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American Resources Corp. – ‘10-K/A’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Friday, 11/18/22, at 5:00pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1477932-22-8719   ·   File #:  1-38816

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/18/22  American Resources Corp.          10-K/A     12/31/21   67:8.3M                                   Discount Edgar/FA

Amendment to Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K/A      Amendment to Annual Report                          HTML   1.60M 
 6: EX-95.1     Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML    109K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     86K 
13: R2          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    125K 
14: R3          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations     HTML     80K 
16: R5          Statement of Stockholders Deficit                   HTML     91K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    115K 
18: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     93K 
19: R8          Property and Equipment                              HTML     37K 
20: R9          Right of Use Assets                                 HTML     31K 
21: R10         Notes Payable                                       HTML    104K 
22: R11         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     70K 
23: R12         Kentucky New Markets Development Program            HTML     21K 
24: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
25: R14         Equity Transactions                                 HTML    135K 
26: R15         Contingencies and Commitments                       HTML     28K 
27: R16         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
28: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    146K 
                (Policies)                                                       
29: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     50K 
                (Tables)                                                         
30: R19         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     37K 
31: R20         Right of Use Assets (Tables)                        HTML     29K 
32: R21         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML    100K 
33: R22         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     62K 
34: R23         Equity Transactions (Tables)                        HTML     85K 
35: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     23K 
                (Details )                                                       
36: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     27K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
37: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
38: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     26K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
39: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     26K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
40: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    206K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
41: R30         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     37K 
42: R31         Property and Equipment (Details 1)                  HTML     27K 
43: R32         Property and Equipment (Details Narrative)          HTML     23K 
44: R33         Right of Use Assets (Details)                       HTML     36K 
45: R34         Right of Use Assets (Details Narrative)             HTML     31K 
46: R35         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     57K 
47: R36         Notes Payable (Details 1)                           HTML     24K 
48: R37         Notes Payable (Details 2)                           HTML     24K 
49: R38         Notes Payable (Details 3)                           HTML     31K 
50: R39         Notes Payable (Details Narrative)                   HTML     32K 
51: R40         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     47K 
52: R41         Related Party Transactions (Details 1)              HTML     47K 
53: R42         Related Party Transactions (Details 2)              HTML     99K 
54: R43         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     95K 
55: R44         Kentucky New Markets Development Program (Details   HTML     57K 
                Narrative)                                                       
56: R45         Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                    HTML     31K 
57: R46         Equity Transactions (Details)                       HTML     30K 
58: R47         Equity Transactions (Detail 1)                      HTML     64K 
59: R48         Equity Transactions (Detail 2)                      HTML     64K 
60: R49         Equity Transactions (Details Narrative)             HTML    376K 
61: R50         Contingencies and Commitments (Details Narrative)   HTML     77K 
62: R51         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     26K 
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    120K 
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64: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    161K 
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13 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/25/20  American Resources Corp.          8-K:5,8,9  11/23/20    7:3.1M                                   Blueprint/FA
 2/14/19  American Resources Corp.          S-1/A                 63:8.4M                                   Blueprint/FA
 2/06/19  American Resources Corp.          S-1/A                 10:9.3M                                   Blueprint/FA
 1/03/19  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1,2,9  12/31/18    5:8.7M                                   Blueprint/FA
12/11/18  American Resources Corp.          S-1/A                 66:8.4M                                   Blueprint/FA
11/13/18  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1,2,5,811/05/18    5:417K                                   Blueprint/FA
 5/15/18  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1,2,9   5/09/18    6:6.5M                                   Blueprint/FA
 5/01/18  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1       4/21/18    4:4.1M                                   Blueprint/FA
 2/20/18  American Resources Corp.          10-Q        3/31/17   45:5.7M                                   Discount Edgar/FA
10/11/17  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1,2,9  10/04/17    9:253K                                   Discount Edgar/FA
 2/21/17  American Resources Corp.          8-K:1,2,3,5 2/21/17    3:1.1M
 2/25/15  American Resources Corp.          8-K:2       2/25/15    5:559K
11/27/13  American Resources Corp.          S-1                    7:1.1M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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