"How about the government pull their finger out and give us an...

"How about the government pull their finger out and give us an interest free loan to finish off our 2ktpa plant"

How much would you propose? Not that it would hand out cash to inexperienced explorers in the first place (downgraded from producer, as we only have demonstration plants now), but it's no secret they've spent many millions over trying to get it working to spec, still unsuccessfully. We know JZ is shameless, but not so much so to go to anyone with your hand out, least of all to the Government, with such a bad track record under your belt.

Agree with you that the timeline was crazy for the permitting. However it's on JZ not to have secured a deal many years ago which should have covered all funding issues. Mind you, many years ago they were in "advanced discussions" and "offtake/funding solution was contingent milestones (x), (x) and (x)" which even after those milestones were achieved, never eventuated... It's clear as day that there's a disconnect between what they tell the public in their announcements from what really goes on behind closed doors.