American Battery Technology Company began its third drill program to advance its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project, identified as one of the known lithium resources in the United States, and was recently named the 'fifth lithium clay and hard rock project in the world' by Mining.com. This drill program has commenced core infill and step out drilling to support evolution of this domestic resource towards upgraded 'measured and indicated' resource classification. The company has selected and engaged KB Drilling of Mound House, Nevada for the collection of its infill and step out samples from its third drill program. This latest drill program has already commenced and will consist of sample collections from at least 8 additional drill holes and include initially up to 5,000 feet of total drilling.

ABTC and KB Drilling have already completed sample collections from the first two holes - and have delivered initial samples to Paragon Geochemical, an industry-leading, fully accredited geochemical laboratory located in Sparks, Nevada, providing mineral assays and geochemical analyses. Paragon Geochemical's third-party characterization assessment results are anticipated within 60-120 days. The ABTC Tonopah Flats Lithium Project encompasses 517 unpatented lode claims covering over 10,340 acres, and ABTC controls 100% of the mining lode claims comprising the Tonopah Flats claims and the rights to all locatable minerals without any royalties.

ABTC began surface sampling of these claims in the Summer of 2021, and subsequently performed multiple subsurface drilling programs at depths of up to 825 feet totaling over 12,000 feet of exploration covering approximately 65% of its claims. The results of these initial successful exploration programs led to the development and publication of its third-party Qualified Person (QP) audited SK-1300 compliant Inferred Resource Report in February 2023, which concluded that this is one of the largest known lithium resources in the United States containing approximately 15.8 million tons of economically accessible lithium on a carbonate equivalent basis (LCE); and stated that 'continued infill drilling will likely upgrade resource classification and improve confidence in the mineral resource estimate for the project."  This drill program aims to expand the lithium mineralization zone with step out drilling and confirm the presence mineralization between step out holes with infill drilling. In addition to developing this resource, the company has developed its own in-house processes that utilize selective leach extraction to provide a lower-cost, lower-impact solution in contrast to conventional lithium extraction methods.  ABTC will continue to conduct geological mapping, sampling, drilling, geochemical analysis, and proprietary extraction trials to characterize this resource and further quantify the performance of its internally developed lithium extraction and manufacturing operations.