Yes the coward did (as per my opening sentence) to avoid answering to his investors.
Failure after failure.
He was proudly boasting Riverside would be capable of producing 10,000t in 2023 using gen 3 furnaces.
$300million was raised to fund the facility which was purchased for $40million yet still has a $30mil mortgage.
Where did all that money go?
This recent CR is to supposedly finally enable 3000t production.
How was 10,000t ever possible in 2023. Was a complete lie to deceive retail investors to hold.
Kore was similar, while CEO Lindsay Gorrill was publicly confirming koreplex would not be capable of cell production until some time in 2026 Burns was still claiming mid/late 2024 that novonix was still on track to produce 3000t for the Kore contract, More blatant lies.
His stepping down is to avoid the backlash as investors wake up & realise they were played while him & his mates sell off fully aware of the significant production delays.