X0306 4 2015-06-30 0 0000008328 Applied Minerals, Inc. AMNL 0001414860 IBS CAPITAL LLC ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE 31ST FLOOR BOSTON MA 02110 0 0 1 0 0001415021 IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP) ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE 31ST FLOOR BOSTON MA 02110 0 0 1 0 0001448562 TAFT DAVID A ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE 31ST FLOOR BOSTON MA 02110 1 0 1 0 Common Stock 2015-06-30 4 J 0 0 0.56 A 22536128 I See footnotes Common Stock 2015-07-01 4 A 0 21552 0.58 A 22557680 I See footnotes This Form 4 is being filed on behalf of IBS Capital LLC ("IBS Capital"), The IBS Turnaround Fund (QP) (A Limited Partnership) (the "QP Fund"), and David A. Taft (IBS Capital, the QP Fund, and David A. Taft are each a "Reporting Person" and collectively the "Reporting Persons"), each of which has the same business address and may have a pecuniary interest in the securities reported herein. IBS Capital is the general partner of QP Fund and The IBS Turnaround Fund, L.P. (the "LP Fund"). IBS Capital is the investment manager of The IBS Opportunity Fund, Ltd. (the "Opportunity Fund") (the QP Fund, the LP Fund, and the Opportunity Fund are hereinafter referred to as the "IBS Capital Funds"). David A. Taft is a director of Applied Minerals, Inc. (the "Issuer") and president and a member of IBS Capital. This transaction is being reported as a result of ordinary course rebalancing transactions in which the IBS Capital Funds purchased and sold securities among themselves. All of the rebalancing was effected at the same time. The Opportunity Fund sold 433,700 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer to the QP Fund and 228,300 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock to the LP Fund, for $0.56 per share. There was no change in the overall beneficial ownership of IBS Capital as a result of the rebalancing. Following the rebalancing: (i) 14,334,384 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by QP Fund, (ii) 6,842,029 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by LP Fund and (iii) 1,359,715 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by Opportunity Fund. The Reporting Persons each disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest. David A. Taft received 21,552 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock (the "Shares") as compensation for his service as a director of the Issuer. The Shares will be allocated to the IBS Capital Funds so that, following such allocation: (i) 14,347,863 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by QP Fund, (ii) 6,848,460 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by LP Fund and (iii) 1,361,357 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock were directly beneficially owned by Opportunity Fund. /s/ David A. Taft 2015-07-01 /s/ David A. Taft, President of IBS Capital LLC, the general partner of The IBS Turnaround Fund (QP)(A Limited Partnership) 2015-07-01 /s/ David A. Taft, President of IBS Capital LLC 2015-07-01