No wonder people get confused about things like DSO. "Hot on the...

No wonder people get confused about things like DSO.

"Hot on the heels of SQM's foray across the border came a July 11 announcement it will acquire a 50 percent stake in Kidman Resources (KDR) , which is developing the Mount Holland hard rock project in Western Australia. First production at the 40,000-tonne per year LCE operations is also scheduled for 2019."

That would require over 300,000 tonnes per annum of spodumene concentrate with a converter 2.3 times larger than Jiangsu.

Where's the money coming from?

Even with the money is it plausible?

Likelihood on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being likely and 1 being unlikely I rate it a minus 10 it is so far from plausible.

Reporters, analysts and investors need to stop thinking of lithium as coal or iron ore mining.