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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 20, 2023, OTC Markets Group announced that American Battery Technology Company (the “Company”) has been approved for trading on the OTCQX® Best Market (the “OTCQX Market”), transferring from the OTCQB® Venture Market. The Company began trading on the OTCQX Market effective as of the opening of trading on Friday, January 20, 2023, retaining its current symbol, “ABML.”
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Form 8-K relating to Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Press Release | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY | |
| Date: January 24, 2023 | /s/ Ryan Melsert |
| Ryan Melsert | |
| Chief Executive Officer |