Dont see it as a downfall. Vanadiums time is coming. I look at it like we are in before it becomes the hot topic.
4 years ago I invested in PLS, NMT and AJM. All in the 1 to 3c brackets. No one was talking lithium. Come 2015 everyone started talking and bang, they went off. I still hold PLS today and it has changed my life getting in before others.
In 2016 I started making my move on Cobalt. No one cared about it then even though there is more cobalt in most lithium batteries than lithium and almost all of it comes from an unstable miniing area. That move is paying off nicely now.
Vanadium's time is coming and now the commercial / industrial world is gaining more confidence in battery technology and Vanadium batteries more suited to their power requirements i.e. lifespan and stability / reliability the move to this technology will ramp up quickly.
Vanadium mining can also be very expensive as the vanadium is very hard. I drilled in a team over 20 years ago at Windimurra when the vanadium was found. Very hard on our gear. Lots to plan and fund if we are going mining.
I do see 2018 being the time for Vanadium. And with some nice Gold and a 2c share price, well...
