This post reads like someone desperately trying to downplay a legal situation they clearly don’t understand. The lithium royalty is not optional. It’s not based on someone’s feelings or assumptions about value. It’s a black-and-white legal right. If lithium is disturbed while mining gold, Auric is liable to pay. Full stop.
The whole “there’s probably not even enough for one battery” line is laughable. The court doesn’t care what some random punter *thinks* is economically viable. If they dig it up, they’re on the hook. That’s the reality of registered royalty agreements. Trying to handwave that away with empty speculation and legal fantasy is pathetic.
This isn't ESR fishing for a payout. It's a pre-existing royalty that's being enforced exactly how it was designed to be. If Auric had any real confidence there was nothing there, they’d welcome the court process, show the data, and end it. But they haven’t. Instead, we get this keyboard lawyer meltdown laced with conspiracy theories and ego.
Saying “this will get thrown out” without even seeing the evidence is arrogant. Acting like quoting actual precedent is somehow shady shows just how little substance this rant has. It’s a smokescreen built on denial, not facts.
This isn't LA-LA land. It’s court. And Auric's about to find out that pretending legal obligations don’t exist doesn’t make them go away.
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