It beggars the belief that with all this interest increasing...

It beggars the belief that with all this interest increasing around the world in essential battery metals (as seen in the following report) that AUZ can't put together an off-take deal. Posco has done just that in QLD with QPM why can't AUZ?
The BoD has played around with this company for far too long by failing to manage and move AUZ forward.
Shareholders are in a tough place and time and operating capital are running out.

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Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, and vanadium.

Only four battery gigafactories — super-sized producers of lithium-ion battery cells — were being planned in 2015.

In July 2021 that number hit 232 when Nissan officially confirmed a second ~$US622m lithium-ion battery plant in Sunderland, UK. The plant will have an initial annual capacity of 9GWh, with potential on-site for up to 35GWh.

Roskill’s Global Li-ion Battery Gigafactory Dataset now shows global Li-ion battery capacity in the development pipeline has exceeded 4,000 GWh.

Mammoth numbers like this need a lot of raw materials, it says.

“The forecast strain on raw materials markets may precipitate supply chain issues if investment in projects and expansions is not incentivized,” Roskill says.

That’s why battery makers are now actively participating in the mining and processing of raw materials “through co-developing and equity investment as well as deepening their existing business relationships with long-term purchase agreements”.

Recent examples of this includePiedmont Lithium’s (ASXLL)supplydeal with Tesla, and battery maker LGES and steel producer POSCO’s investment in nickel-cobalt play Queensland Pacific Metals (ASX:QPM). There will certainly be many more to come.

Here’s how a basket of ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, and vanadium are performing>>>

