unless the certificate of incorporation otherwise provides, the shareholders of a corporation shall not be personally liable for any liabilities of the corporation, including liabilities arising from acts of the corporation, except as they may be liable by reason of their own acts or conduct. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, subject to certain exceptions, a shareholder’s liability is limited to its contributed capital. Neither the proposed Texas Certificate nor the Texas Bylaws vary from the provisions of the TBOC.
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Limitation of Personal Liability of Directors and OfficersMontana law provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation may eliminate or limit personal liability for conduct as a director, except for the amount of an improper personal benefit, intentional misconduct, intentional violations of criminal law, or unlawful distributions. Montana law does not provide for the elimination or limitation of personal liability for conduct as an officer. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, a Texas corporation is permitted to provide that a director is not liable, or is liable only to the extent provided by the certificate of formation, to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission by the person in the person’s capacity as a director. The TBOC does not, however, permit any limitation of the liability of a director for: (i) a breach of the duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders; (ii) an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty of the person to the corporation or involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) a transaction from which the director obtains an improper benefit, regardless of whether the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the person’s duties; or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability of a director is expressly provided by an applicable statute (such as wrongful distributions). The proposed Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws provides limitation of liability and indemnification protections to directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the TBOC.
Considerations by DirectorsUnder the MBCA, directors must act in good faith and in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. In discharging their duties, the director who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, prepared or presented by certain officers and employees of the corporation or legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the corporation. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, in discharging the duties of director under the TBOC or otherwise and in considering the best interests of the corporation, a director is entitled to consider the long-term and short-term interests of the corporation and the shareholders of the corporation, including the possibility that those interests may be best served by the continued independence of the corporation. In discharging the duties of a director or officer under the TBOC or otherwise, a director or officer of a corporation is entitled to consider any social purpose specified in the corporation’s certificate of formation. In addition, the TBOC provides that nothing in the applicable section thereof prohibits or limits a director or officer of a corporation that does not have a social purpose specified as a purpose in the corporation’s certificate of formation from considering, approving, or taking an action that promotes or has the effect of promoting a social, charitable, or environmental purpose. Neither the proposed Texas Certificate nor the Texas Bylaws vary from the provisions of the TBOC.
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Indemnification of Directors and OfficersUnder the MBCA, indemnification of directors and officers is authorized to cover judgments, amounts paid in settlement, and expenses arising out of actions where the director or officer acted in good faith and in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in criminal cases, where the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Unless limited by the corporation’s articles of incorporation, Montana law requires indemnification if the director or officer is wholly successful on the merits of the action. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws require that the Corporation indemnify directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law.Under the TBOC, a Texas corporation is permitted to indemnify a director, former director, or delegate who was, is, or is threatened to be made a respondent in a proceeding, against (i) judgments and (ii) expenses (other than a judgment) reasonably and actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding if the person: (a) acted in good faith; (b) reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in the person’s official capacity, that the person’s conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and in any other case, that the person’s conduct was not opposed to the corporation’s best interests; and (c) in the case of a criminal proceeding, did not have a reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. In addition, the TBOC permits indemnification of other persons as described in the section entitled “Persons Covered” below. If, however, the person is found liable to a Texas corporation, or is found liable on the basis he or she received an improper personal benefit, then indemnification under the TBOC is limited to the reimbursement of reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with the proceeding, and which excludes a judgment, a penalty, a fine, and an excise or similar tax, including an excise tax assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan. Furthermore, no indemnification will be available if the person is found liable for: (i) willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person’s duty to the corporation; (ii) breach of the person’s duty of loyalty owed to the corporation; or (iii) an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the corporation. The proposed Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws provides limitation of liability and indemnification protections to directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the TBOC.
Advancement of ExpensesThe MBCA provides that a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding by an individual who is a party to the proceeding because that individual is a director if the director delivers to the corporation a signed, writtenA corporation may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a present director or officer who was, is, or is threatened to be made a respondent in a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding without making the determinations required for permissive indemnification after the corporation receives: (1) a written affirmation by the person
