---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-025762"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T09:12:55.035821+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aqua Metals Q3 net loss $3.9M; cash $9.3M; lithium-ion pilot on track for Q4

## Summary
- Net loss $3.9M ($0.05/sh) vs $1.4M ($0.02/sh) in Q3 2021; no revenue yet.
- Cash $9.3M, working capital $15.5M; $2M non-refundable deposit from LiNiCo received post-quarter.
- Expects $12M more by March 2023 from sale of Tahoe-Reno facility; monthly cash burn $800-850K.
- Taiwan ACME facility commissioned in October; lithium-ion pilot to start producing high-value minerals in Q4 2022.
- Received first black mass feedstock; R&D costs up 80% YoY to advance Li-ion battery recycling.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-025762
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922025762/0001437749-22-025762-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922025762/aqms20220830_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Aqua Metals, Inc. reported third quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: net income $3.9 million, EPS $(0.05) per basic and diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Net income: $3.9 million
  - EPS: $(0.05) per basic and diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The net loss for the third quarter of 2022 was $3.9 million, or $(0.05) per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $1.4 million, or $(0.02) per basic and diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922025762/0001437749-22-025762-index.htm

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