A robust SS can go straight to a DFS, I know the folks over in at NZC did that with their DMS plant and are now doing that with their stage two plans.
Just been doing a bit of reading and posted this on another company thread but think it's equally important to CLA. This article detailing lithium-ion battery factories planned for Europe & expected dates.....
Samsung SDI — Göd, Hungary. Late 2018. Cost: $358 million Output: 2.5 GW per year.
SK Innovation — Komárom, Hungary. 2020. No further details.
TerraE — 2 unidentified locations in Germany. No further details.
Daimler — two locations, one in Kamenz and one in Untertürkheim (Germany).Scheduled for late 2018. No further details.
LG Chem — Wroclaw, Poland. Schedule for late 2019. No further details.
Northvolt — Skellefteå, Sweden. Funding completed. Production scheduled for 2020.
Fortum — Somewhere in Finland. Status: rumored. No further details.
Panasonic/Tesla — Both companies plan to add battery factories in key markets. Plans for Europe are unspecified.
CATL — Chinese company has announced plans for a European factory but provided no details. Rumoured to be Germany
I know a lot of majors want an alternative to DRC cobalt and who better than CLA right now? Huge resource in a great location, lead by great management who want to develop the project.
If CLA's cobalt doesn't go to China, I can 110% see it going to one of the factories that is in the development/planning stage above.
As for BB's phone ringing non stop I can imagine it would be. Remember Brendan has been doing a lot of travelling and presenting, particularly Europe and the USA........
Here is the article for those interested...
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/05/european-lithium-ion-battery-dilemma-build-or-buy/
