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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2015-01-23</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001400000</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ABAKAN, INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ABKI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001279710</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MAZ MARIA CAMILA</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4801 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CORAL GABLES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33146</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001222599</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MILLER ROBERT HILLIS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4801 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CORAL GABLES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33146</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-01-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.32</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>24100000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>SEE FOOTNOTE</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">THE SHARES WERE GIFTED IN A NON-CASH TRANSACTION BY MS. MAZ TO THE CHURCH OF THE EPHIPANY</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">MS. MAZ HAS DIRECT BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF 17,400,000 SHARES, INDIRECT BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OVER 5,250,000 SHARES OWNED BY THE THOMAS AND MARIO MILLER FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST AND INDIRECT BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OVER THE 1,450,000 COMMON SHARES OWNED BY THE TARIJA FOUNDATION, A NON-PROFIT TRUST, FOR WHICH MR. MILLER, HER HUSBAND, SERVES AS AN OFFICER AND DIRECTOR.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>MARIA MAZ</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-02-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>ROBERT H. MILLER</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-02-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