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undertaking of the director to repay any funds advanced in the event that (i) the director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Montana law and (ii) it is ultimately determined under Montana law that the director is not entitled to indemnification. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law with respect to advancement of expenses.of the person’s good faith belief that the person has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and (2) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if the final determination is that the person has not met that standard or that indemnification is prohibited by the TBOC. The proposed Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws provides limitation of liability and indemnification protections to directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the TBOC.
Mandatory IndemnificationThe MBCA requires indemnification for a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the corporation against expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.The TBOC requires indemnification for reasonable expenses actually incurred only if the director is wholly successful on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. The proposed Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws provides limitation of liability and indemnification protections to directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the TBOC.
Persons CoveredUnder the MBCA, an officer who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification and may apply to a court for indemnification or an advance for expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled to indemnification or advance for expenses. The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation who is not a director to the same extent as to a director. The corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract. The Montana Bylaws provide that employees and agents of the corporation may be indemnified to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the board of directors.The TBOC generally provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to a person who is not a director, including an officer, employee or agent, as provided by: (1) the corporation’s governing documents; (2) general or specific action of the corporation’s board of directors; (3) resolution of the shareholders; (4) contract; or (5) common law. A corporation must indemnify an officer to the same extent that indemnification is required under the TBOC for a director. A determination of indemnification for a person who is not a director of a corporation, including an officer, employee, or agent, is not required to be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the relevant sections of the TBOC. The proposed Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws provides limitation of liability and indemnification protections to directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the TBOC.
Selection of ForumUnder the MBCA, the governing documents of a Montana entity may require that any or all internal corporate claims (asUnder the TBOC, the governing documents of a Texas entity may require, consistent with applicable state and federal jurisdictional
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defined in the MBCA) must be brought exclusively in any specified court or courts in Montana and, if so specified, in any additional courts in Montana or in any other jurisdictions with which the corporation has a reasonable relationship. Under the Montana Bylaws, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company; (b) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee, or shareholder of the Company to the Company or the Company’s shareholders; (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the MBCA, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws (as either may be amended or restated) or as to which the MBCA confers jurisdiction on the State of Montana District Court of Lake and Sanders Counties; or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.requirements, that any internal entity claims shall be brought only in a court in Texas. “Internal entity claim” means a claim of any nature, including a derivative claim in the right of an entity, that is based on, arises from, or relates to the internal affairs of the entity. Internal affairs include the rights, powers, and duties of the entity’s governing persons, officers, owners, and members, and matters relating to the entity’s membership or ownership interests. The proposed Texas Bylaws and Certificate provide that the sole and exclusive forum for certain matters relating to the internal affairs of the corporation shall be, first, the Business Court in the Eleventh Business Court Division of the State of Texas, unless such court is not then accepting filings or lacks jurisdiction, in which case the exclusive forum shall be either the federal district court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, or if there is not federal jurisdiction then the state district court of Harris County, Texas. The exclusive forum provision in the proposed Texas Bylaws explicitly states that it shall not apply to any direct claims under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Stock Ownership Requirement for Derivative Suits; Jury TrialsUnder the MBCA, a shareholder may not institute or maintain a derivative suit if it appears that the plaintiff does not fairly and adequately represent the interests of shareholders or members who are similarly situated in enforcing the right of the corporation or association. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, a shareholder may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding unless: (1) the shareholder was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction in question, or became a shareholder by operation of law originating from a person that was a shareholder at the time of the transaction in question; and (2) the shareholder fairly and adequately represents the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the corporation. The TBOC also permits a corporation to set an ownership threshold in connection with the initiation of a derivative suit. Under Texas law, in civil cases, a party generally has a right to a jury trial to determine questions of fact if the party timely demands a jury and pays the jury fee. The proposed Texas Bylaws provide that no shareholder or group of shareholders may institute or maintain a derivative proceeding brought on
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behalf of the corporation against any director and/or officer of the corporation in his or her official capacity, unless the shareholder or group of shareholders, at the time the derivative proceeding is instituted, beneficially owns a number of shares of common stock sufficient to meet an ownership threshold of at least three percent of the outstanding shares of the corporation.
