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Aqua Metals, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 11/12/19, at 4:01pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1621832-19-109   ·   File #:  1-37515

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

11/12/19  Aqua Metals, Inc.                 10-Q        9/30/19   59:4.2M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    436K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
58: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     47K 
28: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    106K 
21: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     28K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
39: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     63K 
57: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     84K 
                Equity (Deficit)                                                 
27: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     26K 
                Equity (Deficit) (Parenthetical)                                 
20: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    126K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
38: R8          Organization                                        HTML     24K 
59: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     69K 
22: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     24K 
16: R11         Inventory                                           HTML     29K 
36: R12         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     50K 
55: R13         Asset Retirement Obligation                         HTML     25K 
23: R14         Convertible Note Payable                            HTML     32K 
17: R15         Notes Payable                                       HTML     41K 
37: R16         Leases                                              HTML     41K 
56: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     75K 
24: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     33K 
15: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     20K 
43: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     76K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     59K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R22         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     30K 
13: R23         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     49K 
44: R24         Convertible Note Payable (Tables)                   HTML     29K 
50: R25         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     35K 
32: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     40K 
14: R27         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     52K 
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     32K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
51: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     28K 
                Schedule of Computation of Potentially Dilutive                  
                Securities (Details)                                             
54: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     31K 
                Schedule of Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)               
34: R31         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     20K 
19: R32         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     28K 
26: R33         Property and Equipment, Net - Schedule of           HTML     47K 
                Property, and Equipment (Details)                                
53: R34         Property and Equipment, Net - Additional            HTML     21K 
                Information (Details)                                            
33: R35         Asset Retirement Obligation (Details)               HTML     26K 
18: R36         Convertible Note Payable - Schedule of Convertible  HTML     32K 
                Notes Payable (Details)                                          
25: R37         Convertible Note Payable - Additional Information   HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R38         Notes Payable - Additional Information (Details)    HTML     42K 
35: R39         Notes Payable - Schedule of Notes Payable           HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R40         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     34K 
41: R41         Leases - Right-of-Use Assets and Related Lease      HTML     28K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
12: R42         Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details)  HTML     39K 
30: R43         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML    174K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R44         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Allocation of    HTML     25K 
                Stock-based Compensation (Details)                               
40: R45         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Assumptions      HTML     33K 
                Used in Black-Scholes-Merton Option-Pricing Model                
                (Details)                                                        
11: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     42K 
47: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    102K 
29: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     56K 
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 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- aqms-20190930_cal               XML    152K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- aqms-20190930_def                XML    375K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aqms-20190930_pre              XML    613K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- aqms-20190930                         XSD    125K 
45: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001621832-19-000109-xbrl      Zip    143K

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