Battery Giant LG Chem Prepares to Lock In Mineral Supplies (yahoo.com), page-998

Ok time for me to post a good news story - perhaps this might be the light at the end of the Lærdal tunnel that this company needs

AXN which has a somewhat similar deposit to AUZ, except slightly higher grade, only 600kt of contained Ni, similar sulphuric acid requirements, etc - has recently signed a binding offtake and received $12.7M (equity based) from their customer (Stellantis).

https://www.marketindex.com.au/asx/axn?src=search-all

And note, they have engaged EXP (ann dated 25/01/2023) to design and cost an acid plant to recover / re-use sulphuric acid, reduce energy and emissions - finally a company thinking about using the latest tech ($$$ driven of course).

A positive step for a nickel laterite company in AU, perhaps AUZ should just copy what they do - the AUZ clowns should be able to do that