# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001852551
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**Filing Date:** 2026-6
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**0001493152-26-030401.hdr.sgml**: 20260629

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001493152-26-030401

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 16

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260629

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260629

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260629

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Nova Minerals Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001852551
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42132
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261131231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 242 HAWTHORN ROAD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 5
- **CITY:** CAULFIELD
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** VIC
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** C3
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 61-3-9537-1238

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 242 HAWTHORN ROAD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 5
- **CITY:** CAULFIELD
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** VIC
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** C3

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Nova Minerals Ltd
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210322

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 29, 2026**

**Nova Minerals Corp**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Nevada** | **001-42132** | **42-1800080** |
| **(State or other Jurisdiction<br> of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br> Identification No.)** |

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| **6312 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 300E**<br> **Greenwood Village, Colorado** | **80111** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (720) 550-4223**

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report): Not Applicable**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | NVA | NYSE American LLC |
| Warrants to purchase Common Stock | NVAWS | NYSE American LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On June 29, 2026, Nova Minerals Corp issued a press release titled "Nova Minerals Announces Korbel Floatation Test-work Produces High-Grade Gold Concentrate up to 26.7 g/t Au with Consistent Recoveries Exceeding 95%", which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | [Press release, dated June 29, 2026](ex99-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the iXBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **Nova Minerals Corp** | **Nova Minerals Corp** |
| Date: June 29, 2026 |  | */s/ Ian Pamensky* |
|  | Name: | Ian Pamensky |
|  | Title: | Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![](ex99-1_001.jpg)

**Nova Minerals Announces Korbel Floatation Test-work Produces High-Grade Gold Concentrate up to 26.7 g/t Au with Consistent Recoveries Exceeding 95%**

**Anchorage, Alaska, June 29, 2026** - Nova Minerals Corp ("Nova Minerals" or the "Company") (NYSE American: NVA \| ASX: NVA) is pleased to report results from bench-scale rougher flotation testing on low-grade Korbel ore, undertaken within a broader Feasibility Study (FS) level metallurgical test-work program. Flotation of low-grade Korbel ore at a coarser-than-conventional grind size has the potential to materially reduce both capital and operating costs while maintaining strong gold recovery.

**Highlights**

● **>95% Gold Recovery:** Low-grade Korbel ore (0.39–0.42 g/t Au) delivered a strong flotation response at 250 µm or finer,
 producing a low-mass pull of only 2-3% (meaning a 97-98% reduction in the volume going to downstream processing), and a high-grade
 concentrate of 14.7–26.7 g/t Au (Table 1).

● **Significant Potential FS Value Upside:** Application of coarse particle flotation to the bulk tonnage S-K 1300 compliant pit constrained 425
 Mt @ 0.3 g/t Au (4.05 Moz Au) Korbel resource (Table 4) is expected to enhance Estelle's FS outcomes by upgrading low-grade
 ore, reducing processing intensity, lowering energy use, improving gold recovery, and simplifying the flowsheet (Figure 2) by potentially
 eliminating ore sorting and heap leach requirements and allowing a significantly smaller Carbon-in-Leach (CIL) plant.

● **Ongoing PFS Optimization:** Korbel CIL test-work and further coarse particle flotation studies are underway to refine the flowsheet, confirm
 high gold recovery and gangue rejection, and optimize plant design, scale, configuration, and overall project economics.

