6-K

UNITEDSTATES

SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,D.C. 20549

FORM6-K

REPORTOF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANTTO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDERTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2025

CommissionFile Number 001-42132

NOVAMINERALS LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Suite5, 242 Hawthorn Road,

Caulfield,Victoria 3161

Australia+61 3 9537 1238

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

NOVAMINERALS LIMITED

EXPLANATORYNOTE

Attached to this report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the release of Nova Minerals Limited (the “Company”) dated December 17, 2025, titled “Voluntary Suspension Request – ASX Code: NVA,” originally filed with the Australian Securities Exchange as required by the laws of Australia.

The Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market have been in a trading halt concurrent with the its trading halt on the Australian Stock Exchange. Trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market is expected to resume following the resumption of trading on the Australian Stock Exchange.

This report on Form 6-K (including the exhibits attached hereto) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

FinancialStatements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

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SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.

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Exhibit99.1

Ash Abdul Aziz

Adviser, Listings Compliance (Melbourne)

ASX Compliance Pty Limited

Level 4 North Tower, 525 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3000

Dear Ash

VOLUNTARYSUSPENSION REQUEST – ASX CODE: NVA

NovaMinerals Limit (Nova or the Company) (ASX: NVA, NASDAQ: NVA, FRA: QM3) requests that the voluntary suspension be extended for its ordinary shares (ASX Code: NVA) under Listing Rule 17.2 prior to the commencement of trading today.

Nova provides the following information for the purposes of Listing Rule 17.2:

This voluntary suspension request has been authorized for release by the Executive Directors.

^1^ Companies headquartered outside the US can list securities for sale on US exchanges with certain preconditions. One of these is fling a Form F-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The form F-3 is intended to capture information for US investors about a foreign company that they would otherwise have access to if it were a domestic company, namely basic information about company finances and governance.

Yours sincerely

IanPamensky

CompanySecretary

AboutNova Minerals Limited

Nova Minerals Limited is a Gold, Antimony and Critical Minerals exploration and development company focused on advancing the Estelle Project, comprised of 514 km2 of State of Alaska mining claims, which contains multiple mining complexes across a 35 km long mineralized corridor of over 20 advanced Gold and Antimony prospects, including two already defined multi-million ounce resources, and several drill ready Antimony prospects with massive outcropping stibnite vein systems observed at surface. The 85% owned project is located 150 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 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. The belt also hosts significant Antimony deposits and was a historical North American Antimony producer