Presumably there would be substantial costs for transporting the...

Presumably there would be substantial costs for transporting the unprocessed material overseas where only 1 to 2 % of lithium will be processed with a lot of the resulting left over material needing to be transported to an area where it can be disposed of - as distinct from processing the material onsite.

No issue with the concept if it produces cashflow early in the development but ultimately value adding our of resources is the best outcome for Australia