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      "text": "We are troubled by the recent departure of Director Louie Simens for unspecified \"personal reasons\" last month. Mr. Simens has been on the Board since 2017 when the name changed to Nova Minerals. Moreover, he is the largest insider shareholder owning ~2.25% of the stock and an owner in AK Minerals Pty Ltd, the JV partner owning 15% of the Estelle project, which is to be repurchased upon Nova’s U.S. domicile plan. Mr. Simens has been promoted as the \"construction guy\" and manager of \"core business operations\". This concerns us because Nova is now talking about pivoting towards construction in 2026.",
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