<html>
  <head>
    <title>
</title>
</head>
  <body bgcolor="#ffffff"><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>UNITED
      STATES </strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Washington
      D.C. 20549</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FORM
      8-K</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CURRENT
      REPORT</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">OF
      THE
      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date
      of
      Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 9, 2006 (August 8,
      2006)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>NOVASTAR
      RESOURCES LTD.</strong></font>&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <hr style="COLOR: black" align="center" noshade size="2" width="50%">
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div align="center">
      <table bgcolor="white" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="75%">

          <tr bgcolor="white">
            <td width="25%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<font size="2">Nevada</font></div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<font size="2">
                000-28535</font></div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<font size="2">91-1975651</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table></div>
    <div align="center">
      <table bgcolor="white" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="75%">

          <tr bgcolor="white">
            <td width="25%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<font size="2">(State
                of Incorporation)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Commission
                File No.)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<font size="2">(IRS
                Employer ID
                No.)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>8300
      Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>800-685-8082</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Registrant&#8217;s
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code) </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">o
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR.425)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings" size="3">o
</font>Soliciting
      material pursuant to
      Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings" size="3">o
</font>Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings" size="3">o
</font>Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
        </div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>ITEM
      1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Amendment
      No. 2 to Merger Agreement</em></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      February 21, 2006, Novastar Resources Ltd. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) reported its entry
      into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), dated February
      14, 2006, with Thorium Power, Inc. (&#8220;Thorium Power&#8221;) and TP Acquisition Corp., a
      subsidiary of the Company (&#8220;Acquisition Sub&#8221;), relating to the acquisition by
      the Company of one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding capital stock
      of
      Thorium Power through a reverse merger of Acquisition Sub with and into Thorium
      Power. The Merger Agreement was thereafter amended on June 12, 2006 (the &#8220;First
      Merger Amendment&#8221;).</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      August
      8, 2006, the Company, Thorium Power and Acquisition Sub agreed to amend the
      Merger Agreement (the &#8220;Second Merger Amendment&#8221;): (1) to replace in its
      entirety, Section 1.2(a) (the purchase price provision of the Merger Agreement)
      with a new Section 1.2(a). The First Merger Amendment eliminated the conversion
      ratio formula that had been part of the Merger Agreement prior to the Merger
      Amendment and replaced it with the exact number of shares of common stock of
      the
      Company issuable in connection with the Merger. The First Merger Amendment
      provided that </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Thorium
      Power Common Stock, other than shares held by Novastar, would be converted
      into
      the right to receive 25.454 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, and that each
      Exchangeable Security (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that has an exercise
      price of $5.00 or $1.00 will be converted into the right to receive 22.750
      and
      11.936 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, respectively</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      The
      Second Merger Amendment revises the conversion ratios included in the First
      Merger Amendment, providing that Thorium Power Common Stock, other than shares
      held by Novastar, will now be converted into the right to receive 25.628 shares
      of the Company&#8217;s common stock, and that each Exchangeable Security (as defined
      in the Merger Agreement) that has an exercise price of $5.00 or $1.00 will
      now
      be converted into the right to receive 22.965 and 12.315 shares of the Company&#8217;s
      common stock, respectively.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      parties adjusted the ratios as the result of the exercise, on a cashless basis,
      of certain options and/or warrants held by Thorium Power security holders since
      the date of the First Merger Amendment. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
      description of the terms of the Second Merger Amendment is qualified by
      reference to the provisions of that agreement, attached to this report as
      Exhibit 10.1.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>ITEM
      9.01&#160;&#160; EXHIBITS. </strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Exhibit
                No.</u></strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Description</u></strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amendment
                No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2006, between
                Novastar Resources, Ltd., TP Acquisition Corp. and Thorium Power,
                Inc.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
        </div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SIGNATURES</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
      hereunto duly authorized. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Novastar
      Resources Ltd.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date:
      August 9, 2006</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <div align="left">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="20%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/
                  Seth Grae</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President
                  and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div align="left">&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
        </div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">EXHIBIT
      INDEX</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%">

