the interesting thing is , the tech is owned by Lepidico which...

the interesting thing is , the tech is owned by Lepidico which was bought, Bright Minz had Loh-max Lepidico paid 10k for those rights with no fee or royalty paid for their use and Strategic Metallurgy do all the chemical work in association with Lpd its probably all linked in some way as related parties which protects LPD from hostile takeover, had they got this operating prior to Covid it would probably have been a disaster financially and now we are in a low value cycle while China has dramatically increased its volume of Li related products aka EVs I dont believe they stock piled I believe absolutely they have new supply. While micas are less contested and theres a lot of pegmatite deposits unexploited throughout the world the high cost of roasting is a deterrebnt even though the ore is easily mined, so supply and Geo Political issues are in my opinion the biggest drivers of this failure to launch. Nonetheless it will be interesting to see how this unfolds given the complex relationships and association with the patent holder LPD I assume that is the case after more research .I could not find the inventor, who normally would be employed with the company that holds the patents