This ground has been gone over again and again and your simplistic one line black and white 'arguments' in all your sentences does not cut it; which basically say it won't happen, but where is your evidence???
Kikker states:
'Plenty of resource minerals in the South Pole, but getting it to market is a different story entirely.'
You compare AVZ's location like being in the South Pole i.e. stranded; full marks for hyperbole! Actually where in a mining friendly region in the DRC where there are many successful companies that get their resource out to port.
Many other factors play in our favour. Firstly Manono, was a tin mine and they did get the tin out of there.
The last company document also gave an update regarding the important Lubumbashi to Manono road showing that rehabilitation was progressing, that funding US$285 million had been committed and a timeline, 2019 unsealed and 2020 fully sealed. The point also is the road can be used before full completion, and will be much improved(eg. layering, drainage, upgraded bridges) and useable during the rehab period, and become a faster and faster route during the rehabilitation period. I say all this because the way down-rampers talk you would swear we never had a road and heavy mining equipment could not reach Manono. Just ask yourself how did the drill rigs get there??? The Chinese are also spending $45 million on upgrading the hydro.
We also know that the Chinese have a very good relationship with the DRC government, there is much less red tape than Australia, and the Chinese can build mines quickly. For instance Huayou who have a stake in AVZ got 5 copper/cobalt projects up and running in 12 months. AVZ also has a timeline of a mine to be commissioned and operational by 2019/2020.
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Stakx research also unearthed:
'Also, it’s important to focus on offtake partners, indicative through the material we have, as it could assist in ascertaining how quickly a mine can be constructed. For example Pengxin built their Manganese based mine in the DRC inside 18 months, and apparently it’s harder to process than lithium. So if Pengxin can do that, then a well networked Chinese group can do the same thing in Manono.'
You then say:
'If this company(TAW-small resource) was located in the DRC it would have never come off the ground IMO, as the location made it uncommercial.'
This comment proves my point
that it is the large potential size of the Manono that will actually make it commercial!
AVZ's resource size potentially massive(multiples of any other), meaning a potential economy of scale that will offset transport costs. We are the only lithium explorer that has a tier one tin resource. This alone will potentially pay for lithium mining and processing. As I said before the nature of AVZ's resource is such that it has the potential to have the largest resource and be the lowest cost producer. It's owners therefore could control lithium pricing and supply; a worthy prize indeed!
Regarding this subject of size you later state in the thread
'times have changed'.....If your talking fashion yes,
But time does not change the mammoth potential size of AVZ, and because of its SIZE the potential to turn the lithium space upside down!
