Originally posted by knotnauti
You may remember me raising a point one Saturday quite some months ago about this very subject. My point was that the BG product may need to have a certain type of composition to match a buyers requirements. And i was very heavily ridiculed for it.
BG product should be BG product should it not ?Simple. No.
What if we need more than one O/T partner ?.
So now everyone is following the path of, "oh no worries, we're just fine tuning to match customers requirements".
The truth is imo. Yes we have "a" BG product. BUT the unwanted deleterous elements are either too high in number or quantity and Pablo is having trouble removing them consistently and at volume.
Honestly 500kg is only 500kg. Its a poor effort.
I want results not excuses.
There seems to be an excuse for every set back.
There should be ATLEAST 10ton of BG product ready for sale to any battery maker by now. Seriously.
I also raised the issue of what is happening to the concentrated brine. Is it being stored some where because once it reaches spec it needs to be removed from the ponds. The production of concentrated brine will be at higher volumes than the throughput of the pilot plant.
I think from memory the concentrated brine was around 15-18% lithium. Correct again if you think im wrong. But thats a hell of alot of litres of stored brine conc.
I often do appear naughty because i often bring light to matters some prefer left in the dark.
"The truth is imo. Yes we have "a" BG product. BUT the unwanted deleterous elements are either too high in number or quantity and Pablo is having trouble removing them consistently and at volume."
That's your wild pessimistic guess; nothing more.
How about they are fine tuning to a specific composition in order to make it easier and cheaper for the customer to utilise the product..? There is nothing to suggest that the 99.7 or 99.8% product that has been produced is not able to be sold as-is. How about we are going above and beyond to realise a premium sales price and provide an even-better quality product to our preferred customer/s...? Perhaps that will be the cherry that convinces them to sign an OT with us...? Too optimistic for you?
"Honestly 500kg is only 500kg. Its a poor effort."
Tell us about how much BG LCE you or any new entrant in the past decade has produced from Brine.
"I also raised the issue of what is happening to the concentrated brine."
Email Jerko and ask him.. Asking us here is just meaningless FUD-inducing rhetoric.
"I want results not excuses."
You clearly have no idea of the time frames involved in mining. I've been waiting almost 6 months for final signatures and government approvals on a contract that the customer (payer) has approved months ago.
VLV has summarised almost monthly results that we are achieving.
We aren't mowing lawns mate.
You are getting facts and realistic expectations mixed up with your impatience and apparent agenda to induce FUD based on wild assumptions and poor understanding of the industry. Not healthy.
Good luck.
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