RE: Spodumene19 May 2026 13:54
@hasiba GR clearly had his limitations, but I don’t think there’s evidence he deliberately misled the market, the issue was more that the Stark plant simply didn’t perform as intended. The key strategic mistake looks like the EPC choice, Stark was a small in country contractor, and in trying to move quickly, the project didn’t go with the more established Chinese EPCs like Xinhai, who have far deeper experience in this type of build.
That’s where the gap likely was. GH understands that dynamic well given his background and what he achieved at Adriatic, the difference in execution capability between EPC providers is significant, and that’s now being applied in how they’re trying to move things forward.