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0001649322
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001621832
Aqua Metals, Inc.
001-37515
2500 PERU DR.
MCCARRAN
NV
89437
(775) 525-1936
Cotton Stephen
Officer
Director
Common Stock
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
245 Summer Street
Boston
MA
02110
62367
72283.35
83137823
07/05/2023
NASDAQ
Common Stock
03/23/2021
RSU vesting
Issuer
N
62367
03/23/2021
N/A
Y
Shares are sold in The Cotton Family Trust
07/05/2023
12/28/2022
/s/ Myra King, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Stephen Cotton