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I am now going to pull you up - the lithium is everywhere argument and you have the gall to quote rare earths is completely irrelevant.

Let me educate you - yes lithium and rare earths are everywhere but getting them in commercial quantities to support a mine is not. It is why China controls more than 90% of the world's rare earth production and why western countries are falling over themselves to find commercial deposits of rare earths outside China.

A little bit why western countries are seeking to find commercial lithium deposits. This is before we even start looking at the differences in quality specs and what quality (with low deleterious elements) is required to support the various lithium ion batteries from LFP to NCA/NCM to solid state batteries. Noting itself not all lithium deposits will be commercially viable to produce lithium hydroxide monohydrate (which require even more tighter specs) than production lithium carbonate.

Here is a question for you -what is the risk to other Australian and world lithium plays if China, through corruption, get their hands on Manono and the surrounding tenements?



Why quality matters - refer Post #:71667622 but I am sure you knew that already but have sought top flame posters again today.

@tolate, tell me how many Australian mines have the Chinese got a JV stake in? Quite a few is the answer.

All IMO