Business Combination StatuteThe MBCA does not contain any relevant provision. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.Under the TBOC, a Texas “issuing public corporation” is generally prohibited from, directly or indirectly, entering into (i) mergers, share exchanges or conversions with an affiliated shareholder or other entity that after such transaction would be an affiliate or associate of an affiliated shareholder, and certain other entities, (ii) sales, leases, exchanges, mortgages, pledges, transfers or other dispositions of assets having an aggregate market value of 10% or more of (a) the aggregate market value of the consolidated assets of such Texas public corporation, (b) the aggregate market value of the outstanding voting stock of such Texas public corporation or (c) the earning power or net income of such Texas public corporation on a consolidated basis, (iii) certain transactions that would result in the issuance or transfer of shares of such Texas public corporation to an affiliated shareholder or an affiliate or associate, (iv) liquidation or dissolution plans or proposals with an affiliated shareholder or an associate or an affiliate of an associate of an affiliated shareholder, (v) certain transactions, including reclassifications of securities or other share distributions or recapitalizations, that have the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate ownership percentage of the outstanding shares of a class or series of voting shares or securities convertible into voting shares of the issuing public corporation that is beneficially owned by the affiliated shareholder or an affiliate or associate of the affiliated shareholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or (vi) loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial assistance or a tax credit or other tax advantages the recipient of which is an affiliated shareholder or an affiliate or associate of an affiliated shareholder, in each case, with an “affiliated shareholder” or any affiliate or associate of the “affiliated shareholder” for a period of three years after
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the date the shareholder obtained “affiliated shareholder” status. “Affiliated shareholder” is generally broadly defined as a person who beneficially owns (or has owned within the preceding three-year period) 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a Texas public corporation. “Issuing public corporation” means a Texas corporation that has: (i) 100 or more shareholders of record as shown by the share transfer records of the corporation; (ii) a class or series of the corporation’s voting shares registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 77b et seq.), as amended; or (iii) a class or series of the corporation’s voting shares qualified for trading on a national securities exchange. The TBOC provides an exception to this prohibition if: (i) the board of directors of the corporation approves the transaction or the acquisition of shares by the affiliated shareholder prior to the affiliated shareholder becoming an affiliated shareholder; or (ii) the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting shares not beneficially owned by the affiliated shareholder or an affiliate or associate of the affiliated shareholder approve the transaction at a meeting held no earlier than six months after the shareholder acquires such ownership. The TBOC expressly provides that the foregoing shareholder approval may not be by written consent. In addition to the provisions set forth in the TBOC, the proposed Texas Certificate also provides that no business combination with any interested shareholder (owning beneficially or of record 15% or more of the voting shares of the Corporation) shall occur for a period of three years after the date such person became an interested shareholder unless otherwise approved by the Board or such other exceptions as more fully set forth in the Texas Certificate.
Dissent and Appraisal RightsUnder the MBCA, a shareholder is entitled to dissent from and, upon perfection of his or her appraisal right, to obtain fair value of his or her shares in the event of certain corporate actions, including certain mergers, consolidations, share exchanges, sales of substantially all assets of the corporation, and amendments to the corporation’s articles of incorporation that materially and adverselyUnder the TBOC, except for the limited classes of mergers, consolidations, sales and asset dispositions for which no shareholder approval is required under Texas law, shareholders of Texas corporations with voting rights have dissenters’ rights in the event of a merger, consolidation, interest exchange, conversion, sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all, the property and assets of the corporation. However, a
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affect shareholder rights. Subject to certain exceptions, however, appraisal rights do not apply to shares of any class or series of shares that is: (i) a covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) traded in an organized market and has at least 2,000 shareholders and a market value of at least $20 million, exclusive of the value of shares of that class or series held by the corporation’s subsidiaries, senior executives, and directors and by any beneficial shareholder and any voting trust beneficial owner owning more than 10% of those shares; or (iii) issued by an open-end management investment company registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that may be redeemed at the option of the holder at net asset value. The Montana Articles and Montana Bylaws do not vary from Montana law.shareholder of a Texas corporation has no dissenters’ rights with respect to any plan of merger or conversion in which there is a single surviving or new domestic or foreign corporation, or with respect to any plan of exchange if: (1) the ownership has no dissenters’ rights with respect to any plan of merger or conversion in which there is a single surviving or new domestic or foreign corporation, or with respect to any plan of exchange if: (1) the ownership interest, or a depository receipt in respect of the ownership interest, held by the owner is part of a class or series of ownership interests, or depository receipts in respect of ownership interests, that are, on the record date set for purposes of determining which owners are entitled to vote on the plan of merger, conversion, or exchange, as appropriate: (A) listed on a national securities exchange; or (B) held of record by at least 2,000 owners; (2) the owner is not required by the terms of the plan of merger, conversion, or exchange, as appropriate, to accept for the owner’s ownership interest any consideration that is different from the consideration to be provided to any other holder of an ownership interest of the same class or series as the ownership interest held by the owner, other than cash instead of fractional shares or interests the owner would otherwise be entitled to receive; and (3) the owner is not required by the terms of the plan of merger, conversion, or exchange, as appropriate, to accept for the owner’s ownership interest any consideration other than: (A) ownership interests, or depository receipts in respect of ownership interests, of another entity of the same general organizational type that, immediately after the effective date of the merger, conversion, or exchange, as appropriate, will be part of a class or series of ownership interests, or depository receipts in respect of ownership interests, that are: (i) listed on a national securities exchange or authorized for listing on the exchange on official notice of issuance; or (ii) held of record by at least 2,000 owners; (B) cash instead of fractional ownership. The proposed Texas Certificate and Texas Bylaws do not vary from the TBOC.

