American Battery Metals Corp. Hires Lead Onsite Project Manager, With 40 Years' Experience in Project and Construction Management

Prior Construction Manager at Tesla Gigafactory for $200 Million of Projects

INCLINE VILLAGE, April 28, 2020 - American Battery Metals Corporation (OTCQB:ABML) (the "Company"), an American-owned advanced extraction and lithium-ion battery recycling technology company with extensive mineral resources in Nevada, today announced the hiring of Chuck Leber as its Lead Onsite Project Manager.

Chuck Leber has spent his 40-year career in the project and construction management of complex multi-disciplinary industrial processing facilities. He has unparalleled experience in managing multiple simultaneous dimensions of large scale construction projects including drawing review, project scheduling, capital budgeting, RFQ generation, proposal evaluation, contractor management, and equipment installation and commissioning. Mr. Leber is a recent former Construction Manager at the Tesla Gigafactory, in Sparks, Nevada, where he oversaw construction of MEP (Mechanical-Electrical-Process) projects totaling over $200 million.

American Battery Metals Corp. CTO, Ryan Melsert, commented "Chuck and I worked very closely together at the Gigafactory and he played a large role in ensuring the success of each of our projects. Many of the systems my team and I developed began from a blank page design and we worked to evolve these projects through conceptual design, rigorous thermodynamic modeling, empirical bench optimizations, and pilot scale validations. As we moved each project beyond the design phase and into commercial implementation, Chuck and his construction team were crucial in working to bridge the gap between a final system design and an installed, commissioned, and high reliability system." Melsert continued, "So it isn't a coincidence that as ABMC is now moving from a battery recycling system that has been proven at the laboratory and pilot stages, to a system being implemented commercially in our first pilot plant, that we are bringing Chuck on board and leveraging his immense construction experience to once again help lead the transition of our first-of-kind design in to a commercial facility."

In addition to working for Tesla from 2016-2018, Mr. Leber was most recently Project Manager / Construction Manager at Fujifilm Electronic Materials, Inc. U.S.A. Prior to Tesla he was Senior Project Manager at KM Kelly Inc., Vice President at LotusWorks, Vice President at Performance Improvement for Industry Inc., Training Manager / Production Engineer / Project Manager at Boise Cascade Corporation, Engineering Manager at Wright Schuchart Pacific Inc. and Project Manager at HGE Engineers & Planners.

American Battery Metals Corp. Chief Executive Officer, Doug Cole, commented, "We are very excited to bring on the talents of Chuck to lead and oversee the build-out of our battery recycling pilot plant. His background is extensive and diverse in engineering, project management and construction, and includes facilities with similar requirements and regulations. The timing of Chuck joining our team is ideal, as we proceed to the next phase of building-out our facility, receiving delivery of and assembling our commercial scale processing equipment, and integrating our utility infrastructure systems."

"I am excited to be joining the American Battery Metals Corp. team. It's a privilege to be a part of the work we are doing as a company to positively impact the battery industry and improve the recycling of waste," said Leber. He continued, "I look forward to utilizing my 40 years of experience in leading the onsite construction and development of our battery recycling pilot plant."


American Battery Metals Corp.

American Battery Metals Corporation (www.batterymetals.com) (OTCQB:ABML) is an American-owned, advanced extraction and battery recycling technology company with extensive mineral resources in Nevada. The company is focused on its lithium-ion battery recycling and resource production projects in Nevada, with the goal of becoming a substantial domestic supplier of battery metals to the rapidly growing electric vehicle and battery storage markets.

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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, including those with respect to the expected project economics for Western Nevada Basin (Railroad Valley), including estimates of life of mine, average production, cash costs, AISC, initial CAPEX, sustaining CAPEX, pre-tax IRR, pre-tax NPV, net cash flows and recovery rates, the impact of self-mining versus contract mining, the timing to obtain necessary permits, the submission of the project for final investment approval and the timing of initial gold production after investment approval and full financing, metallurgy and processing expectations, the mineral resource estimate, expectations regarding the ability to expand the mineral resource through future drilling, ongoing work to be conducted at the Western Nevada Basin (Railroad Valley), and the potential results of such efforts, the potential commissioning of a Pre-Feasibility study and the effects on timing of the project, are "forward-looking statements." Although the Company's management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, interpretations or reinterpretations of geologic information, unfavorable exploration results, inability to obtain permits required for future exploration, development or production, general economic conditions and conditions affecting the industries in which the Company operates; the uncertainty of regulatory requirements and approvals; fluctuating mineral and commodity prices, final investment approval and the ability to obtain necessary financing on acceptable terms or at all. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019. The Company assumes no obligation to update any of the information contained or referenced in this press release.



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