Sorry for the short response before, been thinking about reasons why I like brine over hardrock.
There is plenty of room in the market for both and we are about to see the revolution begin that will keep demand high for a good few years.
Brine (once you have the correct chemistry) is a much cheaper and also much greener way of getting the lithium supply that the world is going to demand over the next decade. It stands to reason that we should not want to use high carbon footprint mining to make a greener planet. Hardrock is a much higher carbon footprint than brine. Yet the more we get to understand the chemistry, the more logical it will be to ramp up via brine.
Cheaper and cleaner. Maybe not easier yet, but I know some guys working on that!!
