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accession: "0001493152-24-050326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDST"
cik: "0001831979"
company_name: "Stardust Power Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T02:32:30.490267+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stardust Power closes $1.8M note financing, buys OK refinery site, appoints new director

## Summary
- $1.8M notes at 15%, maturing Mar 2025; lenders get up to $2.7M in stock (min 360k shares).
- Completed purchase of 66-acre site in Muskogee, OK for $1.7M; received stormwater construction permit.
- Chandra R. Patel resigned/removed from board; Martyn Buttenshaw appointed by Sponsor as director.
- $27M TIF district approved for Muskogee refinery infrastructure; company may claim related cost reductions.
- Construction to begin after project financing; refinery to produce up to 50,000 mtpa battery-grade lithium.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-050326
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDST
- cik: 0001831979
- company_name: Stardust Power Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315224050326/0001493152-24-050326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315224050326/form8-k.htm

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