Lake's DLE & ESG claim, page-320

Had a listen to episode 107. There was a small part where they discussed Standard Lithium's DLE. They use the absorbent technique and their main technical problem to overcome was preservation of the absorbent material. Joe made his usual comments about DLE hype and it not being a drop in technology. Happily Lilac have resolved the preservation of the beads and they have not developed a drop in technology for Kachi. Interesting that their main on the spot engineer Will Smith was not overly experienced in running a plant and that for a year the CEO and the COO were unable because of covid to visit the site but that it ran fine without them.