FORM 10-K ցANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended:December 31, 2025 տTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesտNoց Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of thischapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See thedefinitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accountingstandards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.տ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting underSection 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.տ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of anerror to previously issued financial statements.տ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).տ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).տYesցNo The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as quoted on TheNasdaq Capital Market as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $6,804,000. As of March 24, 2026, there were 56,530,617 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the registrant’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no laterthan 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 are incorporated herein by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I1ITEM 1. BUSINESS1ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS5ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS27ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY28ITEM 2. PROPERTIES28ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS28ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES28PART II29ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES29ITEM 6. [RESERVED]29ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS30ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK41ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA41ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE41ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES42ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION42ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS42PART III43ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE43ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION43ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS43ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE43ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES43PART IV49ITEM 15. EXHIBIT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES49ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY49i CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND SUMMARY RISK FACTORS This Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (this “Annual Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Sec