          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Exhibit
                No.</u></strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Description</u></strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amendment
                No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2006, between
                Novastar Resources, Ltd., TP Acquisition Corp. and Thorium Power,
                Inc.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
      <div id="FTR">
        <div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left">&#160;</div>
      </div>
      <div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
          <hr style="COLOR: black" noshade size="2">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><br></div>
  </body>
</html>
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "NOVASTAR RESOURCES LTD.", "cik": "0001084554", "assigned-sic": "1400", "irs-number": "911975651", "state-of-incorporation": "NV", "fiscal-year-end": "0630"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-28543", "film-number": "061016187"}, "business-address": {"street1": "1  E. LIBERTY STREET, SUITE 6000", "city": "RENO", "state": "NV", "zip": "89501", "phone": "604-904-6946"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "1  E. LIBERTY STREET, SUITE 6000", "city": "RENO", "state": "NV", "zip": "89501"}, "former-company": [{"former-conformed-name": "NOVASTAR RESOURCES LTD", "date-changed": "20050829"}, {"former-conformed-name": "CUSTOM BRANDED NETWORKS INC", "date-changed": "20010622"}, {"former-conformed-name": "AQUISTAR VENTURES USA INC", "date-changed": "19990728"}]}
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
      THE
      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 9, 2006 (August 8,
      2006)
NOVASTAR
      RESOURCES LTD.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-28535
91-1975651
(State
                of Incorporation)
(Commission
                File No.)
(IRS
                Employer ID
                No.)
8300
      Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
800-685-8082
(Registrant's
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR.425)
o
Soliciting
      material pursuant to
      Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
      communications
      pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
ITEM
      1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
Amendment
      No. 2 to Merger Agreement
On
      February 21, 2006, Novastar Resources Ltd. (the "Company") reported its entry
      into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated February
      14, 2006, with Thorium Power, Inc. ("Thorium Power") and TP Acquisition Corp., a
      subsidiary of the Company ("Acquisition Sub"), relating to the acquisition by
      the Company of one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding capital stock
      of
      Thorium Power through a reverse merger of Acquisition Sub with and into Thorium
      Power. The Merger Agreement was thereafter amended on June 12, 2006 (the "First
      Merger Amendment").
On
      August
      8, 2006, the Company, Thorium Power and Acquisition Sub agreed to amend the
      Merger Agreement (the "Second Merger Amendment"): (1) to replace in its
      entirety, Section 1.2(a) (the purchase price provision of the Merger Agreement)
      with a new Section 1.2(a). The First Merger Amendment eliminated the conversion
      ratio formula that had been part of the Merger Agreement prior to the Merger
      Amendment and replaced it with the exact number of shares of common stock of
      the
      Company issuable in connection with the Merger. The First Merger Amendment
      provided that
Thorium
      Power Common Stock, other than shares held by Novastar, would be converted
      into
      the right to receive 25.454 shares of the Company's common stock, and that each
      Exchangeable Security (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that has an exercise
      price of $5.00 or $1.00 will be converted into the right to receive 22.750
      and
      11.936 shares of the Company's common stock, respectively
.
      The
      Second Merger Amendment revises the conversion ratios included in the First
      Merger Amendment, providing that Thorium Power Common Stock, other than shares
      held by Novastar, will now be converted into the right to receive 25.628 shares
      of the Company's common stock, and that each Exchangeable Security (as defined
      in the Merger Agreement) that has an exercise price of $5.00 or $1.00 will
      now
      be converted into the right to receive 22.965 and 12.315 shares of the Company's
      common stock, respectively.
The
      parties adjusted the ratios as the result of the exercise, on a cashless basis,
      of certain options and/or warrants held by Thorium Power security holders since
      the date of the First Merger Amendment.
This
      description of the terms of the Second Merger Amendment is qualified by
      reference to the provisions of that agreement, attached to this report as
      Exhibit 10.1.
ITEM
      9.01   EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
                No.
Description
10.1
Amendment
                No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2006, between
                Novastar Resources, Ltd., TP Acquisition Corp. and Thorium Power,
                Inc.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
      hereunto duly authorized.
Novastar
      Resources Ltd.
Date:
      August 9, 2006
/s/
                  Seth Grae
President
                  and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
10.1
Amendment
                No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2006, between
                Novastar Resources, Ltd., TP Acquisition Corp. and Thorium Power,
                Inc.