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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-026819"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:06:44.933077+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABAT secures direct sale of recycled black mass to domestic partner; agrees $1.8M settlement with Mercuria

## Summary
- Entered binding purchase agreement for accumulated recycled black mass with a domestic strategic customer; no volume or value disclosed.
- Shifted from indirect marketing through agents to direct domestic sales to support North American circular battery supply chain.
- Settled marketing dispute with Mercuria Energy America: six monthly payments of $300,000 each, total $1.8 million.
- Upon completion of payments, both parties release all claims; Settlement Agreement dated July 3, 2024.
- ABTC's commercial recycling plant began operations in October 2023; second phase (hydrometallurgical refining) is under implementation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-026819
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315224026819/0001493152-24-026819-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315224026819/form8-k.htm

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