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Ring Ring
Hijacker Spokesperson Switchboard: Hello, this is DRC Hijacker's Emporium the main headquarters... please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. What can I do for you?
Joey: Let me talk to the agent code-named Dan.
Hijacker Spokesperson Switchboard: Hold for a moment please while I connect you to our observer ship in the Straits of Gibraltar.
Hijacker Spokesperson: Hello?
Joey: This is Joey.
Hijacker Spokesperson: ... and what did you f*ck up now?
Joey: Well errrr I might have sold some Chinese refined cobalt originally mined willy-nilly by some half-starved DRC little kids to a Russian battery maker who made some top-secret batteries for the Russian navy submarine corps handling dirty-ops.
Hijacker Spokesperson: ... and?
Joey: ... and the Chinese chemistry on the cobalt wasn't up to snuff... plus it was radioactive.
Hijacker Spokesperson: ... and?
Joey: I need you to call the Kremlin and tell Vladimir that it was the Chinese that f*cked-up... not me. And that I will never send Chinese cobalt to Russia again if he will cancel the "contract" to cut my balls off and stuff them down my throat to choke me to death.
Hijacker Spokesperson: Joey, Joey, Joey... this one is going to cost you a $10,000,000 USA wire transfer now.
Joey: I'll do it. When can you straighten this out?
Hijacker Spokesperson: I will have a 3-4 hour window right after Iran hijacks a British oil freighter in the Persian Gulf any time soon now.
Joey: Please don't delay.
Hijacker Spokesperson: You need to realize you can't send that Chinese cobalt to Russia... they don't play 'dat shit.
Joey: I know, I know... it will never happen again.
Click..............bzzzzzzz
Sue_the bastards_again. Show_the world_what's really_going on_in Chile
Argosy_producing LCE_in Argentina...and we_still_don't even_have_a mining_permit
in Chile
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/argosy-marks-first-lithium-in-argentina-2019-07-05
"We are at a distinct advantage to our peers, having successfully proven our chemical processing capability in producing 99.5% lithium carbonate product and secured a reputable international customer to purchase our product,” said Argosy MD Jerko Zuvela
Once the Germans in next door Bolivia start producing LCE also then that will be the final siren call for us to simply throw in the towel, declare bankruptcy and leave this shithole Chile. To see this upstart Argosy already producing LCE in Rincon in record time using our playbook right next door in Argentina is absolutely heart-breaking to us.
The Doctor
Russian_submersible fire was in battery compartment
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48865332
Question 1. Was the battery Lithium-ion?
Question 2. If the battery was Lithium-ion, was it deficient in the stabilizing cobalt component used to prevent fires/explosions?
Remember the old adage, "When you cheat on the cobalt chemistry that you need, you pay for it eventually... sometimes a million-fold".
The Doctor
July 4th...bow your_heads. Let us_list what_we are_thankful for
1. We are not thankful for all the communistas in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies who want to steal/exploit privately owned lithium properties click here
2. We are not thankful for being run by Jeremey who has taken our original investment in LIEG down in value 75% (at the very minimum) into the sheeter since the Merger/Mugging in 2017.
3. We are not thankful for minority-party fascists in power (ie Pinochet Second Reich) in Chile who are content to keep the entire lithium industry compressed within the stranglehold of CORFO and blood-suck only from the safe tame limp prostitutes SQM & Albemarle back-room siphoning off their "perceived" due. Note: not one new lithium player has been granted an operating license since Sebastian/Baldo took over.
4. We are thankful Gil Playford has shown an interest in us and pray for the day he is elevated to the Board of Directors... and the day next when he can unseat Jeremey from the BOD. We pray for the day Gil can begin leading Martin, Cristoballs and that other unknown doofus from the Ozzies' partnership who have no idea WTF is going on and have zero influence with the ruling fascista in Chile.
5. We are not thankful for the do-nothing lazy PowerPoint-mining Ozzies we have as a partner who have never mined even one kilogram of lithium and basically are just silently standing in the darkened wings waiting for the first opportunity they can to flip the project for even a minuscule profit and begone back to their smokey stink-filled pubs to play with their unzipped kangaroos.
