Company: ABTS
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: F-3/A
Source: 0001641172-25-013026
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Company: Abits Group Inc
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: F-3/A
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 investigate completely PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong because of positions taken by mainland China and Hong Kong authorities in those jurisdictions, and identified the registered public accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong that were subject to such determinations. On June 14, 2022, we were conclusively identified by the SEC as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA following the filing of our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which contained the audit report issued by Centurion ZD CPA & Co. (“Centurion”), a registered public accounting firm headquartered in Hong Kong that the PCAOB had determined it was previously unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in such jurisdiction. Effective June 30, 2022, we appointed Audit Alliance LLP (“Audit Alliance”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and accepted the resignation of Centurion, effective on the same date. Audit Alliance was not among the registered public accounting firms listed on the determination list issued by the PCAOB.

On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol (SOP) Agreement with the CSRC and the Ministry of Finance, or the MOF, of the PRC regarding cooperation in the oversight of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms in the PRC and Hong Kong to establish a method for the PCAOB to conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms in the PRC and Hong Kong. Pursuant to the fact sheet with respect to the Protocol disclosed by the SEC, the PCAOB has independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and vacated its previous 2021 adverse determinations. However, should the PCAOB fails to have complete access in the future, the PCAOB will consider the need to issue a new determination.

Our current auditor, Audit Alliance LLP, is based in the Republic of Singapore and gives complete access to the PCAOB on a regular basis. Our auditor is not among the PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in the PRC or Hong Kong that are subject to PCAOB’s determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in