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ESS	Essential Metals	24	18	41	18	0.13	$ 21,085,816.50
ALY	Alchemy Resource	23	14	-11	-22	0.016	$ 9,411,408.34
BAR	Barra Resources	21	7	-18	15	0.023	$ 12,196,945.82
AOU	Auroch Minerals	19	16	23	322	0.215	$ 56,317,574.20
HWK	Hawkstone Mng	18	3	200	106	0.033	$ 54,649,141.83
PSC	Prospect Res	16	61	71	233	0.29	$ 100,986,980.85
LIT	Lithium Australia NL	16	11	70	166	0.1275	$ 108,789,697.92
SYA	Sayona Mining	16	60	606	798	0.096	$ 499,908,451.38
AVZ	AVZ Minerals	15	19	-5	258	0.19	$ 549,131,383.25
GLN	Galan Lithium	14	42	157	593	1.04	$ 237,309,613.42
SBR	Sabre Resources	13	-10	-61	50	0.0045	$ 7,573,786.42
LYC	Lynas Rare Earths	12	16	37	217	6.32	$ 5,523,611,689.27
INR	Ioneer	11	22	24	189	0.39	$ 704,458,075.65
ARN	Aldoro Resources	11	27	147	300	0.42	$ 33,011,643.23
IXR	Ionic Rare Earths	10	14	33	276	0.032	$ 103,596,784.45
LKE	Lake Resources	10	43	387	900	0.38	$ 386,198,224.36
VUL	Vulcan Energy	10	8	117	1536	8.75	$ 905,963,411.29
ASN	Anson Resources	9	-1	111	222	0.074	$ 62,598,034.94
AXE	Archer Materials	8	51	95	132	1.1	$ 221,818,882.35
S2R	S2 Resources	8	-7	-26	8	0.14	$ 42,510,309.17
LPI	Lithium Pwr Int	7	18	-17	32	0.225	$ 64,731,670.89
G88	Golden Mile Res	7	2	13	-15	0.062	$ 8,681,136.34
PNN	PepinNini Minerals	7	8	-6	140	0.32	$ 14,121,032.31
MIN	Mineral Resources.	7	22	46	157	59.19	$ 10,791,923,450.76
CTM	Centaurus Metals	6	19	-5	71	0.83	$ 281,857,822.64
ADV	Ardiden	6	-15	-60	-55	0.0085	$ 17,194,833.73
CLA	Celsius Resource	6	-14	-41	89	0.036	$ 37,700,210.92
PLS	Pilbara Min	5	12	40	458	1.5325	$ 4,319,483,418.40
AVL	Aust Vanadium	5	-9	11	82	0.02	$ 55,692,017.47
FFX	Firefinch	5	6	80	219	0.415	$ 359,273,671.61
BEM	Blackearth Minerals	5	-9	128	163	0.105	$ 22,009,264.02
BHP	BHP Group Limited	5	5	9	40	50.95	$ 145,760,726,975.12
AGY	Argosy Minerals	5	-4	-8	100	0.11	$ 131,278,528.92
INF	Infinity Lithium	4	52	-37	47	0.12	$ 48,318,546.72
CHN	Chalice Mining	4	-12	60	539	7.385	$ 2,545,933,264.62
GME	GME Resources	4	-10	-13	38	0.054	$ 27,843,346.50
NIC	Nickel Mines Limited	4	1	-15	86	1.09	$ 2,653,355,648.81
SRI	Sipa Resources	4	0	-13	-21	0.056	$ 9,694,202.20
IGO	IGO Limited	4	11	14	69	8.26	$ 6,179,305,354.08
GBR	Greatbould Resources	3	-5	82	155	0.089	$ 31,766,936.49
RFR	Rafaella Resources	3	-2	9	24	0.093	$ 15,981,344.87
TNG	TNG Limited	3	-9	-30	-26	0.064	$ 78,718,313.52
MCR	Mincor Resources NL	3	2	-13	39	1.04	$ 447,499,941.26
MOH	Moho Resources	3	-8	-22	-50	0.07	$ 7,745,655.15
NTU	Northern Min	3	3	-5	84	0.035	$ 169,459,953.81
EUR	European Lithium	3	-6	5	35	0.0565	$ 51,366,458.22
ORE	Orocobre Limited	2	2	36	161	6.785	$ 2,272,747,765.20
NWC	New World Resources	2	-11	39	585	0.089	$ 143,915,794.86
GXY	Galaxy Resources	2	1	35	370	3.865	$ 1,891,204,408.72
NMT	Neometals	2	-4	76	259	0.52	$ 286,309,414.65
VML	Vital Metals Limited	2	-4	66	382	0.053	$ 211,865,887.28
HXG	Hexagon Energy	1	-18	22	35	0.073	$ 32,559,009.37
REE	Rarex Limited	1	-1	-40	-13	0.075	$ 32,650,740.30
OZL	OZ Minerals	0	-12	6	84	22.18	$ 7,179,594,170.40
EMH	European Metals Hldg	0	6	23	473	1.605	$ 198,676,566.45
AJM	Altura Mining	0	0	0	13	0.07	$ 209,037,029.25
AML	Aeon Metals .	0	-14	-44	-15	0.075	$ 50,817,729.53
ATM	Aneka Tambang	0	0	0	0	1	$ 1,303,649.00
AUZ	Australian Mines	0	21	12	161	0.023	$ 95,074,892.40
BSM	Bass Metals	0	-17	0	100	0.005	$ 21,923,951.52
GAL	Galileo Mining	0	0	10	2	0.27	$ 39,352,831.38