6. We are not thankful for be kept in the dark on the supposed CEOL progress (esp never seeing the questions by EIA or responding answers by our "side").
7. We are not thankful for having to sit dead in the water doing absolutely nothing while such monumental progress is being made in the entire lithium battery industry "by others" worldwide.
8. We are not thankful and in fact a bit scared when we see our local (in Chile) peer-miner Wealth Minerals Limited switching over (ie increasing participation) to Copper and out of lithium https://wealthminerals.com/news/wealth-and-wealth-copper-enter-into-share-purchase-agreement-to-acquire-escalones-copper-gold-porphyry-project/ ... and make no mistake, this paradigm change does in fact scare the sheet out of us.
The Doctor
Dear_WML Brothers, what_is_your plan to prevent_Chilean takeover
of privately-owned Lithium lands?
https://www.translatetheweb.com/?from=&to=en&a=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/camara-diputados-aprobo-declarar-interes-nacional-la-explotacion-del-litio/725723/
I seem to recall that Stalin, Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez (and Maduro) carried out similar thieving programs in their countries with disastrous results.
The holdover commies in the Chamber of Deputies are trying to flex their muscles this week... and Sebastian Pinera is dead silent today.
Dear Sebastian, you can kiss any more foreign investment in Chile goodbye if you let these thugs in the Chamber of Deputies steal private lands from private (esp internationale) entrepreneurs.
The Doctor
Baldo_opposes the_National_Theft of_private lithium_properties
https://www.translatetheweb.com/?from=&to=en&a=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/camara-diputados-aprobo-declarar-interes-nacional-la-explotacion-del-litio/725723/
I seem to recall that Stalin, Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez (and Maduro) carried out similar thieving programs in their countries with disastrous results... let me see now if I can recall what became of those attacks on free enterprise and private ownership?
The holdover commies in the Chamber of Deputies are trying to flex their muscles this week... and Sebastian Pinera is dead silent today.
Dear Sebastian, you can kiss any more foreign investment in Chile goodbye if you let these thugs in the Chamber of Deputies steal private lands from the people.
The Doctor
A counter-intuitive case in which like charges attract
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-counterintuitive-case.html
I do believe we all know what is next.
Finally.
The Doctor
Tesla_delivers 95,000_EVs for_spring. Another EV-maker we_can't.......
Click here
... it is so painful now that it actually physically hurts.
Dear_Joey, are you_fretting what I_am fretting?
Are you fretting that China won't be able to pay their monthly "informal protection bill" in DRC if their regional banks start going belly-up?
https://www.axios.com/baoshang-bank-china-central-economy-cf371908-31df-4eb4-a811-37ab39d877b2.html
Ahhhhh, it is probably just a temporary hiccup in Chinaland... don't Fret. Go ahead and finish that mint julep and take a nap on the veranda.
The Doctor
Why_didn't Xi_Jinping didn't_give Pinera_a loan/handout during_April visit?
You all will recall how we discussed this story back in April when it sure would have been nice if Sebastian could have gotten Xi Jinping to perhaps help underwrite a $10B to $21B handout (errr loan, wink wink) during Pinera's "Looking for a Handout Tour" to China
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=148529549
I wonder if Xi somewhere in the back of his head knew a "few" Chinese banks were fixing to go belly up in June/July? https://www.axios.com/baoshang-bank-china-central-economy-cf371908-31df-4eb4-a811-37ab39d877b2.html
Now we all have to wonder if Tianqi is going to get caught up in this potential "domino effect" along the way?
Geez that would be a such an unfortunate damn shame for SQM and Albemarle I would think.
I wonder if Sebastian and Baldo have a fallback plan if things get "Tight/Squeezed" in China?
The Doctor
DRC_says it will_remove illegal_miners from_Glencore site
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-29/drc-says-it-will-remove-illegal-miners-from-glencore-site
and https://www.mining.com/web/after-deadly-collapse-congo-vows-to-remove-illegal-miners-from-glencore-concession/
I wanted to make some sarcastic joke/remark/anecdote about this new "enlightened/gracious/benevolent/long-overdue" governmental policy... but I am not in my usual "let's rip a new asshole" mood today.
