Rubbish. If Creasy knew he had Li he would have signalled that...

Rubbish. If Creasy knew he had Li he would have signalled that early on and pointed Tony in the right direction.
Creasy and Rovira each have prospector of the year credentials AND the AZS team have one for 2023. the entire team is top drawer on Ni and it pivoted rapidly to Li because of their skills and expertise.
The fact is you back expertise as one part of a strategy. There are and were plenty of things outside TR's control. I won't enumerate them all but there is luck also always involved of course there is.
It's one reason Creasy says prospecting is a numbers game, but to pretend it's all luck here is unfair and churlish. I don't think Tony R will be reading any of this - too busy celebrating and ordering his really big boat - but if he is doing so, I doubt he would give a flying for your opinion.