Conclusion

After careful review of all of the factors, taken together, the Board believes that the Texas Reincorporation is in the best interests of the Company and all of its shareholders, and the Board recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” the Texas Reincorporation.

Effect of Not Obtaining the Required Vote for Approval

If the Texas Reincorporation Proposal fails to obtain the requisite vote for approval, the Texas Reincorporation will not be consummated, and the Company’s domicile will be unchanged by this vote.

Approval of this Proposal 2 requires that the proposal receive “For” votes from the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the annual meeting that cast votes with respect to this Proposal 2. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count towards a quorum but will have no effect on the outcome of this Proposal 2.

The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of this reincorporation reflected in this Proposal 2.

PROPOSAL 3 – ADOPTION OF AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Shareholders are being asked to approve the United States Antimony Corporation Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which was unanimously adopted, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board on May 30, 2025.

The 2023 Equity Incentive Plan currently limits the aggregate number of shares of USAC common stock (“Common Stock”) that may be delivered pursuant to awards granted to 8,700,000 shares. The Plan would increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for award grants by approximately 15,000,000 shares so that the new aggregate share limit for the Plan would be approximately 23,700,000 shares.

As of June 6, 2025, a total of 6,217,733 shares of Common Stock were then subject to outstanding awards granted under the Plan, and an additional 284,767 shares of Common Stock were then available for new award grants under the Plan. If shareholders approve this proposal, which increases the aggregate share limit under the plan by approximately 15,000,000 shares, the number of shares available for new awards would increase from 284,767 shares to 15,284,767 shares (based on awards outstanding as of June 6, 2025).

The Company believes that incentives and stock-based awards focus employees on the objective of creating shareholder value and promoting the success of the Company, and that incentive compensation plans like the Plan are an important attraction, retention and motivation tool for participants in the Plan. Our long-term equity incentives help align our NEOs’ interests with those of our shareholders, help hold executives accountable for performance, and help us attract, motivate and retain executives. Our Board approved the Plan based on a belief that the number of shares currently available for new award grants under the Plan does not give the Company sufficient authority and flexibility to adequately provide for future incentives. Our Board believes that the Plan will give us greater flexibility to structure future incentives and better attract, retain and reward our executives and key employees. In addition, the Plan will also update the governing law of the Plan to Texas, provided that the Texas Reincorporation Proposal is also approved by the shareholders.

If shareholders do not approve the Plan, the Company will continue to have the authority to grant awards under the Plan as it was previously in effect, without giving effect to the proposed amendment and restatement.

Summary Description of the Plan

The principal terms of the Plan are summarized below. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Plan, which appears as Exhibit E to this Proxy Statement.

Administration. In general, the Plan will be administered by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board, which consists of two or more non-employee directors serving on the Board. The Compensation Committee will determine the persons to whom options to purchase shares of Common Stock, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock units, restricted or unrestricted shares of Common Stock, performance shares, performance units, other equity-based awards and other cash-based awards may be granted. The Compensation Committee may also establish rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and amendments or modifications of outstanding awards. The Compensation Committee may delegate authority to the chief executive officer, other executive officers of the Company or our subsidiaries to grant options and other awards to employees (other than themselves), subject to applicable law and the Plan. No options, stock purchase rights or awards may be made under the Plan on or after July 31, 2035, but the Plan will continue thereafter while previously granted options, SARs or other awards remain outstanding.

Eligibility. Persons eligible to receive options, SARs or other awards under the Plan are those employees, directors and consultants of the Company or any subsidiary. As of June 6, 2025, we had approximately 50 full-time employees, 6 executive officers, 3 non-employee directors and 1 consultant. As awards under the Plan are within the discretion of the Compensation Committee, we cannot determine how many individuals in each of the categories described above will receive awards.

Shares Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance in connection with options and other awards granted under the Plan previously in effect was 8,700,000. As of June 6, 2025, 284,767 shares of Common Stock remained available for grant under the Plan. If shareholders approve this proposal, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the Plan (the “Plan Share Limit”) will increase from 284,767 shares to 15,284,767 shares, an increase of 15,000,000 shares.

“Incentive stock options” (“ISOs”), which are intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), may be granted under the Plan with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan (the “ISO Limit”).

Any shares of Common Stock subject to an award that expires or is canceled, forfeited, or terminated without issuance of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the award related will again be available for issuance under the Plan. No shares subject to an award will become available again if such shares are (a) shares tendered in payment of an option, (b) shares delivered or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation, or (c) shares covered by a stock-settled SAR or other awards that were not issued upon the settlement of the award.

The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant awards under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”). Substitute Awards are not counted against the Plan Share Limit; provided, that, Substitute Awards issued in connection with the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options shall be counted against the ISO Limit. Subject to applicable stock exchange requirements, available shares under a shareholder-approved plan of an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect such acquisition or transaction) may be used for awards under the Plan and shall not count toward the Plan Share Limit.

The number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan and the foregoing share limitations are subject to customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, similar transactions or any other change affecting our Common Stock.

Terms and Conditions of Options. Options granted under the Plan may be either ISOs or non-qualified stock (“NSOs”) options that do not meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. The Compensation Committee will determine the exercise price of options granted under the Plan. The exercise price of options may not be less than the fair market value per share of our Common Stock on the date of grant (or 110% of fair market value in the case of ISOs granted to a ten-percent shareholder).