The Doctor
PS, thank you Felix and Interior Minister Basile Olongo... this is indeed a fine gesture of governmental cooperation for a struggling private enterprise now simply trying to make the nut this year.
Dear_Xi Jinping,_get off_the toilet_and weaponize_the f**king rare_earths
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3014968/rare-earth/index.html
Show Trump you are not some toothless testicle-less little kid's always plastic-smiling chubby panda bear and that you are worthy to stand on the same dais as him.
Geez, stop with the girly sissy threats and actually "Let Her Rip". Weaponize all the rare earths today.
The Doctor
Dear_Xi Jinping,_get off_the toilet_and weaponize_all_the gawddamn_rare earths
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3014968/rare-earth/index.html
Show Trump you are not some toothless ball-less little kid's fluffy panda bear and that you are worthy to stand on the same dais as him.
Geez, stop with the girly sissy threats and actually "Let her rip". Weaponize all the rare earths today.
The Doctor
Well_thank goodness,_no one_died at_Chinese mines_protected by_the DRC_military
See last paragraph, Congo’s military deployed hundreds of soldiers last week to protect a copper and cobalt mine owned by China Molybdenum Co Ltd from illegal miners.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001331699/at-least-36-killed-in-collapse-at-glencore-mine-in-congo
The Doctor
Free_advice for_German Energy_Minister Oliver_Wittke on_CORFO
Click here
If you are dopey/naive enough to believe what Baldo is telling you and you decide to visit our homeland to participate in the January second Lithium Beauty Pageant (ie cattle call) then we would give you some free advice. Buy some crotchless panties in order to avoid having any of that rip-able or tear-able cheap panty fiber/fabric rammed up your colon in collateral damage and causing any type of internal infection/disease.
Our uncle Posco went through the first lithium beauty pageant and we feel this is good advice for you newcomers to Chile.
The Doctor
In this_sheethole We_get sodomized_from the_top down...and the_bottom_up
At least 19 illegal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine
operated by Glencore’s subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo collapsed.
https://www.ft.com/content/542c9768-98ec-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229
How any miner can succeed in this lawless wild west African sheet hole is a miracle.
The Doctor
Australian_Lithium export_petering out...as everything_Ozzie eventually_does
https://www.afr.com/business/mining/australia-s-lithium-export-boom-underwhelms-20190627-p521vb
(only click or refresh hyperlink once)
The Doctor
PS, so the voluptuous Hooker says to the Ozzie after 3 minutes in bed... "was that all you had"?
Ozzie: "I reckon so sweetie, would you like a shrimp from from the Barbie"?
Hooker: "No thanks, I have had enough of your shrimp for today".
NIO_recalls nearly_5,000 eSUVs for_spontaneous combustion_battery risk
https://electrek.co/2019/06/27/nio-recall-es8-battery/
Dear NIO, If I were you I would first check to make sure you got all the safe-guard fire-preventing/explosion-preventing stabilizing cobalt in your batteries that you paid for.
The Doctor
Massachusetts_battery storage._Another battery-tech we_can't_supply Lithium_to
https://www.axios.com/massachusetts-sweetening-the-deal-for-energy-storage-systems-942a775a-d382-4206-b4f9-8eb1b5b030bb.html
It's so painful to see the entire Lithium battery industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line. And what is even more sad, Jermey and those lazy Ozzies don't even know where the starting line is located. We got nothing with these amateurs.
The Doctor
US_power generation_from renewables_topped coal_for the_first time_in April
https://www.axios.com/electricity-generation-renewables-coal-d13f4cec-ccdb-498e-9405-6bc1c60f6af9.html
and where do the renewable energy sources/producers store excess electricity during daylight hours and low demand periods? That's right Bunky, that excess renewable energy gets stored in batteries and what kind of batteries are preferred? Right again Bunky... yes, it's lithium batteries.
