{"url_path":"/sec/uamy/10-k/2026/item-13","section_key":"item-13","section_title":"Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-03-19","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/0001104659-26-032049-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-032049","cik":"0000101538","ticker":"UAMY","issuer_name":"UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101538/0001104659-26-032049-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000101538","primary_entity_name":"UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP"},"word_count":123,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence**\n\nExcept as described below, there were no transactions during 2025, and there are no currently proposed transactions, in which we were a party to 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.\n\nEffective March 1, 2026, the Company hired Angel Beltran, the son-in-law of Gary C. Evans, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in a position within the Company’s antimony operations. Mr. Beltran’s compensation is consistent with that of other employees with similar responsibilities and experience.\n\n​"}