**Nova Minerals CEO, Mr. Christopher Gerteisen, commented:**

*"As part of our ongoing Feasibility Study optimization work, these results represent a major breakthrough in our metallurgical test program. The demonstration that Korbel ore is highly amenable to coarse particle flotation, producing a very high-grade concentrate representing only 2-3% of the total mass while achieving gold recoveries in excess of 90%, has the potential to be a game changer for the project.*

 

*The successful application of coarse particle HydroFloat technology to our process flowsheet has the potential to deliver substantial reductions in processing and capital costs, while simplifying downstream operations. These improvements could significantly enhance the project's overall economics and increase our ability to profitably recover gold from lower-grade material across the bulk-tonnage Korbel deposit.*

 

*Metallurgical test work is continuing to evaluate even coarser particle sizes, which could further improve the project's processing cost profile and strengthen our strategy of maximizing gold production and resource conversion over the life of the mine."*

 

**Korbel Flotation Metallurgical Test-work**

The test-work was undertaken on a composite sample generated from diamond drill core from the Korbel Main deposit, representing predominantly fresh sulfide intrusive-hosted ore from an intrusion-related gold system. The sample material was selected from drill holes KBDH-005, KBDH-011 and KBDH-025 over the intervals summarized in Table 2, with the results outlined in Table 1*.*

 

***Table 1.*** *Bench rougher floatation test-work results*

 

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| **Test ID** | **Grind Size** <br> **µm** | **Mass <br> Pull %** | **Au <br> Recovery %** | **Au <br> Grade g/t** | **S-2 <br> Recovery %** | **As**<br>**Recovery %** |
| BF2939 | 150 | 2.05 | 94.9 | 26.7 | 91.2 | 97.0 |
| BF2940 | 150 | 3.18 | 96.1 | 15.1 | 90.6 | 96.7 |
| BF2941 | 75 | 2.79 | 97.7 | 14.7 | 90.7 | 96.6 |
| BF2942 | 250 | 2.67 | 95.9 | 17.2 | 90.3 | 96.6 |
| BF2943 | 500 | 2.82 | 83.6 | 15.8 | 89.5 | 87.6 |
| BF2944 | 1000 | 3.00 | 41.6 | 5.3 | 75.0 | 69.6 |
| BF2945 | 75 | 2.56 | 97.9 | 17.6 | 90.5 | 96.6 |
| BF2946 | 75 | 3.06 | 98.3 | 18.7 | 90.4 | 96.5 |

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***Table 2.*** *Korbel drill samples used for test-work composite*

 

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| **Hole ID** | **Sample ID** | **Sample ID** | **From m** | **To m** | **From ft** | **From ft** |
| KBDH-005 | A0393009 | A0393118 | 26 | 307 | 87 | 1009 |
| KBDH-005 | B709084 | B709108 | 307 | 309 | 1009 | 1017 |
| KBDH-011 | A0393488 | A0393677 | 6 | 499 | 22 | 1638 |
| KBDH-025 | A0394774 | A0394902 | 258 | 593 | 847 | 1948 |

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***Table 3.*** *Korbel drill hole locations*

 

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| **Hole ID** | **Easting** | **Northing** | **Elev**<br> **(m)** | **EOH**<br> **(m)** | **Azi** | **Dip** | **Zone** | **Zone** | **Assay Results** |
| KBDH-005 | 505300.5 | 6874852.9 | 977.5 | 456.3 | 90 | -45 | Korbel Core | ASX: 19/8/2020 | ASX: 19/8/2020 |
| KBDH-011 | 505288.1 | 6874848.4 | 977.3 | 499.3 | 45 | -70 | Korbel Core | ASX: 19/8/2020 | ASX: 19/8/2020 |
| KBDH-025 | 505276.9 | 6874846.8 | 978.8 | 593.8 | 135 | -45 | Korbel Core | ASX: 26/11/2020 | ASX: 26/11/2020 |

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Figure 1 presents the Korbel flotation response across a range of grind sizes, as determined from the metallurgical test-work program, together with the indicative operating windows for available flotation technologies.

![](ex99-1_002.jpg)

***Figure 1.*** *Korbel floatation grind sensitivity test-work results*

 

**Korbel Coarse Particle Floatation Flowsheet**

The proposed flowsheet (Figure 2) demonstrates the potential to fully utilize the Korbel resource by integrating coarse particle flotation for early upgrading with downstream CIL treatment for gold recovery.

