CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash	$ 716,840	$ 2,293,107
Accounts Receivable	71,580	1,338,680
Inventory	1,004,326	163,800
Prepaid fees	483,000	147,826
Accounts Receivable - Other	336,800	319,548
Total Current Assets	2,612,546	4,262,961
OTHER ASSETS
Cash - restricted	297,987	411,692
Processing and rail facility	14,496,487	11,630,171
Underground equipment	10,155,915	8,717,229
Surface equipment	3,224,896	3,101,518
Acquired mining rights	28,831,440	2,913,241
Coal refuse storage	12,171,271	11,993,827
Less Accumulated Depreciation	(11,320,116)	(6,691,259)
Land	3,248,169	907,193
Note Receivable	4,117,139	4,117,139
Total Other Assets	65,223,188	37,100,751
TOTAL ASSETS	67,835,734	41,363,712
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	7,483,079	8,139,662
Accounts payable - related party	639,180	474,654
Accrued interest	1,977,142	1,118,736
Funds held for others	0	82,828
Due to affiliate	132,639	124,000
Current portion of long term-debt (net of issuance costs and debt discount of $0 and $134,296)	14,691,696	14,169,139
Current portion of convertible debt	7,219,612
Current portion of reclamation liability	2,327,169	2,327,169
Total Current Liabilities	34,470,517	26,433,022
OTHER LIABILITIES
Long-term portion of note payable (net of issuance costs of $420,062 and $428,699)	4,829,330	7,918,872
Reclamation liability	21,425,097	16,211,640
Total Other Liabilities	26,254,427	24,134,512
Total Liabilities	60,724,944	50,563,534
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
AREC - Class A Common stock: $.0001 par value; 230,000,000 shares authorized, 27,267,197 and 17,763,469 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	2,726	1,776
Additional paid-in capital	90,094,006	42,913,532
Accumulated deficit	(82,985,942)	(52,115,183)
Total American Resources Corporation's Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	7,110,790	(9,199,822)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)	67,835,734	41,363,712
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Total American Resources Corporation's Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
AREC - Series A Preferred stock: $.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 and 481,780 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		48
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Total American Resources Corporation's Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
AREC - Series C Preferred stock: $.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 0 and 50,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		$ 5