---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-033818"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:10:51.325738+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Battery Technology receives $20M DOE grant for battery recycling project

## Summary
- Total project $20M; DOE provides $10M in direct funding; ABTC and partners contribute $10M cost-share.
- Grant award DE-EE0010396 effective Oct 1, 2023, for advanced separation and processing technologies.
- ABTC selected as one of five companies nationwide under DOE's Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling opportunity.
- Project aims to validate and commercialize three first-of-kind advanced technologies to increase product recovery.
- ABTC is commissioning its first commercial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-033818
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223033818/0001493152-23-033818-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223033818/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 $20,000,000 (effective 2023-10-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Energy
  - Value: $20,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-10-01
  source text: On September 27, 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-EE0010396, with an effective date of October 1, 2023, for a $20,000,000 project for advanced separation and processing technologies for an integrated lithium-ion battery recycling system.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315223033818/0001493152-23-033818-index.htm

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