General Discussion, page-1525

There is a lot of talk here about management being slow and lazy. As I see it, the key issue is to get a mining lease.
Nothing positive can happen till ESS have a mining lease. They took the positive step to obtain this early. Once they have a lease and a positive partner there is nothing to stop them from proceeding to production and selling either direct ship ore or spodumene concentrate. With an eager partner we do not have to go through all the nonsense of feasibility studies and raising finance. Potential partners will see the cost of getting into production as chum change. Contrary to some here, I see the steps taken by our management as the most positive possible. Time will tell how it all pans out.