Exactly. A month or so ago Joe Lowry was out in Australia...

Exactly. A month or so ago Joe Lowry was out in Australia visiting the PLS site. He was quoted as saying "Manono will never produce". I'm not sure why the world thinks Joe is a lithium guru but many hang off his every word (I don't). The irony is that the bulk of the article was him slagging off at AVZ. He clearly sees the threat but the article also highlights the point you raise - there are still plenty of skeptics out there. In other words, while they acknowledge the resource is massive, they have their doubts it will ever see the light of day. I disagree strongly but as you say, a JV with a production timeline (12-18 months according to ML) will see another class of investors lining up for the stock (they're presently sitting on the sidelines - pent up demand for AVZ is massive). This is what will drive the sp significantly higher - $1 cannot be ruled out! Look forward to the next couple of weeks. As I and many have said before, Mr Guo, Chairman of BNBT & a multi billionaire, did not travel to DRC just to have his photo taken!