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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-005965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:06:11.305626+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aqua Metals reports FY2022 net loss $15.4M; commissions Li-ion pilot, acquires commercial site

## Summary
- Net loss $15.4M ($0.20/sh) vs $18.2M ($0.26/sh) in 2021; no significant revenue.
- Cash $7.1M; expects additional $12M from facility sale by end of March 2023.
- Commissioned Li-ion battery recycling pilot; produced high-purity copper and lithium hydroxide.
- Acquired 5-acre parcel for commercial site; Phase 1 capacity 3,000 metric tons (~$60M revenue potential).
- Taiwan partner ACME Metal producing ultra-pure lead; continues operation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-005965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774923005965/0001437749-23-005965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774923005965/aqms20221125b_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Aqua Metals, Inc. reported the year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue no significant revenue, net income net loss of $15.4 million, EPS $(0.20) per basic and diluted share.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: no significant revenue
  - Net income: net loss of $15.4 million
  - EPS: $(0.20) per basic and diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Company was not in commercial production during 2022 and, as a result, generated no significant revenue during the quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774923005965/0001437749-23-005965-index.htm

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