---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-039500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2026-08-20T21:00:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T21:02:35.969083+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABTC Q4 gross profit record $1.3M; DOE reinstates $57M grant; black mass export ban threatens revenue

## Summary
- Q4 FY26 revenue $8.2M (+5.1% QoQ); gross profit $1.3M, record and up 86% QoQ; COGS $6.9M (-2.8%).
- DOE reinstated $57M grant after appeal; funds $115M first processing train at Tonopah Flats Lithium Project.
- Cash $50.3M (+31% QoQ); zero debt; $0.3M interest income for the quarter.
- BIS directive effective Aug 27, 2026 bans black mass exports; ABTC submitted exception request; black mass is majority of revenue.
- Substantially all black mass customers are foreign (OECD); loss of exports could materially harm operations and funding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-039500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2026-08-20T21:00:28+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315226039500/0001493152-26-039500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315226039500/form8-k.htm

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