Battery Metals Issuers Line Up for August 27 Virtual Conference

Virtual Investor Conferences published the agenda for its Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference on August 27, 2026, a free online event opening with Eastport Critical Metals Corp. (OTCQB: EVIIF | TSXV: EVI) at 9:00 a.m. ET and CBAK Energy Technology Limited (NASDAQ: CBAT) at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Virtual Investor Conferences has released the running order for its Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference, scheduled for August 27, 2026. The format is familiar to anyone who has followed small-cap resource marketing over the past few years: a sequence of half-hour company presentations delivered online, followed by one-on-one meetings that management teams book directly with investors. Attendance costs nothing, and the organisers are urging participants to pre-register and run the platform’s system check ahead of time so they are not troubleshooting audio while the first presenter is speaking.

The day opens at 9:00 a.m. ET with Eastport Critical Metals Corp. (OTCQB: EVIIF | TSXV: EVI), followed at 9:30 a.m. ET by CBAK Energy Technology Limited (NASDAQ: CBAT), and at 10:00 a.m. ET by Deep Isolation Nuclear. The agenda was announced by INN Battery Metals.

Who the audience is meant to be

The invitation list is deliberately broad — individual investors, institutional investors, advisors and analysts — and that breadth is the point. For a junior explorer or a small-cap manufacturer, the practical barrier to institutional attention is not the quality of the asset but the cost of getting in front of a portfolio manager. A conventional roadshow means flights, hotels and a banker’s calendar. A virtual conference collapses that into a webcam and a booking link.

Greg Young, VP, Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group, framed the event around the supply chain rather than any single commodity. “The Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference brings together companies working across battery technology, copper, and critical minerals, all part of a supply chain investors are watching closely,” he said, adding that presenters “will have the opportunity to engage directly with a global investor audience through live presentations and one-on-one meetings.”

That grouping — cells, conductors and the feedstock underneath both — reflects how allocators increasingly think about the energy transition. Copper is the wiring, critical minerals are the inputs, and battery technology is where the value either accrues or evaporates depending on chemistry and cost. Investors sitting through a full morning of presentations are effectively sampling three different risk profiles under one banner.

What the presenting names look like heading in

CBAK Energy Technology is the one presenter on the published opening slate with a large-cap-style listing venue and a liquid US quote. Its shares last traded at 0.70, up 0.47% on the session, after a previous close of 0.70 and a day range of 0.68 to 0.72, as of the close on August 19, 2026. That is a sub-dollar price on a Nasdaq listing — a level that brings its own set of investor considerations around index eligibility, institutional mandates and listing-standard thresholds, and one reason direct access to management tends to matter more for names in this bracket than for large caps that file quarterly and let the sell side do the talking.

Eastport Critical Metals carries a dual quote — OTCQB in the United States and the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada — which is a common structure for Canadian juniors seeking US retail visibility without a full senior-exchange listing. Deep Isolation Nuclear rounds out the first hour, extending the agenda beyond metals and cells into the nuclear waste and fuel-cycle side of the low-carbon story.

The market backdrop on the day the agenda landed

The agenda arrived into a broadly steady but directionless equity tape. The S&P 500, tracked by SPY, closed at $769.06, up 0.21% from a previous close of $767.45, with a day range of $768.10 to $772.47. The Dow 30 proxy DIA finished at $534.27, up 0.26%. The Nasdaq 100 proxy QQQ went the other way, closing at $716.08, down 0.20% from $717.51 after trading between $712.61 and $721.50.

A market that splits like that — industrials and the broad index nudging higher while the growth-heavy index slips — is not the kind of tape that lifts micro-cap resource names on its own. Small-cap explorers and single-product battery manufacturers tend to need company-specific catalysts: a drill result, an offtake, a permit, a financing. Conferences of this type are where those catalysts get explained, and occasionally where the financings that follow get seeded.

What to watch when the presentations run

Three things are worth listening for across the morning. First, funding runway. Junior critical-minerals developers spend capital continuously and generate no revenue; the honesty of a management team about how many quarters of cash it has is usually more informative than the geology slides. Second, offtake and customer concentration. For a cell maker, who is buying and on what terms determines whether volume growth translates into margin. Third, jurisdiction and permitting timelines, which have become the binding constraint on Western critical-minerals supply far more often than resource size.

The one-on-one meeting slots are arguably the more valuable half of the event. Presentations are scripted; private meetings are where investors test the assumptions. Because there is no attendance fee and no travel involved, the marginal cost of showing up is close to zero — which cuts both ways. It widens the audience, but it also means presenting management teams face a room of listeners with no sunk cost and short attention spans.

Registration and the meeting scheduler are open ahead of the August 27 date, and the organisers recommend completing both in advance rather than on the morning itself.

Key facts

• Event date: Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference, August 27, 2026
• CBAT last close: 0.70, +0.47%, as of Aug 19, 2026 20:00 GMT
• First presenters: Eastport Critical Metals 9:00 a.m. ET; CBAK Energy 9:30 a.m. ET; Deep Isolation Nuclear 10:00 a.m. ET
• Cost to attend: Free for presentations and one-on-one management meetings

Frequently asked questions

When is the Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference?

It takes place on August 27, 2026, hosted online by Virtual Investor Conferences. The published agenda begins at 9:00 a.m. ET with Eastport Critical Metals Corp., followed by CBAK Energy Technology Limited at 9:30 a.m. ET and Deep Isolation Nuclear at 10:00 a.m. ET. Organisers recommend pre-registering and running the platform’s system check beforehand.

Does it cost anything to attend?

No. There is no cost to attend the live presentations or to schedule one-on-one meetings with company management. Individual investors, institutional investors, advisors and analysts are all invited. Pre-registration is recommended so participants receive event updates and can confirm their setup works before the first presentation begins.

Which companies are on the published agenda so far?

The opening hour lists Eastport Critical Metals Corp. (OTCQB: EVIIF | TSXV: EVI) at 9:00 a.m. ET, CBAK Energy Technology Limited (NASDAQ: CBAT) at 9:30 a.m. ET, and Deep Isolation Nuclear at 10:00 a.m. ET. The full agenda spans companies working across battery technology, copper and critical minerals.

How did CBAK Energy shares perform ahead of the event?

CBAK Energy Technology Limited last traded at 0.70, a gain of 0.47% on the session, against a previous close of 0.70. The day range was 0.68 to 0.72. Those figures are as of the close on August 19, 2026, the day the conference agenda was announced.

Who organises these virtual investor conferences?

Virtual Investor Conferences runs the proprietary conference series. Greg Young, VP, Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group, provided the announcement quote, describing the event as bringing together companies across battery technology, copper and critical minerals — a supply chain he said investors are watching closely.

Why do small resource companies use virtual conferences?

A traditional roadshow requires travel, banker calendars and significant cost, which is difficult for pre-revenue explorers and small manufacturers. A virtual format lets management present to a global audience and book one-on-one investor meetings at minimal expense, widening access to individual and institutional investors who might otherwise never see the company.

Sources

• Clean Energy Metals Virtual Investor Conference Agenda Announced — INN Battery Metals

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