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    <periodOfReport>2010-06-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Applied Minerals, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AMNL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001414860</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>IBS CAPITAL LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 2401</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001415021</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP)</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>STE 2410</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02110</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
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                    <value>See Notes 1 and 2.</value>
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                    <value>500000</value>
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                    <value>See Notes 1 and 3.</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4027</value>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See Notes 1 and 4.</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">IBS Capital LLC (&quot;IBS Capital&quot;) is the general partner of The IBS Turnaround (QP) Fund (A Limited Partnership) (&quot;QP Fund&quot;) and The IBS Turnaround Fund (A Limited Partnership) (&quot;LP Fund&quot;). IBS Capital is the investment adviser of The IBS Opportunity Fund (BVI), Ltd. (&quot;Opportunity Fund&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">As of June 15, 2010, IBS Capital beneficially owned 16,584,837 shares, which consisted of: (i) 9,240,082 shares directly held by the QP fund; (ii) 4,267,480 shares directly held by the LP Fund; and (iii) 3,077,275 shares directly held by the Opportunity Fund. The transactions reported in Table II do not affect the number of shares beneficially owned by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to a series of note issuances, the issuer issued to each of the QP Fund and the LP Fund a 10% PIK-Election Convertible Note (collectively, the &quot;May 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes,&quot; each a &quot;May 2010 $1.00 Primary Note&quot;) on substantially the same terms and conditions. The 500,000 shares of Common Stock into which outstanding amounts are convertible under the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes include: (i) 260,000 shares into which amounts payable under the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Note by the issuer to the QP Fund are convertible and (ii) 240,000 shares into which amounts payable under the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Note by the issuer to the LP Fund are convertible. The principal amount of the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Note issued to the QP Fund was $260,000 and the principal amount of the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Note issued to LP Fund was $240,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">On June 15, 2010, the issuer issued to each of the QP Fund and the LP Fund a 10% PIK-Election Convertible Note (the &quot;June $1.00 Interest Notes&quot;) in respect of interest due on the May 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes on substantially the same terms and conditions.  The 4,027 shares of Common Stock into which outstanding amounts are convertible under the June 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes include: (i) 2,094 shares into which amounts payable under the June 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the QP Fund are convertible and (ii) 1,933 shares into which amounts payable under the June 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the LP Fund are convertible. The principal amount of the June $1.00 Interest Note issued to the QP Fund was $2,094 and the principal amount of the June $1.00 Interest Note issued to the LP Fund was $1,933.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The May 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes and the June $1.00 Interest Notes shall be referred to herein as the &quot;Notes.&quot;</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2018. At the noteholder's option, amounts outstanding under a Note may be converted into Common Stock at any time after the issuer has authorized sufficient shares to convert such amounts outstanding into Common Stock at the conversion price of $1.00 per share (the &quot;Conversion Price&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The amount outstanding under a Note shall be mandatorily converted into Common Stock of the issuer at the Conversion Price on the earliest date that is one year after the Note's date of issuance when each of the following conditions have been satisfied: (i) the issuer's authorization of a sufficient number of shares to convert amounts outstanding under all of the notes in the series into Common Stock; (ii) the average closing bid or market price of Common Stock for the preceding five days being in excess of the Conversion Price; and (iii) either (a) the issuer has filed a registration statement for the resale the number of shares of Common Stock into which the outstanding amount under a Note is convertible or (b) the shares are resalable under Rule 144.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>IBS Capital LLC, by David A. Taft, Manager</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-10-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP) By IBS Capital LLC, Its General Partner, David A. Taft, Manager</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-10-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
