American Battery Technology Co

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), headquartered in Reno, Nevada and traded on NASDAQ as ABAT, is a fully integrated critical battery materials company built around three core pillars: lithium-ion battery recycling, primary battery metal extraction technologies, and primary resource development. At its 137,000 sq ft commercial recycling facility at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC), ABTC processes end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and grid storage systems, recovering battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese using proprietary closed-loop recycling processes. Concurrently, the company is developing the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project - one of the largest known lithium claystone deposits in the United States, spanning over 10,340 acres near Tonopah, Nevada - with an estimated inferred resource of 15.8 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent and a projected lifetime after-tax NPV of $2.57 billion.

ABTC's technological edge lies in its internally developed, first-of-kind processing methods. Its proprietary Selective Leach Extraction (SLE) process for primary lithium manufacturing offers a lower-cost, lower-acid, lower-contaminant alternative to conventional evaporation-based techniques. The company has already demonstrated the manufacture of battery-cathode-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based claystone at its integrated demonstration facility co-located at the University of Nevada, Reno's Nevada Center for Applied Research (NCAR). For recycling, ABTC has partnered with BASF and C4V through a DOE/US Advanced Battery Consortium collaboration to demonstrate that battery-grade metals recovered from recycled materials can meet or exceed the quality and cost profile of virgin-sourced metals. ABTC has also partnered with engineering giant Black & Veatch for EPC of its commercial-scale lithium hydroxide refinery, and with Call2Recycle to expand consumer battery recycling nationwide.

ABTC is a critical node in the US domestic energy supply chain at a time when less than 1% of global battery metal manufacturing capacity resides within the United States. The company addresses both the upstream supply gap (domestic lithium from Nevada claystone) and the circular economy gap (recycling end-of-life batteries back to cathode-grade inputs), effectively closing the loop on the battery materials cycle. Its multi-Administration DOE support - spanning grants from both Trump and Biden administrations, and now a successfully appealed and reinstated $115 million grant under the second Trump Administration - underscores its strategic importance to US energy dominance and national security. The Tonopah Flats project was also designated a Priority Project by the White House's National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) for fast-tracked federal permitting in June 2025.