If on the date of grant the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange or is quoted on the automated quotation system of the NYSE American the fair market value will generally be the closing price of a share of our Common Stock on the date of grant (or if no sales were reported on such date, the first sale price after the grant of the award) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or a reputable alternative publication. In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the fair market value will be determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

No option may be exercisable for more than ten years (five years in the case of an ISO granted to a ten-percent shareholder) from the date of grant. Options granted under the Plan will be exercisable at such time or times as the Compensation Committee prescribes at the time of grant. No employee may receive ISOs that first become exercisable in any calendar year in an amount exceeding $100,000, unless otherwise specifically provided in the award agreement. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, permit a holder of an option to exercise the option before it has otherwise become exercisable, in which case the shares of our Common Stock issued to the recipient will continue to be subject to the vesting requirements that applied to the option before exercise.

Generally, the option price may be paid in cash or by certified check, bank draft or money order. The Compensation Committee may permit other methods of payment, including (a) through delivery of shares of our Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the purchase price, (b) through a “cashless” exercise program established with a broker, (c) by reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exercise of such option with a fair market value equal to the aggregate option exercise price at the time of exercise, or (d) by any combination of the foregoing methods.

No ISO may be transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during a recipient’s lifetime an ISO may be exercised only by the recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the recipient may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the recipient, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise such ISO.

An NSO may, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, be transferred to immediate family members, trusts for estate planning purposes or certain other affiliates of the holder, upon written approval by the Compensation

Committee to the extent provided in an award agreement. If an NSO does not provide for transferability, then the NSO shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the holder only by the holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the holder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Compensation Committee may grant SARs under the Plan. The Compensation Committee will determine the other terms applicable to SARs. The exercise price per share of a SAR will not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of our Common Stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The maximum term of any SAR granted under the Plan is ten years from the date of grant. Generally, each SAR will entitle a participant upon exercise to an amount equal to the number of shares of our Common Stock subject to the SAR that is being exercised multiplied by the excess of (i) the fair market value of a share of our Common Stock on the date it is exercised, over (ii) the exercise price specified in the SAR or related option.

Payment may be made in shares of our Common Stock, in cash, or partly in Common Stock and partly in cash, all as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Compensation Committee may award restricted Common Stock and/or restricted stock units under the Plan. Restricted stock awards consist of shares of stock that are transferred to a participant subject to restrictions that may result in forfeiture if specified conditions are not satisfied. Restricted stock units confer the right to receive shares of our Common Stock, cash, or a combination of shares and cash, at a future date upon or following the attainment of certain conditions specified by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may require that restricted stock be held by Company or in escrow rather than delivered to a participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions. Subject to applicable restrictions, a participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a shareholder as to restricted stock, including the right to vote such restricted stock and the right to receive dividends. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued at the time a restricted stock unit is granted, unless otherwise specifically provided in the award agreement. A participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any restricted stock units. The Compensation Committee may also grant restricted stock units with a deferral feature, whereby settlement is deferred beyond the vesting date until the occurrence of a future payment date or other event. Dividend equivalent amounts shall be paid currently (and in no case later than the end of the calendar year in which the dividend is paid to the holders of the Common Stock or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the date the dividend is paid to holders of the Common Stock).

Performance Shares and Performance Units. The Compensation Committee may award performance shares and/or performance units under the Plan. Performance shares and performance units are awards, denominated in shares of Common Stock, which are earned during a specified performance period subject to the attainment of performance criteria, as established by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee will determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each award of performance shares and performance units.

Other Equity-Based Awards and Cash Awards. The Compensation Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards, either alone or in tandem with other awards, in such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Compensation Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Each Equity-Based Award shall be evidenced by an award agreement and shall be subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be reflected in the applicable award agreement. The Compensation Committee may grant Cash Awards in such amounts and subject to such performance goals, other vesting conditions, and such other terms as the Compensation Committee determines in its discretion. Cash Awards shall be evidenced in such form as the Compensation Committee may determine.

Effect of Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Plan), all outstanding awards granted under the Plan shall become immediately exercisable with respect to 100% of the shares, other equity or cash subject to such awards. In the case of any option or SAR with an exercise price or SAR Exercise Price, as applicable, that equals or exceeds the price paid for a share of our Common Stock in connection with the Change in Control, the Compensation Committee may cancel the Option or SAR without the payment of consideration therefor.

Our obligations under the Plan are binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation, or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company and its affiliates.

Amendment, Termination. The Board may at any time amend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that except as provided with respect to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, and to assure compliance with Section 409A of the Code, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company to the extent shareholder approval is necessary to satisfy any applicable laws. At the time of such amendment, the Board shall determine, upon advice from counsel, whether such amendment will be contingent on shareholder approval.

If the Compensation Committee exercises its discretionary authority to accelerate the exercise or vesting schedule of an award, then to the extent practicable, the actions taken by the Compensation Committee shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected holders the ability to participate in the Change in Control with respect to the shares of our Common Stock subject to awards.

