UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest event Reported): May 31, 2023

 

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AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Florida

 

000-55456

 

46-3914127

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

12115 Visionary Way, Suite 174, Fishers Indiana, 46038

 (Address of principal executive offices)

 

(317) 855-9926

 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

________________________________________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 31, 2023, American Resources Corporation’s (“American Resources” or the “Company”) wholly owned subsidiary, Wyoming County Coal LLC (“WCC”), entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Hilltop Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”), the West Virginia Economic Development Authority (“WVEDA”), a public corporation and governmental instrumentality organized and existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia (the “Issuer”) to sell private activity, Solid Waste Disposal Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2023, at the purchase price of $45,000,000 less an underwriting discount of $900,000. The bonds hold an annual interest rate of 9% and a maturity date of June 8, 2038. The Bond Purchase Agreement is due to close on June 8, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions and document delivery.

 

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text, which is filed as an Exhibit hereto.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On June 1, 2023 American Resources issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement with Hilltop Securities, Inc., for the sale of the (“WVEDA”) preliminarily approved issuance of, and a volume cap allocation for $45,000,000 of private activity, Solid Waste Disposal Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2023, for the Company’s Wyoming County Coal (“WCC”) complex located near the town of Oceana, West Virginia.

 

The information presented in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or specifically incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are attached hereto and filed herewith.

 

Exhibit  No.

 

Description

1.1

 

Bond Purchase Agreement

99.1

 

Press Release Dated June 1, 2023

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

                                                                                                                

 

American Resources Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 1, 2023

By

/s/ Mark C. Jensen

 

 

 

Mark C. Jensen

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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