RE: The scramble for lithium is gone, CEZ has agreed to cooperate with the miners6 Dec 2019 08:41
colinH100 , Cez is all about dividending to their major shareholder , Cez current payout ratio is 60 % of profits . I would anticipate geomet will dividend toward the 75% mark as we will be so cashed up with nothing to spend it on and hence a larger payout ratio . What Cez will do for us is provide financial clout and backing to make sure we increase production from our poultry 25,000 tonnes . I will bet my lefty that we will at least go to 50,000 tonnes , based on the bigger capex EMH alone probably would never have been able to succeed at this level , Cez's financial clout will make it so much more easier , So whilst we may have lost half our project , my lefty says we will double production , hence losing nothing over all , but gained a partner to fund half of what we would have had to come up with on our own . Cez by having a joint venture with Inobat to build a gigafactory also gives us our first customer . Guaranteed I'd say to be at least 25,000 tonnes already absorbing our PFS production . So watch this space for further offtakes , Samsung , VW , Tesla , Northvolt , HE3DA , SKI etc I can easily get to 200,000 tonnes offtake with this bunch and we could still supply more as they are all going to need it .