LML	Lincoln Minerals	0	0	0	33	0.008	$ 4,599,869.49
LPD	Lepidico	0	-8	-33	71	0.012	$ 73,824,989.35
MLS	Metals Australia	0	-25	-25	-25	0.0015	$ 8,454,376.09
NKL	Nickelx	0	13			0.17	$ 9,095,000.00
QXR	Qx Resources Limited	0	7	0	-20	0.016	$ 10,661,797.14
RLC	Reedy Lagoon Corp.	0	-11	-6	78	0.016	$ 7,520,418.66
TON	Triton Min	0	-8	-33	-39	0.035	$ 38,571,914.28
VMC	Venus Metals Cor	0	-5	-9	-30	0.2	$ 28,704,949.77
VRC	Volt Resources	0	0	218	75	0.035	$ 85,389,555.48
WKT	Walkabout Resources	0	13	65	54	0.215	$ 89,077,652.20
JRL	Jindalee Resources	0	-12	219	628	2.47	$ 127,635,478.74
MLX	Metals X Limited	-1	-11	59	162	0.2225	$ 199,598,534.74
COB	Cobalt Blue	-2	-18	18	195	0.295	$ 78,203,101.40
SYR	Syrah Resources	-2	2	-7	234	1.07	$ 510,666,759.83
SRL	Sunrise	-2	-11	-34	54	1.775	$ 159,907,489.47
ARU	Arafura Resource	-2	-32	-18	115	0.1225	$ 168,299,734.63
BOA	Boadicea Resources	-2	-23	0	61	0.22	$ 17,093,976.90
ADD	Adavale Resource	-2	-9	40	314	0.087	$ 24,379,189.58
ARR	American Rare Earths	-2	5	4	400	0.085	$ 29,266,207.71
MNS	Magnis Energy Tech	-3	-4	40	213	0.2725	$ 229,887,327.42
PAN	Panoramic Resources	-3	-6	-14	111	0.15	$ 307,637,100.60
BKT	Black Rock Mining	-3	-12	32	184	0.145	$ 127,444,830.45
BSX	Blackstone	-3	-3	-21	41	0.3525	$ 116,141,266.50
PRL	Province Resources	-3	0	833	510	0.14	$ 161,263,172.60
GL1	Globallith	-4	-5			0.26	$ 23,133,732.96
PAM	Pan Asia Metals	-4	-13	-4		0.13	$ 6,975,623.72
AZS	Azure Minerals	-4	-7	-52	100	0.25	$ 77,021,430.25
TLG	Talga Group	-4	-12	-33	106	1.275	$ 388,134,279.68
CZN	Corazon	-5	5	-22	-3	0.039	$ 7,919,111.62
JRV	Jervois Mining	-5	-6	20	242	0.565	$ 453,294,431.95
LTR	Liontown Resources	-5	39	86	668	0.845	$ 1,537,147,933.95
SGQ	St George Min	-5	-18	-32	-41	0.071	$ 41,832,556.53
FGR	First Graphene	-5	8	-21	126	0.26	$ 139,127,271.72
HAS	Hastings Tech Met	-6	3	-21	48	0.17	$ 295,537,395.22
IPT	Impact Minerals	-7	-7	-30	-7	0.014	$ 28,333,128.87
STK	Strickland Metals	-7	20	11	44	0.042	$ 33,098,769.32
EGR	Ecograf Limited	-7	-6	261	788	0.595	$ 274,398,409.99
PUR	Pursuit Minerals	-7	-15	100	1081	0.066	$ 60,852,918.46
RNU	Renascor Res	-7	-15	408	450	0.066	$ 123,994,969.03
TMT	Technology Metals	-7	0	-15	48	0.31	$ 48,056,978.24
PGM	Platina Resources	-8	16	73	102	0.085	$ 36,922,499.07
ESR	Estrella Res	-8	-21	-43	360	0.046	$ 54,616,055.78
CXO	Core Lithium	-8	-13	0	350	0.225	$ 264,176,382.15
LEG	Legend Mining	-9	-23	-17	-29	0.096	$ 272,758,436.38
QPM	Queensland Pacific	-9	-24	254	936	0.145	$ 168,258,660.50
GED	Golden Deeps	-10	13	13	35	0.0135	$ 10,086,068.72
CNJ	Conico	-10	-7	-13	225	0.026	$ 23,825,543.07
PLL	Piedmont Lithium Inc	-10	4	100	993	0.94	$ 543,177,016.00
ARL	Ardea Resources	-12	-1	-1	83	0.495	$ 66,256,425.12
PEK	Peak Resources	-12	-22	15	362	0.097	$ 154,779,948.52
SLZ	Sultan Resources	-12	-30	-18	3	0.185	$ 12,863,861.97
VR8	Vanadium Resources	-12	12	63	128	0.057	$ 24,269,758.09
HNR	Hannans	-13	0	17	8	0.007	$ 16,519,840.34
POS	Poseidon Nick	-14	18	29	205	0.09	$ 247,228,506.98
RXL	Rox Resources	-14	-8	-46	-67	0.415	$ 66,195,197.88
CWX	Carawine Resources	-15	-2	-10	5	0.22	$ 23,955,778.44
MAN	Mandrake Res	-18	-42	56	250	0.14	$ 59,951,376.24
TKL	Traka Resources	-18	-13	-39	57	0.014	$ 8,103,441.09
DEV	Devex Resources	-18	-24	23	142	0.3025	$ 95,428,529.77
AQD	Ausquest Limited	-19	0	29	38	0.022	$ 18,110,176.28
BUX	Buxton Resources	-21	10	58	46	0.115	$ 17,687,206.16
MRC	Mineral Commodities	-29	-40	-65	-43	0.145	$ 67,282,819.94