For the record, I posted I felt it would be 2024/25, and said so back in 2021 and even earlier, and cited the need for the ML which was the key and remains the key to go mining. Here is a relevant post stating that -
Post #:57359076 and there were few others posts back then I said very similar things.
Yes I remember AVZ having earlier dates to production, but they were not going anywhere as they approached as an updated DFS and funding were not done back then as well, as well as the market back in late 2019/20 been in a dip for lithium (recall lithium pricing collapsed through the floor and led to a few players going broke - AJM for example).
My issue with this suspension has always been whether we would get to production in or this side of 2025 -
Post #:67211376 and remains so (which now I feel we will not get there unless things change as court action will take time to resolve hence this is now in the court of the DRC government to do the right thing or for AVZ to come to a deal)
All IMO