Elon Musk urges miners to mine more nickel

Hi,

I noticed in the following article from September 23rd 2020, titled "Tesla's move into lithium mining could weigh on prices: Morgan Stanley", that two key statements were made:

"Musk added that nickel availability was important to scaling up battery manufacturing and urged miners to mine more nickel."

and

Tesla Powertrain and Energy Engineering division senior vice-president Drew Baglino added that nickel was the "cheapest and the highest energy density metal," making it a goal to increase nickel content and eliminate cobalt.

Here is the link to the above article:

https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/092320-teslas-move-into-lithium-mining-could-weigh-on-prices-morgan-stanley

Given that Mt. Thirsty is a Cobalt-Nickel project, and given the clear statements in the above article, would it not be far better for Mt. Thirsty to be developed solely as nickel deposit?

I would appreciate the thoughts of the astute members of this forum as to whether this is a viable alternative.

Many thanks.