That's fair, but it's also fair to say that brines on average...

That's fair, but it's also fair to say that brines on average have lower opex costs than hard rock, this is even more true if you exclude Greenbushes. As a shareholder I'd be upset if Galan wasn't highlighting their expected advantages, even if it makes some dude on HC cringe a bit.

Galan is also not doing something brand new in the industry and assuming they have low costs (Liontown?). This is a well tried way to mine lithium and short of something very left field, the costs should be roughly in line with other brine producers in the same area.