Approval of this Proposal 3 requires that the proposal receive “For” votes from the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the annual meeting that cast votes with respect to this Proposal 3. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count towards a quorum but will have no effect on the outcome of this Proposal 3.

The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan reflected in this Proposal 3.

PROPOSAL 4 – ADVISORY VOTE APPROVING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

General

Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, we are asking our shareholders to indicate their support for our NEO compensation as described in the Proxy Statement in accordance with the standards established under Item 402 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act. This advisory and non-binding vote gives our shareholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our NEOs. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this Proxy Statement. Accordingly, we will ask our shareholders to vote “FOR” the following resolution at the Annual Meeting.

This vote is advisory and, therefore, not binding on the Company or the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee values the opinions of our shareholders and will review the voting results when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

Approval of this Proposal 4 requires that the proposal receive “For” votes from the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the annual meeting that cast votes with respect to this Proposal 4. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count towards a quorum but will have no effect on the outcome of this Proposal 4.

The Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement and reflected in this Proposal 4.

PROPOSAL 5 – RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

The Audit Committee has selected Assure CPA, LLC as our independent auditor for the years ending December 31, 2025 and that selection is being submitted to shareholders for ratification. Although ratification is not required by our bylaws or otherwise, the Audit Committee is submitting the selection of Assure CPA, LLC to our shareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the selection is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it is appropriate to select another registered public accounting firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may select a different registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of USAC and our shareholders.

Approval of this Proposal 5 requires that the proposal receive “For” votes from the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at the annual meeting that cast votes with respect to this Proposal 5. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count towards a quorum but will have no effect on the outcome of this Proposal 5.

The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Assure CPA, LLC as our independent auditor for the 2025 fiscal year as reflected in this Proposal 5.

Accountant Fees and Services

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to the Company by Assure CPA, LLC for professional services rendered for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

For the Fiscal Years Ended December 31,
20242023
Audit Fees(1)$175,219$169,738
Audit-Related Fees(2)7,825—
Tax Fees(3)19,07514,430
All Other Fees(4)10,4004,400
Total$212,519$188,568
(1)Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our financial statements and review of interim consolidated financial statements included in quarterly reports and services that are normally provided by the principal accountants in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
(2)Audit-related fees relate to services for stock registrations.
(3)Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4)All other fees consist of fees not otherwise reported as audit or tax fees.

The Audit Committee of the Board determined that all of the services performed by Assure CPA, LLC in fiscal year 2024 were not incompatible with Assure CPA, LLC maintaining its independence.

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our audit committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee pre-approved all audit and tax services provided in 2024 by our independent registered public accounting firm.

HOUSEHOLDING

Shareholders of record who have the same address receive only one copy of the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials or the Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, as applicable, unless we receive contrary instructions from one or more of the shareholders. This procedure reduces the Company’s printing and mailing costs and the environmental impact of its annual meetings. Shareholders who participate in householding continue to receive separate proxy forms.

Any shareholder who would prefer to have a separate copy of the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, Proxy Statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K/A delivered to him or her at the shared address for this and future years may elect to do so by calling 406-827-3523 or by writing to our Corporate Secretary. A copy of the materials will be sent promptly to the shareholder following receipt of a written or oral request by a shareholder to receive a copy of the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, the Proxy Statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. The foregoing contact information can also be used by shareholders sharing an address to request delivery of a single copy of the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, the Proxy Statement or Annual Report on Form 10-K/A if they are receiving multiple copies of any of those documents.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

To be considered for inclusion in the proxy statement relating to our 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, we must receive shareholder proposals (other than for director nominations) no later than February 20, 2026 (120 days before the anniversary of the date notice was mailed for the prior year’s meeting), unless we update the deadline in an Exchange Act report. To be considered for presentation at the 2026 annual meeting, although not included in the proxy statement, proposals (including director nominations that are not requested to be included in our proxy statement) must be received no earlier than March 31, 2026 and no later than April 30, 2026, as set forth in Section 2.09 of the bylaws of the Company, provided, that if we move the date of the 2026 meeting more than 30 days before the anniversary date of our 2025 meeting, notice of the proposal must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the date on which we publicly announce the date of the meeting. Proposals that are not received in a timely manner will not be voted on at the 2026 annual meeting. All shareholder proposals should be marked for the attention of the Secretary of United States Antimony, Inc., 4438 W. Lovers Lane, Unit 100, Dallas, Texas 75209.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Gary C. Evans

Chairman of the Board and CEO

Appendix A

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

a Texas corporation

United States Antimony Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

A. United States Antimony Corporation, a Montana corporation (the “Montana Corporation”), with its principal place of business at [ ], was originally incorporated on January 14, 1970.

B. The Montana Corporation was converted into a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas under the name “United States Antimony Corporation” on , 2025 pursuant to a plan of conversion, under which the Montana Corporation converted to the Corporation.

