If the Chinese get there hands on AVZ anything is possible time wise, especially with their desire to be global controllers of electric battery materials, and to lock in long term supply needs. Huayou(Chinese mining-large stake in AVZ) got 5 copper/cobalt projects up and running in 12 months.
and then there was a couple of examples from stakx's great post:
'For example if TINCI, being a supplier to CATL (fact they are in Manono with HuaYou via RuiYou) , what kind of needs do they have? What engineering experience could they provide given that they may seek a close integration with Manono resources considering the *homogeneity* of the mineralisation characteristics?' ......'TINCI( largest battery electrolyte manufacturer globally and supplies a substantial portion of the global battery electrolyte market), who has an MoU with AVZ, has processing equipment, maybe they are ready to ship units of a facility to Manono?'
'For example Pengxin built their Manganese based mine in the DRC inside 18 months, and apparently it’s harder to process than lithium! So if Pengxin can do that, then a well networked Chinese group can do the same thing in Manono!
