---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-003161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:55:36.909399+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aqua Metals appoints Steve Henderson and Eric Gangloff to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Steve Henderson (former EVP Leggett & Platt, Dow Chemical auto division head) and Eric Gangloff (Summit Alt Investments) appointed effective Feb 3, 2025.
- Gangloff participated in Dec 2024 private placement: $400k secured note at 20% interest due Dec 31, 2025, and warrant for 200k shares at $1.92.
- Prior $3M loan from Summit (Gangloff-controlled) at 9.5% interest due March 27, 2025, secured by company assets.
- Appointments aim to accelerate scaling of AquaRefining process for low-carbon battery recycling and critical minerals supply.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-003161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/0001437749-25-003161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/aqms20250206_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-003161
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-003161.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-003161.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Gangloff was appointed as Director at Aqua Metals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 3, 2025, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Aqua Metals, Inc. (“Company”), acting upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Steve Henderson and Eric Gangloff to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/0001437749-25-003161-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steve Henderson was appointed as Director at Aqua Metals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 3, 2025, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Aqua Metals, Inc. (“Company”), acting upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Steve Henderson and Eric Gangloff to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/0001437749-25-003161-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.