I understand what you are saying, and even I would buy some MAN...

I understand what you are saying, and even I would buy some MAN for the leverage if I was bullish on Lithium, but IM not, I have little interest in Lithium.
Some companies are called Lithium stocks when they have other assets that to some investors could be worth way more than the Lithium assets, so in regards to comparing leverage and the assets between two companies based on grades JORC's and project development stages, investors would base investment decisions on the overall potentials going forward of all projects during such times like the current weak Lithium market.
At the end of the day, you are suggesting that retailers selling for some profit would move on to a less advanced company with no other high profile advanced stage different mineral projects with JORC's and very high grades, this opinion of yours makes very little sense.