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    <periodOfReport>2025-05-27</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UAMY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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            <rptOwnerCik>0001399729</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bardswich Lloyd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4438 W LOVERS LANE, UNIT 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75209</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Dir, EVP &amp; Chief Mining Eng</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

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            </securityTitle>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>180000</value>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2.57</value>
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                <value>2025-05-27</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of Common Stock underlying a time-based vesting restricted stock unit (&quot;RSU&quot;) award granted on May 27, 2025, but contingent on the Issuer's shareholders approving its Amended  Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan. The RSU will vest as to one-third, or 60,000 shares of the 180,000 total number of shares on May 27, 2025 and an additional one-third of the total number of shares will vest on May 27, 2026 and May 27, 2027, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through any vesting date and shareholder approval of the Issuer's Amended  Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares of Common Stock underlying a stock option award granted on May 27, 2025, but contingent on the Issuer's shareholders approving its Amended  Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan. The stock option will vest upon meeting any of the performance measures specified in the grant at any time during the 10-year term of the award, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through any vesting date and shareholder approval of the Issuer's Amended  Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Lloyd Joseph Bardswich</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-09-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
