US patent granted - "Lithium recovery from phosphate minerals", page-42

Great posting mate, I'm sure like many others. Your input around here is invaluable. Thank you!

Long answer.... Yes!

What is being thrown on the scrap heap? Lots of lithium bearing minerals that could be utilised, bringing down the ESG footprint of Spodumene operations by utilising a far greater proportion of their mined ore whilst increasing their bottom line.... WIN:WIN....

For those wondering about the lack of a price sensitive announcement regarding the patent status - LPD don't just throw out anns to appease the market, they never have. When it is material and significant, we hear about it. Otherwise they're getting on with the job. I've always liked that about them.

I see some much marketing bluff being loosely thrown around. A 2 min look into VUL for example had my alarm bells ringing, but there are many like it....

Everyone announces an upstream processing capability, few will ever achieve this. They don't have the expertise, simple as that! Even RIO have taken over 10yrs sorting out a process route for Jadarite, yes it's different, but then again every mineralogy is quite unique.

A battery grade processing capability is not plug and play. Every industry insider is very specific about the difficulties at the processing end of house... But it looks great in a glossy brochure, the punters will love it..