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Aqua Metals, Inc.

NASDAQ: AQMS. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323
SEC CIK
0001621832
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 20, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 31, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Stephen CottonSince Mar 31, 2026
Chair
Not published
Independent
3 / 44 directors published
Published claims
243 distinct sources
Evidence records
70 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 7 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

EXECUTIVE APPOINTED

Benjamin Taecker executive of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2026-03-31.

EffectiveEffective Mar 31, 2026E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Named Executive OfficerBenjamin TaeckerMar 2026currentSource reportedE3
Chief Financial OfficerEric WestMar 2026currentSource reportedE4
Named Executive OfficerJudd MerrillMar 2026currentSource reportedE5
President and Chief Executive OfficerStephen CottonMar 2026currentSource reportedE6

Board of directors

Evidence

4 directors published. 3 of 4 with a published determination are independent.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Eric GangloffIndependent2025AuditAudit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairCompensationNominating and Governance, chairSource reportedE2
Stephen CottonNot independent2019None publishedSource reportedE2
Steven HendersonIndependent2025AuditAudit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceCompensation, chairNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Vincent L. DiVitoIndependent2015Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating and GovernanceCompensationNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
AuditVincent L. DiVitoVincent L. DiVito, Eric Gangloff, Steven HendersonNot described in the published record
Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedVincent L. DiVitoNot described in the published record
Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedSteven HendersonNot described in the published record
Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNot publishedEric GangloffNot described in the published record
CompensationSteven HendersonSteven Henderson, Eric Gangloff, Vincent L. DiVitoNot described in the published record
Nominating and GovernanceEric GangloffEric Gangloff, Steven Henderson, Vincent L. DiVitoNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Vincent L. DiVito; Members Vincent L. DiVito (Chair); Eric Gangloff; Steven Henderson
Source reportedE7
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Committee AppointmentVincent L. DiVito: chair, Audit
Source reportedE7
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Committee AppointmentEric Gangloff: member, Audit
Source reportedE7
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Committee AppointmentSteven Henderson: member, Audit
Source reportedE7
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Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Steven Henderson; Members Steven Henderson (Chair); Eric Gangloff; Vincent L. DiVito
Source reportedE7
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Committee AppointmentSteven Henderson: chair, Compensation
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_appointment:18
Committee AppointmentEric Gangloff: member, Compensation
Source reportedE7
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Committee AppointmentVincent L. DiVito: member, Compensation
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_appointment:20
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Eric Gangloff; Members Eric Gangloff (Chair); Steven Henderson; Vincent L. DiVito
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_record:21
Committee AppointmentEric Gangloff: chair, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_appointment:22
Committee AppointmentSteven Henderson: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_appointment:23
Committee AppointmentVincent L. DiVito: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE7
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:committee_appointment:24

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerStephen Cotton, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Mar 31, 2026
Source reportedE6
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:leadership_role:12
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingAQMS (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:security_listing:25
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 20, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameAqua Metals, Inc.
Source reportedE1
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:94c1817e-c9b0-4475-92bc-df734d629323:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
7 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 20, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Aqua Metals, Inc. DEF 14A 2025-06-23
    sec proxy. Published Jun 23, 2025. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    AQMS 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    AQMS 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    AQMS 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    AQMS 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Audit
    board_seats. board seats. Cited by 12 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 20, 2026
  • Benjamin Taecker executive of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2026-03-31.
  • Eric West executive of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2026-03-31.
  • Judd Merrill executive of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2026-03-31.
  • Stephen Cotton executive of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2026-03-31.
  • Eric Gangloff seat on Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
  • Steven Henderson seat on Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
  • Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
  • Steven Henderson member of Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2025-01-01.
  • Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
  • Eric Gangloff member of Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2025-01-01.
  • Stephen Cotton seat on Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2019-01-01.
  • Vincent L. DiVito seat on Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.
  • Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating and Governance committee of Aqua Metals, Inc., effective 2015-01-01.
  • Vincent L. DiVito member of Audit · Chair; Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2015-01-01.
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  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims3
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people7
  17. Subject and corrections6
  18. Evidence7
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