'Mike Brown, AVZ's exploration director, is of the opinion that everything should settle down in the next few days: "We are waiting for the Exploitation License to develop the 400 million tonnes with a 1.6% lithium. The feasibility study was conclusive. We had undertaken everything with the geologists of La Cominiere, including Alex Mwanabute (2 years old) and Augustin Kibwe Niando (3 years old) starting in 2017. While waiting for the operating permit which will surely come, we are accentuating the construction of the camp and 'other infrastructure'.
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