I am not a chemist, so not going to argue with what you said....

I am not a chemist, so not going to argue with what you said. However, i will trust the ceo of albermale and tianqi top executive in confirming that the cost curve to lith hydroxide between brine and hardrock are much closer than many made people to believe. I dont have the link right now, but it was posted a month or two ago. Both tianqi and albermale are operators of brine and hardrock lithium for years. Furthermore, if you think brine is much cheaper to produce, tianqi and albermale must be idiots spending over $700m building hydroxide processing plants in kalgorie, WA to use hardrock lithium from greenbush.