secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS)
CIK:        0001621832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-003161
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/0001437749-25-003161-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774925003161/aqms20250206_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-003161

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