Nova minerals limited provides an update on the rpm feasibility study and variation to the nebari convertible facility

Caufield, australia, sept. 20, 2024 (globe newswire) -- nova minerals limited (“nova” and the “company”) (nasdaq: nva) (asx: nva) (fra: qm3), a gold and critical minerals exploration stage company focused on advancing the estelle gold project in alaska, u.s.a., is pleased to advise the company has executed a variation agreement with its largest institutional shareholder and convertible note holder nebari gold fund 1, lp (nebari) to reduce the month end cash covenant required under the previously announced loan agreement dated 21 november 2022 from us$2m to a$1m, and with the option to extend the convertible facility for a further 12 months out to 29 november 2026. in addition to the recent us nasdaq listing, the freeing up of this additional ~a$2m gives the company the ability to accelerate the rpm early start up option to a feasibility study (fs) for delivery in 2025 by undertaking internal optimization studies aimed to investigate how it can potentially generate as much early cashflow as possible to organically fund the company's expansion plans across the estelle project. it also gives the company the ability to continue its advanced discussions with the us dept. of defense (dod) in relation to potentially establishing a starter antimony operation at stibium in parallel.
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