Arizona Tribune - United States Antimony Corporation Provides Update on Antimony Shipments to the DoW

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / July 1, 2026 / United States Antimony Corporation ("USAC," "U.S. Antimony," or the "Company"), (NYSE:UAMY)(NYSE Texas:UAMY), a leading producer and processor of antimony, zeolite, and other critical minerals, and the only fully integrated antimony company in the world outside of China and Russia, announced today the successful delivery of its first shipments during the second quarter of 2026 under its $245 million supply contract with the Defense Logistics Agency ("DLA"), which is an agency of the DoW. The Company delivered a total of ~82,000 pounds of antimony metal ingots in the initial two shipments, generating ~$2.6 million in invoices issued to the DLA in June 2026. Two additional shipments are waiting on Government inspection, Certificate of Analysis, and authorization to deliver. USAC has received total antimony ingot orders from the DLA in the amount of $57.3 million since the inception of the contract.

Antimony flake feedstock deliveries to USAC related to the Company's contractual offtake agreements from its partner's Bolivian Hydrometallurgical ("Hydromet") facility were delayed during the second quarter due to cascading global effects from the military conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. Bolivian antimony miners were unable to deliver timely materials to our partner's Hydromet facility due to country-wide diesel shortages. This fuel issue has since been mitigated. Antimony flake will significantly improve our gas-fired furnaces' deliverability timing of finished product due to efficiencies.

Mr. Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO of USAC stated, "During the second quarter of 2026 we have achieved two very important milestones in our Company's growth trajectory. We have fired up and commissioned our expanded smeltering furnaces in our newly constructed facility located in Thompson Falls, Montana and made first deliveries under our $245 Million DLA contract. Additionally, as anticipated, once deliveries were initiated and delivered to the Government, larger new orders have been received by USAC. We anticipate that order flow throughout the remainder of fiscal year 2026 will continue to ramp up along with our production capabilities to meet our country's critical mineral needs."

About USAC:

United States Antimony Corporation and its subsidiaries in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada ("USAC," "U.S. Antimony," the "Company," "Our," "Us," or "We") sell antimony, zeolite, and precious metals primarily in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The Company mines, purchases, and processes ore primarily into antimony oxide, antimony metal, antimony trisulfide, and precious metals at its facilities located in Montana and Mexico. Antimony oxide is used to form a flame-retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper, as a color fastener in paint, and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs. Antimony metal is used in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. Antimony trisulfide is used as a primer in ammunition. The Company also recovers precious metals, primarily gold and silver, at its Montana facility from third party ore. At its Bear River Zeolite ("BRZ") facility located in Idaho, the Company mines and processes zeolite, a group of industrial minerals used in water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, animal nutrition, soil amendment and fertilizer, and other miscellaneous applications. Beginning in 2024 and continuing in 2025, the Company acquired mining claims, real properties (patented claims) and leases located in Alaska, Montana, and Ontario, Canada in an effort to reduce the cost of third-party antimony ore purchases and to expand its product offerings.

Learn more about United States Antimony Corporation at www.usantimony.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future operations, production levels, financial performance, business strategy, market conditions, demand for antimony, zeolite, other critical minerals, and precious metals, expected costs, and other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which the Company operates, as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "could," and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements, including, but not limited to: fluctuations in the market prices and demand for antimony and zeolite; changes in domestic and global economic conditions; operational risks inherent in mining and mineral processing; geological or metallurgical conditions; availability and cost of energy, equipment, transportation, and labor; the Company's ability to maintain or obtain permits, licenses, and regulatory approvals; changes in environmental and mining laws or regulations; competitive factors; the impact of geopolitical developments; and the effects of weather, natural disasters, or health pandemics on operations and supply chains. Additional information regarding risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

SOURCE: United States Antimony Corp.

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