Ann: L-Max Pilot Plant continuous 10-day trial completed, page-107

Some good points being raised here by all involved.

From my perspective, I have a few things going on personally at the moment which means I'm not paying attention as closely as I normally do. So updates like this are a bit jarring

I wasn't expecting news this week anyway, as results being received mid-August means by the company. It doesn't mean they'll be ready to put them straight out, particularly if there is complex analysis involved.

But it is rather confusing to see other chemicals prioritised over the lithium carbonate. It might make sense if they have enquiries from potential customers for the SOP/caesium. Given that carbonate isn't likely to be what P1 produces, sure. Focus on the chemicals it will, if that is the case (which we don't know).

But, that's assuming this isn't delaying campaign two as well. That's the one likely to lead to lithium offtake, so I hope it isn't sliding back from November operation either.

It's also not a great look to say on the 29th that it was scheduled to be produced that week, only to have still not done it 2 weeks later. What is changing that quickly?

I suspect this run of the plant is really only a warm up for the second run. That's fine if it is the case, as qualification isn't easy and takes a lot of work to get there, but it also hasn't been communicated.

Again, there is room for improvement in the communications, I think.

Cheers