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is United States Antimony Corporation

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Texas is [ ]. The name of its registered agent at such address is [CT Corporation System]. The initial mailing address of the Corporation is [ ].

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”).

ARTICLE IV

4.1. Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 300,000,000 shares, consisting of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

4.2. Increase or Decrease in Authorized Capital Stock. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, except as may be required by the TBOC, without a separate vote of the holders of the class or classes the number of authorized shares of which are being increased or decreased, unless a vote by any holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock is required by the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.4 of this Article IV.

4.3. Common Stock.

(a) The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the shareholders on which the holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required by law or this certificate of formation (this “Certificate of Formation” which term, as used herein, shall mean the certificate of formation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time, including the terms of any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock), and subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the shareholders; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Formation that relates solely to the terms, number of shares, powers, designations, preferences, or relative participating, optional or other special rights (including, without limitation, voting rights), or to qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Formation (including, without limitation, by any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the TBOC. To the maximum extent permitted by the TBOC, but subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock as specified in this Certificate of Formation or in any certificate of designation, and further subject to the Bylaws and the provisions of Article IX of this Certificate of Formation, the vote of shareholders holding a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the matter then outstanding shall be sufficient to approve, authorize, adopt, or to otherwise cause the Corporation to take, or affirm the Corporation’s taking of, any action, including any “fundamental business transaction” as defined in the TBOC.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

(c) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock in respect thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

4.4. Preferred Stock.

(a) The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by the Board of Directors (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors). The Board of Directors is further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to fix by resolution or resolutions and to set forth in a certification of designations filed pursuant to the TBOC the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participation, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and liquidation preferences of any such series, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of the foregoing.

(b) The Board of Directors is further authorized to increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series, the number of which was fixed by it, subsequent to the issuance of shares of such series then outstanding, subject to the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof stated in the Certificate of Formation or the resolution of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares of such series. If the number of shares of any series is so decreased, then the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

ARTICLE V

5.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

5.2. Number of Directors; Initial Directors; Election; Term.

(a) The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors is five and their names and addresses are as follows:

NameAddress
1.Gary C. Evans[Company Mailing Address]
2.Lloyd Joseph Bardswich
3.Blaise Aguirre, M.D.
4.Joseph A. Carrabba
5.Michael A. McManus

(b) Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, the number of directors that constitutes the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed solely by the manner provided in the Bylaws.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2, and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal.

(d) Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

5.3. Removal. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, a director may be removed from office by the shareholders of the Corporation only for cause.

5.4. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, and except as otherwise provided in the TBOC, vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled in any manner permitted by the TBOC, including by (a) the Board of Directors at any meeting of the Board of Directors by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, or (b) a sole remaining director, in each case to the extent permitted by the TBOC. A person so elected or appointed to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been assigned by the Board of Directors and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

ARTICLE VI

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

7.1. Action by Written Consent of Shareholders. Any action required or permitted by the TBOC to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all holders of shares entitled to vote on such action. Any such action taken by written consent shall be delivered to the Corporation at its principal office.

7.2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the terms of any series of Preferred Stock permitting the holders of such series of Preferred Stock to call a special meeting of the holders of such series, special meetings of shareholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, (to the extent required by the TBOC) the president, or by the holders of not less than 50% (or the highest percentage of ownership that may be set under the TBOC) of the Corporation’s then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at such special meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the shareholders.

7.3. Advance Notice. Advance notice of shareholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by shareholders before any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

8.1. Limitation of Personal Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the TBOC is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as so amended. Any repeal or amendment of this Section 8.1 by the shareholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate of Formation inconsistent with this Section 8.1 will, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors) and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

8.2. Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the TBOC, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, the Corporation is also authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) its directors, officers and agents of the Corporation (and any other persons to which the TBOC permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Formation (including any rights, preferences or other designations of Preferred Stock), in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Certificate of Formation and the TBOC; and all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon shareholders by and pursuant to this Certificate of Formation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article IX. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Formation, and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law or the terms of any series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50% of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision as part of this Certificate of Formation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of, Article V, Article VI, Article VII or this Article IX (including, without limitation, any such Article as renumbered as a result of any amendment, alteration, change, repeal or adoption of any other Article).

ARTICLE X

10.1. No business combination (as defined below) with any interested shareholder (owning beneficially or of record 15% or more of the voting shares of the Corporation) shall occur for a period of three years after the date such person became an interested shareholder unless:

(a) Prior to such date, the Board of Directors of the Corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder;

(b) Upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of the voting shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding shares owned by directors who are also officers and shares held by employee stock plans that do not provide employees with the right to determine confidentially whether shares held by the plan will be tendered); or

(c) On or subsequent to the date, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting shares that are not owned by the interested shareholder.

