{"url_path":"/sec/gstx/8-k/2026-06-24/cover-page","section_key":"cover-page","section_title":"Cover Page","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-24","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497649/0001903596-26-000255-index.html","accession_number":"0001903596-26-000255","cik":"0001497649","ticker":"GSTX","issuer_name":"Graphene & Solar Technologies Ltd","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497649/0001903596-26-000255-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001497649","primary_entity_name":"Graphene & Solar Technologies Ltd"},"word_count":419,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"false\n0001497649\n\n0001497649\n\n2026-06-24\n2026-06-24\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\n**UNITED STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND\nEXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**Washington, D.C.\n20549**\n\n \n\n**FORM 8-K**\n\n \n\n**CURRENT REPORT**\n\nPursuant to Section\n13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934\n\n \n\nDate of Report (Date\nof earliest event reported): June 24, 2026\n\n \n\nCommission File Number:\n**333-174194**\n\n ** **\n\n**GRAPHENE\n& SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED**\n\n(Exact name of registrant\nas specified in its charter)\n\n \n\n**colorado**\n \n**27-2888719**\n\n(State or other jurisdiction\nof incorporation or organization)\n \n(I.R.S. Employer Identification\nNo.)\n\n \n\n**11201\nNorth Tatum Blvd.****, Suite\n300**\n\n **Phoenix****,\nAZ****85028**\n\n(Address of principal\nexecutive offices, including Zip Code)\n\n \n\n**(602)****388-8335**\n\n(Issuer’s telephone\nnumber, including area code)\n\n \n\n** **\n\nCheck the appropriate\nbox below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following\nprovisions:\n\n \n\n☐      Written\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)\n\n \n\n☐      Soliciting\nmaterial pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 2459.244a-12)\n\n \n\n☐      Pre-commencement\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 2459.244d-2(b))\n\n \n\n☐      Pre-commencement\ncommunications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 2459.243e-4c))\n\n \n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section\n12(b) of the Act.\n\n  \n\nTitle\nof Each Class\n \nTrading\nSymbol\n \nName\nof Each Exchange on which registered\n\nNONE\n \nNONE\n \nNONE\n\n \n\nIndicate by check\nmark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this\nchapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)\n\n \n\nEmerging growth company  ☒\n\n \n\nIf an emerging growth\ncompany, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or\nrevised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐\n\n 1\n\n \n\n** **\n\n**1.01 Entry Into\na Material Definitive Agreement.**\n\n \n\nOn June 23, 2026,\nGraphene & Solar Technologies Limited (OTCID: GSTX) (the \"Company\") announced that its wholly owned U.S. manufacturing\nsubsidiary, The Quartz & Silicon Materials Company Limited (\"QSM USA\"), has been awarded a forty-five million dollar ($45,000,000)\nCalifornia Competes Tax Credit through the California Office of Business and Economic Development. The five-year award supports the Company's\nplanned silicon ingot and silicon wafer manufacturing projects.\n\n \n\nA copy of the Tax\nCredit Allocation Agreement for the award is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by\nreference. Readers should review the Tax Credit Allocation Agreement for a complete understanding of the terms and conditions of the\ntransaction described above."}