Form 8-K/A - Current report: [Amend]

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2023

AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	001-41811	33-1227980
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	File No.)	Identification Number)

100 Washington Street, Suite 100

Reno, NV

89503

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(775) 473-4744

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4© under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13©(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value		ABAT		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed as Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K of American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2023 (the “Original Filing”). The Original Filing included a disclosure and press release which contained a link to a third-party qualified person Initial Assessment technical and economic study of the economic potential of the Company’s lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Big Smoky Valley, Nevada, titled “Initial Assessment with Engineering Economics for the Tonopah Flats Project, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, USA” (the “IA”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to update the earliest event report date of the Original Filing to reflect the effective date of the IA, file the final version of the IA as Exhibit 99.6 and file the related consent as Exhibit 23.1, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. No other changes have been made to the Original Filing other than to provide the disclosure set forth in this Amendment.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.		Description
99.6		Initial Assessment with Engineering Economics for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, USA
23.1		Consent of RESPEC, LLC
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and included as Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

Date: December 22, 2023	By:	/s/ Ryan Melsert
		Ryan Melsert
		Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 23.1

Exhibit 99.6

Cover	Dec. 11, 2023
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	8-K/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Amendment No. 1
Document Period End Date	Dec. 11, 2023
Entity File Number	001-41811
Entity Registrant Name	AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Entity Central Index Key	0001576873
Entity Tax Identification Number	33-1227980
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	NV
Entity Address, Address Line One	100 Washington Street
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 100
Entity Address, City or Town	Reno
Entity Address, State or Province	NV
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	89503
City Area Code	(775)
Local Phone Number	473-4744
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Common stock, $0.001 par value
Trading Symbol	ABAT
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false