How will L-max affect the market ?

Lets assume for the sake of this question that LPD's L-Max technology becomes viable on a commercial scale and that the 100+ patents are approved, do you believe that Lithium miners who are NOT using L-Max technology to extract Lithium will lose value due to competitors licencing L-Max which supposedly is a cheaper and quicker process?

I have read that extracting Lithium from both Spodumene and from brine lakes are expensive and time-consuming in comparison to L-max extraction.

So maybe i'll ask the question in another way feel free to answer however:

What do you think will happen to Mining companies who extract via spodumene & brine means as opposed to companies who have licenced LPD's "efficient and cost-effective" L-Max extraction? And how will this affect LPD's company value ?

(also please correct me if im wrong with any of the above, im still a noob and learning)

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