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Applied Minerals, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/30/22, at 8:53am ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1575872-22-1194   ·   File #:  0-31380

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

11/30/22  Applied Minerals, Inc.            10-Q        9/30/22   72:11M                                    DataTracks Svcs Ltd./FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   4.39M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     77K 
11: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     73K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     73K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     74K 
 5: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     65K 
 6: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
 7: EX-10.6     Material Contract                                   HTML     35K 
 8: EX-10.7     Material Contract                                   HTML     22K 
 9: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML     22K 
10: EX-10.9     Material Contract                                   HTML    117K 
16: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     20K 
12: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
13: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
14: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
15: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
22: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     66K 
23: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    126K 
24: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
25: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     86K 
26: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    110K 
                Stockholders' Deficit                                            
27: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    124K 
28: R7          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     58K 
29: R8          Going Concern and Basis of Presentation             HTML     25K 
30: R9          Basis of Reporting and Significant Accounting       HTML     75K 
                Policies                                                         
31: R10         Leases                                              HTML     93K 
32: R11         Deposits                                            HTML     43K 
33: R12         Notes Payable                                       HTML     80K 
34: R13         Convertible Debt                                    HTML    135K 
35: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     42K 
36: R15         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML    268K 
37: R16         Per Share Data                                      HTML     25K 
38: R17         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
39: R18         Basis of Reporting and Significant Accounting       HTML     99K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
40: R19         Basis of Reporting and Significant Accounting       HTML     38K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
41: R20         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     96K 
42: R21         Deposit (Tables)                                    HTML     42K 
43: R22         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     74K 
44: R23         Convertible Debt (Tables)                           HTML    109K 
45: R24         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML    262K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R25         Organization and Description of Business (Details   HTML     94K 
                Textual)                                                         
47: R26         Basis of Reporting and Significant Accounting       HTML     30K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
48: R27         Basis of Reporting and Significant Accounting       HTML     28K 
                Policies (Details Textual)                                       
49: R28         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     25K 
50: R29         Leases (Details 1)                                  HTML     35K 
51: R30         Leases (Details 2)                                  HTML     35K 
52: R31         Leases (Details Textual)                            HTML     23K 
53: R32         Deposits (Details)                                  HTML     25K 
54: R33         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     29K 
55: R34         Notes Payable - Summary of Note Payable (Details)   HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
56: R35         Notes Payable (Details Textual)                     HTML     69K 
57: R36         Convertible Debt (Details)                          HTML     41K 
58: R37         Convertible Debt (Details 1)                        HTML     34K 
59: R38         Convertible Debt (Details Textual)                  HTML     96K 
60: R39         Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML     89K 
61: R40         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R41         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     41K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
63: R42         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     40K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
64: R43         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     51K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
65: R44         Options and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock       HTML     58K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
66: R45         Per Share Data (Details Textual)                    HTML     29K 
67: R46         Subsequent Events (Details Textual)                 HTML     43K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
68: XML         XBRL Instance -- amnl-20220930_htm                   XML   1.90M 
69: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    116K 
18: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- amnl-20220930_cal               XML    105K 
19: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- amnl-20220930_def                XML    827K 
20: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- amnl-20220930_lab                     XML    989K 
21: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- amnl-20220930_pre              XML    903K 
17: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- amnl-20220930                         XSD    161K 
71: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              348±   508K 
72: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001575872-22-001194-xbrl      Zip    396K

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This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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