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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-031735"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:24:52.304251+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABTC secures $57.7M DOE grant for lithium hydroxide facility

## Summary
- DOE awards $57.7M cost-share grant for commercial-scale lithium hydroxide production from Nevada sedimentary resources.
- Total project cost $115.5M; ABTC matches DOE funding with $57.7M cash/equity.
- Facility to design, construct, commission and operate cathode-grade lithium hydroxide production.
- Agreement signed September 1, 2023; full terms to be filed in Q1 FY24 10-Q.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-031735
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223031735/0001493152-23-031735-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223031735/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co entered into Assistance Agreement with United States Department of Energy valued at total project value $115,489,662; DOE share $57,744,831; Company cost share $57,744,831 (effective 2023-09-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Energy
  - Value: total project value $115,489,662; DOE share $57,744,831; Company cost share $57,744,831
  - Effective: 2023-09-01
  source text: On September 1, 2023, American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) and the United States Department of Energy (the “DOE”) entered into an Assistance Agreement (the “Grant”), award number DE-MS0000010, for a $115,489,662 project for the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of a commercial scale facility for the manufacturing of battery cathode grade lithium hydroxide from unconventional Nevada-based lithium-bearing sedimentary resources.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223031735/0001493152-23-031735-index.htm

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