Man charged over market manipulation conspiracy Reporter 17 March 2021 A man has appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court charged with conspiring with others to manipulate the market. ASIC alleges that Benjamin Heath Cooper conspired with Avrohom Kimelman and Don Evans to manipulate the share price of Quantum Resources Limited (now known as Nova Minerals Limited) in 2015. In 2020, ASIC alleged that Mr Kimelman was in possession of inside information concerning the company’s intention to acquire Manitoba Minerals Pty Ltd – which had agreed to acquire an interest in a lithium resource in Canada – when he applied for the acquisition of 3,957,150 of Quantum’s shares. Mr Evans was also charged with procuring 1,500,000 shares while in possession of inside information.