---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-006985"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2023-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T08:30:09.956130+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABTC signs $20M non-dilutive pre-payment term sheet with TechMet-Mercuria for recycled battery metals

## Summary
- $20M non-dilutive pre-payment from TechMet-Mercuria for black mass intermediate material.
- Acquired hazardous waste recycling facility and equipment from LiNiCo; $6M equipment, $21M facility, $1.5M escrow.
- First integrated recycling facility designed to process over 20,000 MT of battery feedstock per year.
- First phase to produce copper, aluminum, steel, lithium intermediate, and black mass; second phase refines to battery grade.
- Marketing arrangement with TechMet-Mercuria for sale of products to end-use customers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-006985
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2023-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223006985/0001493152-23-006985-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223006985/form8-ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co entered into Agreements with LiNiCo Corporation valued at $6 million (effective 2023-03-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: LiNiCo Corporation
  - Value: $6 million
  - Effective: 2023-03-01
  source text: On March 1, 2023, American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) and LiNiCo Corporation (“LiNiCo”) entered into an asset purchase agreement and membership interest purchase agreement (collectively referred herein as the “Agreements”) for the purchase of a commercial hazardous waste recycling facility
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223006985/0001493152-23-006985-index.htm

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