10.2. For purposes of this Article X, the term “business combination” shall include any merger, consolidation, share exchange, or any transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested shareholder, including sales, leases, loans, guarantees, or pledges of the Corporation’s assets.

ARTICLE XI

Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for any of the filing, adjudication and trial of (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim for or based on a breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director or officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s shareholders, including any claim alleging a conspiracy to breach a fiduciary duty, knowing participation in a breach of a fiduciary duty or aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any current or former director or officer or other employee of the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the TBOC or the certificate of formation or these bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), (iv) any action asserting a claim related to or involving the corporation that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, (v) any action asserting an “internal entity claim” as that term is defined in Section 2.115 of the TBOC, or (vi) any other action or proceeding in which the Business Court of the State of Texas has jurisdiction, shall be the Business Court in the Eleventh Business Court Division (“Business Court”) of the State of Texas provided that if the Business Court determines that it lacks jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (the “Federal Court”) or, if the Federal Court lacks jurisdiction, the state courts located in Harris County, Texas). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section shall not apply to any direct claims under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the 1934 Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, United States Antimony Corporation has caused this Certificate of Formation to be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this day of , 2025.

By:
Richard Isaak, Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Certificate of Formation]

Appendix B

BYLAWS

OF

(initially in effect pursuant to the plan of conversion adopted on , 2025)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I — CORPORATE OFFICESB-1
1.1REGISTERED OFFICEB-1
1.2OTHER OFFICESB-1
ARTICLE II — MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERSB-1
2.1PLACE OF MEETINGSB-1
2.2ANNUAL MEETINGB-1
2.3SPECIAL MEETINGB-1
2.4ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURESB-1
2.5NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGSB-5
2.6QUORUMB-5
2.7ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICEB-5
2.8CONDUCT OF BUSINESSB-6
2.9VOTINGB-6
2.10SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETINGB-6
2.11RECORD DATESB-6
2.12PROXIESB-7
2.13LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTEB-7
2.14INSPECTORS OF ELECTIONB-7
2.15PROXY ACCESSB-8
ARTICLE III — DIRECTORSB-13
3.1POWERSB-13
3.2NUMBER OF DIRECTORSB-13
3.3ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORSB-13
3.4RESIGNATION AND VACANCIESB-13
3.5PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONEB-13
3.6REGULAR MEETINGSB-14
3.7SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICEB-14
3.8QUORUM; VOTINGB-14
3.9BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETINGB-14
3.10FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORSB-15
3.11REMOVAL OF DIRECTORSB-15
ARTICLE IV — COMMITTEESB-15
4.1COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORSB-15
4.2COMMITTEE MINUTESB-15
4.3MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEESB-15
4.4SUBCOMMITTEESB-16
ARTICLE V — OFFICERSB-16
5.1OFFICERSB-16
5.2APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERSB-16
5.3SUBORDINATE OFFICERSB-16
5.4REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERSB-16
5.5VACANCIES IN OFFICESB-16
5.6REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONSB-16
5.7AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERSB-17
5.8THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARDB-17

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5.9THE VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARDB-17
5.10THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERB-17
5.11THE PRESIDENTB-17
5.12THE VICE PRESIDENTS AND ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTSB-17
5.13THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIESB-17
5.14THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERSB-18
ARTICLE VI — STOCKB-18
6.1STOCK CERTIFICATESB-18
6.2SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATESB-18
6.3LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATESB-18
6.4DIVIDENDSB-19
6.5TRANSFER OF STOCKB-19
6.6STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTSB-19
6.7REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERSB-19
ARTICLE VII — MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVERB-19
7.1NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGSB-19
7.2NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONB-19
7.3NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESSB-20
7.4WAIVER OF NOTICEB-20
ARTICLE VIII — INDEMNIFICATIONB-20
8.1INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGSB-20
8.2INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATIONB-21
8.3SUCCESSFUL DEFENSEB-21
8.4INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERSB-21
8.5ADVANCED PAYMENT OF EXPENSESB-21
8.6LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATIONB-21
8.7DETERMINATION; CLAIMB-22
8.8NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTSB-22
8.9INSURANCEB-22
8.10SURVIVALB-23
8.11EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATIONB-23
8.12CERTAIN DEFINITIONSB-23
ARTICLE IX — GENERAL MATTERSB-23
9.1EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTSB-23
9.2FISCAL YEARB-23
9.3SEALB-23
9.4CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONSB-23
ARTICLE X — AMENDMENTSB-23
ARTICLE XI — EXCLUSIVE FORUM; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OWNERSHIP THRESHOLD FOR DERIVATIVE PROCEEDINGSB-24
11.1EXCLUSIVE FORUMB-24
11.2JURY TRIAL WAIVERB-24
11.3OWNERSHIP THRESHOLD FOR DERIVATIVE PROCEEDINGSB-24

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