About Us
Extracting American Lithium
American Battery Materials Inc. [ABM] (OTC Pink: BOXS) is a US-based critical minerals exploration and development company focused on direct lithium extraction (DLE) as well as other minerals for refining, processing and distribution to support the country’s urgent critical minerals need to support long-term energy transition and the electrification of the U.S. domestic and global economy.
Our Story
The Company’s property position consists of 102 placer mining claims staked in one contiguous group on U.S. Government lands administered by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Historical data show a super saturated brine (40% minerals, 60% water) with reported Lithium values ranging from 81 to 1700ppm and estimated flows in excess of 50,000 barrels of brine per day.
Management & Advisory Team
Sebastian Lux
Co-CEO
25 years in business dev. with multinational companies. Co-founded Genuine Origin, a division of Volcafe & ED&F Man and has created multiple disruptive international logistic commodity supply chains. MBA, MSAS.
David Graber
Co-CEO
Managing Principal of Cobrador Capital, LLC,. He was Managing Director, Invest. Banking at New Century Capital Partners and National Securities Corporation, Sr. VP and Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse First Boston
Scott Avanzino
COO
Oil and gas development and marine construction expert with 25 years of experience in exploration geology, wellsite operations, marine logistics and operations.
Ryan Zarkesh
DLE Chemist
20 years expert in inorganic and DLE process chemistry. Previously Co-Founder and Dir. of Chemistry of of Lilac Solutions where he developed materials and manufacturing processes for the lithium mining industry. PhD
Selma Sierra
State & Fed Regulatory
30 years expert across natural resources, public land management and regulatory affairs. Current Board of Oil, Gas, Mining State Senate, UT. Former State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Utah.
Gavin Harrison
Permitting & Operations
Permitting and regulatory specialist in the Oil, Gas Coal Uranium and mineral with over 20 years of field experience.
Tomer Tal
Legal Counsel
Founder of New Venture Attorneys, previously with Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati focused on venture capital financings, debt financings, asset purchases & sales and intellectual property licensing transactions. JD, MBA
Brad Peek
Geologist
35 years experience in project management, mineral exploration and in computer applications in mineral exploration and mining and water engineering - Qualified person
Board of Directors
Adam Lipson
Managing partner as a neurosurgeon at IGEA Brain, Spine & Orthopedics in New York City and New Jersey. He has over a decade of experience as a private investor in over 20 biotechnology and biomedical device companies
Justin Vorwerk
Has held positions as a Managing Director in Investment Banking with Goldman Sachs, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank Securities, as well as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Credit Suisse.
Andrew Suckling
Non-Executive Chairman of Cadence Minerals the Non-Executive Director of Macarthur Minerals and a board member of the privately held company, IronMan Ltd.
David Graber
Managing Principal of Cobrador Capital, LLC,. He was Managing Director, Invest. Banking at New Century Capital Partners and National Securities Corporation, Sr. VP and Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse First Boston.
John E. Hentschel
Previously Executive VP of Dean and Deluca, Inc, Partner with Accenture, where he served as managing director of the Retail Industry practice advising large retailers.
Patrick White
Current CEO of VerifyMe, Inc., a logistics and brand protection company. Former member of US Secret Service Document Security Alliance, Founder and former CEO of (NYSE MRKT: DSS) - Patented Inventor - Intellectual Property Expert.
Sebastian Lux
25 years in business dev. with multinational companies. Co-founded Genuine Origin, a division of Volcafe & ED&F Man and has created multiple disruptive international logistic commodity supply chains. MBA, MSAS.
Jared Levinthal
Attorney, Partner with Lightfoot Franklin & White, PLLC in Houston, Texas. Mr. Levinthal is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and is a graduate of Tulane University.