Nova appoints Ashlie Thorburn as CFO as it continues to strengthen its leadership team

Nova Minerals Ltd (ASX:NVA, NASDAQ:NVA, OTC:NVAAF, FRA:QM3) continues to fortify its enactment and enforcement squad with the assignment of Ashlie Thorburn arsenic main fiscal officer, starting connected April 20, 2026. The assignment comes arsenic Nova enters an important growth and improvement phase at its flagship Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project successful Alaska.

Thorburn brings much than 20 years of acquisition successful elder concern enactment roles, mostly successful the mining assemblage crossed some listed and backstage companies.

Her inheritance includes acquisition with SEC, TSX and ASX reporting, arsenic good arsenic fiscal reporting, audit and compliance, firm governance and capitalist relations support. She has besides worked intimately with boards and audit committees and has been progressive successful indebtedness and equity financings, firm strategy and transactions including nationalist listings and mergers and acquisitions.

“Ashlie brings a beardown way grounds successful the mineral resources sector, with heavy expertise successful task financing, superior allocation, and outgo power crossed the mining lifecycle. Her acquisition includes fiscal modelling for feasibility studies and excavation development, and the implementation of robust reporting frameworks aligned with manufacture standards. She besides has important acquisition managing backing strategies for exploration and improvement assets,” Nova CEO, Christopher Gerteisen, said.

“Importantly, Ashlie brings extended acquisition successful US superior markets, including SEC reporting and compliance, fiscal disclosures, and interior controls. Her inheritance includes oversight of periodic Glings, adherence to regulatory requirements, and engagement with US-based organization investors. This expertise volition beryllium instrumental arsenic we proceed to fortify our governance model and grow our beingness successful US superior markets arsenic a US-domiciled company.”

Most recently, Thorburn was US concern pb astatine Southwest Critical Materials, wherever she was liable for acquisition integration, budgeting, treasury absorption and backstage equity reporting.

Before that, she served arsenic a elder manager astatine Armanino Advisory, advising connected concern transformation, nationalist institution readiness and method accounting matters.

Earlier successful her career, Thorburn held the relation of vice president and controller astatine Hycroft Mining Holding Corp., wherever she helped enactment the company’s modulation to a nationalist entity and worked to fortify fiscal reporting processes.

She has besides held a fig of controller and firm controller positions, gathering acquisition successful interior controls and supporting early-stage, high-growth businesses.