Ann: Hastings Strategic Direction and Financing Update, page-28

More comments by Fed. Govt. Ministers etc. that providing direct govt. support (includes financia) etc. for the Critical Minerals' miners is seen as essential, due to increasing geopolitical tensions with China & Russia.

This bodes well for HAS tenements, govt. funding etc.

WA Today C. Kruger, 30.11.22, said

"He (Fed. Treasurer J. Chalmers) noted that China produces 75 per cent of all lithium-ion batteries. It also produces 80 per cent of the world’s graphite, mines 60 per cent of the lithium market and accounts for even more of the lithium processing market.

“In 2022, you don’t need to look that far back, or that far forward, to appreciate the challenges and risks that such concentration can pose,” Chalmers said.

“What we are seeing with the supply of gas now, we have seen plenty of times before with supply of oil – where supply and price become hostage to geopolitical competition, conflict, or circumstance.”

And he is well aware of the challenges the sector faces - beyond funding - when it comes to disentangling itself from China’s ecosphere".

https://www.watoday.com.au/business/companies/loosening-china-s-grip-on-critical-minerals-warrants-decisive-action-20221130-p5c2i9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed