"IF Karbib
was a flop (hypothetical). Ie No commissioned concentrate mineHow would the downstream UAE Chem plant survive?"KEZAD Chemical Plant Feed StockMultiple sources of lepidolite are available around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Madagascar, Namibia, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States.
Although the KEZAD chemical plant is being designed to process lepidolite concentrate, the process is configurable for a variety of pegmatite micas, including amblygonite, muscovite, petalite and zinnwaldite. Seventeen different minerals have been processed by the Demonstration Plant in Perth, and lithium extracted. I'm not going to list all the countries where these alternative pegmatite micas are found!
I encourage you to read announcements from LPD (it is after all, your company). Read, learn, and understand.
The USGS, and more particularly, the BGS have both identified significant pegmatites in a number of African countries. Do read through their reports.
The German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesansta lt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe) published an evaluation of lithium potential in Namibia in 2020.
There are many informative papers and publications that you can access. You may want to add:
Global Lithium Sources—Industrial Use and Future in the Electric Vehicle Industry: A Review
by Kavanagh, Keohane, Cabellos, Lloyd and Cleary
There are many alternative potential feed sources for KEZAD. Your rating is "
RISKY", but you offer no basis for your assessment. Please support your conclusion with some (any) analysis.