 

![](ex99-1_003.jpg) ****

***Figure 2.*** *High-level conceptual flowsheet for Korbel ore*

***Table 4.*** *S-K 1300 compliant pit constrained mineral resource estimate – January 2024*

 

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| **Deposit** | **Cutoff** | **Measured** | **Measured** | **Measured** | **Indicated** | **Indicated** | **Indicated** | **Inferred** | **Inferred** | **Inferred** | **Total** | **Total** | **Total** |
|  |  | Tonnes | Grade | Moz | Tonnes | Grade | Moz | Tonnes | Grade | Moz | Tonnes | Grade | Moz |
|  |  | Mt | g/t Au | Au | Mt | g/t Au | Au | Mt | g/t Au | Au | Mt | g/t Au | Au |
| RPM North | 0.2 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.18 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.15 | 23 | 0.6 | 0.45 | 28 | 0.9 | 0.78 |
| RPM South | 0.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 | 0.5 | 0.35 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.35 |
| **Total RPM** |  | **1** | **4.1** | **0.18** | **3** | **1.6** | **0.15** | **46** | **0.5** | **0.8** | **51** | **0.7** | **1.13** |
| Korbel Main | 0.15 |  |  |  | 240 | 0.3 | 2.39 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 275 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Cathedral | 0.15 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 150 | 0.3 | 1.35 | 150 | 0.3 | 1.35 |
| **Total Korbel** |  |  |  |  | **240** | **0.3** | **2.39** | **185** | **0.3** | **1.65** | **425** | **0.3** | **4.05** |
| **Total Estelle** |  | **1** | **4.1** | **0.18** | **243** | **0.3** | **2.54** | **231** | **0.3** | **2.45** | **476** | **0.3** | **5.17** |

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*S-K 1300 compliant pit-constrained resource at a US$2,000 oz gold price as per the S-K 1300 Initial Assessment Technical Report Summary on the Estelle Gold Project, Alaska, USA, with an effective date of January 31, 2024. 5.2 Moz refers to the measured, indicated, and inferred resources on 100% basis, 85% attributable to Nova Minerals (4.4 Moz).*

**Qualified Persons**

The information contained in this announcement, relating to metallurgical results, is based on, and fairly and accurately represent the information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Damian Connelly. Mr Connelly is a full-time employee of METS Engineering who are a contractor to Nova Minerals, and a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Connelly has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Exploration Targets, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and as a Qualified Person as defined in Regulation S-K 1300 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (S-K 1300). Mr Connelly consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on the results in the form and context in which they appear.

**About Nova Minerals Corp**

Nova Minerals Corp is advancing one of the world's largest undeveloped gold deposits into production and securing a US domestic supply of the critical mineral antimony. The Company is focused on the exploration and development of the Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project, located in Alaska, a tier-one mining jurisdiction.

Estelle hosts two defined multi-million-ounce gold resources, and more than 20 prospects distributed along a 35-kilometre mineralized trend, in the prolific Tintina Gold Belt, a province which hosts a >220 million ounce (Moz) documented gold endowment and some of the world's largest gold mines and discoveries including, Kinross Gold Corporation's Fort Knox Gold Mine. In parallel, Nova is advancing its critical minerals strategy, fully-funded by a US$43.4 million U.S. Department of War award to develop a domestic antimony supply chain, targeted for production in late 2026/2027.

Further discussion and analysis of the Estelle Project is available through the interactive Vrify 3D animations, presentations, and videos, all available on the Company's website <u>www.novamineralscorp.com</u>*.*

**Forward Looking Statements**

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| Investor Relations: | Nova Minerals |
| Dave Gentry, CEO | Craig Bentley |
| RedChip Companies, Inc. | Director |
| Phone: 1-407-644-4256 | Phone: 1-720-550-4223 |
| Email: <u>NVA@redchip.com</u> | Email: <u>craig@novamineralscorp.com</u> |

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