American Battery Technology Company · NASDAQ:ABAT
American Battery Technology — Investor Presentation (March 2023)
29 slides from American Battery Technology's investor presentation, March 2023
Slide 1: Corporate Presentation
Corporate Presentation Spring 2023 1
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking statements." Al
Slide 3: Battery Metals Demand
Battery Metals Demand Global Lithium-ion Batteries Manufactured Global Battery Metals Demand (GWh/yr) (Million Tonnes/yr) 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 202
Slide 4: Challenges Facing the US Lithium Battery Market
Challenges Facing the US Lithium Battery Market Three independent challenges from lack of domestic battery materials supply chain Cost of Supply Environmental Security of Supply Impact of Supply <1% $ Of global battery Cost of battery minerals Many conventional materials produced by has soared along
Slide 5: The Solution: Circular and Domestic Battery Materials Supply Chain
The Solution: Circular and Domestic Battery Materials Supply Chain o A robust and cost-competitive battery recycling industry can make a meaningful impact on near-term domestic supply o However, Recycling alone can not meet growing demand, primary domestic supply of virgin battery metals needs to be
Slide 6: Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance Independent Directors Beth Lowery Sherif Marakby Ryan Melsert CEO / CTO / Chairman Julie Blunden Rick Fezell 6
Slide 7: Our Integrated Approach to Establishing Circularity
Our Integrated Approach to Establishing Circularity ABTC’s Integrated, Conventional Recycling Conventional Mining IP Driven Tech Portfolio Companies Companies High Limited Limited Security of Battery Recycling, fast to market Recycling only, limited by input No fast to market recycling Supply Resour
Slide 8: Leading the Transition through Multiple Verticals
Leading the Transition through Multiple Verticals ABTC applies its intellectual property and expertise across three primary business functions to supply the market with domestic, low-cost, and low-environmental impact battery materials. Lithium-ion Primary Resource Metals Refining Battery Recycling
Slide 9: Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling 9
Slide 10: Strategic De-Manufacturing Philosophy
Strategic De-Manufacturing Philosophy Treating Batteries as a Founding Gigafactory Design Team Resource Tesla’s Reno, Nevada Gigafactory; one of the largest Deep understanding of raw battery factories in the world. materials processing, refined materials synthesis, electrode manufacturing, cell/modu
Slide 11: ABTC Recycling Strategy
ABTC Recycling St A ABTC Vi Strategic DeManufacturing Chemical Extractions ] Nickel Sulfate Cell Dissection Impurity 0 SS, Removals oS == a, gt? & : x ye. ee es WSS = ee ag, Jer “ts Sg, Cobalt Sulfate Modules yw oo oe on 9° +) 2s t | Manganese Sulfate Cells " Lithium Hydroxide i Water Treatment Chem
Slide 12: Evaluating ABTC's Recycling Technology
Evaluating ABTC’s Recycling Technology ABTC’s Demanufacturing & Conventional Shredding Pyrometallurgical & Hydromet Process and Hydrometallurgy Conventional Smelting Automated De-manufacturing Mechanical Shredding + Pyrometallurgical, Technology + Targeted Hydrometallurgical Bulk Hydrometallurgical
Slide 13: Award-Winning Approach
Award-Winning Approach In 2019, BASF, one of the largest Cathode Manufacturers in North America, hosted a global competition to identify the most promising lithium-ion battery recycling technologies in the world. The winner to receive: o Entry into BASF accelerator program, hosted by Greentown Labs
Slide 14: ABTC Is Demonstrating A Closed-Loop System
ABTC Is Demonstrating A Closed- Loop System $2M Grant from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium October 1st, 2021 “ The overall objective is to challenge the existing recycling business model and innovate towards a value driven, self sustaining model for large format lithium-ion batteries.”
Slide 15: ABTC Is Demonstrating Its Closed-Loop System
ABTC Is Demonstrating Its Closed- Loop System Bench scale samples delivered to cathode manufacturer for characterizations and qualification, followed by large batch materials 15
Slide 16: Battery Recycling: Next Generation Technologies
Battery Recycling: Next Generation Technologies In Spring 2022, our proposal was submitted to DOE for $20M project to scale, optimize, and commercialize three next generation techniques to even further enhance performance of recycling train “I’ve been a steadfast advocate for Nevada’s booming clean-
Slide 17: Move-In Ready, Commercial-Scale Facility
Move-In Ready, Commercial-Scale Facility o Agreement to purchase a move-in-ready, 137,000 ft2 commercial-scale battery recycling facility located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) near Sparks, NV, to expand operations of its first-of-kind lithium-ion battery recycling technologies. o This f
Slide 18: Primary Metals Resource Development
Primary Metals Resource Development 18
Slide 19: Domestic-US Lithium Deposit Overview
Domestic-US Lithium Deposit Overview Utah Brine Nevada Claystone Salton Sea Piedmont Spodumene Geothermal Brine Smackover Brine 19
Slide 20: Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit
Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit https://vrify.com/decks/12566-tonopahflats 20
Slide 21: Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit
Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit Thickness Thickness Peak Concentra Drill Hole Total Depth Drilled above Cutoff Concen above Cutoff Conce tion tration, ntration, (ppmw Li) 300 ppmw 600 ppmw TF – 2101 400 ft 40 ft 0 ft 490 TF – 2102 550 ft 380 ft 195 ft 1,161 TF – 2103 480 ft 360 ft
Slide 22: Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit
Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit Li > 300 ppm Li > 500 ppm Li > 1,000 ppm 22
Slide 23: Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit
Tonopah Flats Lithium Deposit ABTC’s third party contractor, RESPEC, acted as Qualified Person and published an SK-1300 compliant Inferred Resource Report to quantify this lithium-bearing resource. The report classifies these resources as Inferred and indicates that the project contains 15.8 million
Slide 24: Primary Metals Extraction
Primary Metals Extraction 24
Slide 25: ABTC's Proprietary Primary Lithium Extraction
ABTC’s Proprietary Primary Lithium Extraction Our Solution o Domestic conventional brine and hard rock lithium-bearing resources aren’t especially prevalent within the domestic-US, and have cost and environmental impact challenges o A very large lithium-bearing deposit exists within sedimentary reso
Slide 26: Scale Up of Primary Lithium Manufacturing Pilot Field Demonstration
Scale Up of Primary Lithium Manufacturing Pilot Field Demonstration $4.5M Grant for DOE Critical Materials Innovations Project Initiated October 1, 2021 o Field Demonstration of Selective Leaching, Targeted Purification, and Electro-Chemical Production of Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide Precursor fr
Slide 27: Scale Up of Primary Lithium Manufacturing Commercial Scale Refinery
Scale Up of Primary Lithium Manufacturing Commercial Scale Refinery In October 2022, ABTC notified it has been selected for award by DOE for $115M project to construct commercial scale Lithium Hydroxide refinery OTCQB:ABML 27
Slide 28: Metal Supply Chain Industry Engagement
Metal Supply Chain Industry Engagement The Critical Materials Institute is a U.S. DOE Energy The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is the Innovation Hub led by Ames Laboratory that seeks to answer to a global demand for more socially and environmentally accelerate innovative scienti
Slide 29: Thank You
(775) 473-4744 info@batterymetals.com Thank You www.americanbatterytechnology.com 100 Washington Street, #100, Reno, NV 89503 29
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