It's just so painful to see the entire Lithium battery industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
Doctor
Tesla_secret battery_lab/manufacture. Another_battery-tech we_can't_supply Lithium_to
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/26/tesla-secret-lab-building-battery-cells-to-reduce-panasonic-dependency.html
and https://electrek.co/2019/06/26/tesla-cells-in-house-secret-battery-lab/
It's so painful to see the entire Lithium battery industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
Doctor
Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai
https://www.axios.com/apple-buy-driveai-753da17d-60fe-44f9-84ff-1d2d82cd0b81.html
See Drive.ai
and you all do know that "self-driving" vehicles run on lithium batteries... right?
The Doctor
Rodney Hooper video... LCE ain't dead
Lightyear_One solar_EV. And_another EV-maker we_can't supply_Lithium to
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18744078/lightyear-one-solar-powered-electric-car-release-date-price-range-features
On YouTube
It's so painful to see the entire EV industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
And the sad truth is that we don't even have a Bearing runner ON the starting line representing us. Where was Jeremy during the RK Equities Howard Klein podcast in Santiago last week? That's right... he was not in Santiago promoting us with LPI and MSB-SA. Bearing Lithium was not even mentioned once in the podcast. Are we still even a company?
And another kick in the nuts for us shareholders... previous Bearing-buyer Mackie has turned into a Bearing-seller today. https://www.stockwatch.com/Quote/Detail.aspx?symbol=BRZ®ion=C
We can't catch a break to save our soul. This is all so depressing.
The Doctor
BMW_accelerates EVs_by_2yrs. And_another EV-maker we_can't supply_Lithium to
https://electrek.co/2019/06/25/bmw-accelerates-electric-car-plans-new-ev-concepts/
It's so painful to see the entire EV industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
And the sad truth is that we don't even have a runner ON the starting line representing us. Where was Jeremy during the RK Equities Howard Klein podcast in Santiago last week? That's right... he was not in Santiago promoting us with LPI and MSB-SA. Bearing Lithium was not even mentioned once in the podcast. Are we still a company?
The Doctor
Justdoit7... you da man, you da man
https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/recent-good-market-news.4745954/page-280?get_post=true
The Doctor
PS, in my book, anyone who ends their post with "just have patience" or "patience required" is a shifty conniving ass-wipe and definitely up to no good. It's like Trump saying "Well we will see what happens after he has shit in the most current pot of stew" which when translated also means I have no f**king idea what's going on but I want you dummies reading my posts to stay invested so I can bail out before the market (or the stock) crashes down on me.
RK_Equities Howard_Klein follows_up with his_audio blog_on LPI
As a follow up to Howard Klein's video interview (teaser from Santiago) with INN which I highlighted on June 19 https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=149476377
this new podcast (published June 24) is very informative and definitely is a "must hear" big-picture update https://soundcloud.com/lithiumionrocks/s1-e17-new-kid-in-town-lpi-i-got-the-power?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter
The Doctor
Dear_CORFO, this_story was_written just_for you_ding dongs_to read
Click here. The article explains in technological and logistical terms why you stubborn donkeys will never get anyone to make "valued added" lithium trinkets/doodads/thingamajigs/batteries inside Chile.
The Doctor
The_Ebola response in_Congo is running_short of money
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/06/23/the-ebola-response-in-congo-is-running-short-of-money
On another sad note... Joey's Mercedes Benz limousine was running short of gasoline this weekend during a picnic out by the lake, but fortunately his armed guards in the back-up limo had a couple of extra gallons of fuel in a reserve jerrican. Joey safely made it back to the palace and only suffered some mild perspiration for 10 minutes during the refueling. Whew, that was a close one.
The Doctor
Airbus_hybrid test_2022. Another_aviation battery-tech we_can't_supply Lithium_to
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/20/business/electric-planes-paris-air-show/index.html
Airbus (EADSF) is also aiming to test a hybrid aircraft by 2022, and it announced a collaboration this week with European aerospace firms Daher and Safran to get there. Daher will handle components and systems installation, while Safran (SAFRF) will contribute a propulsion system called EcoPulse. Airbus will tackle batteries and aerodynamic design.
It's so painful to see the entire Lithium battery industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
Doctor
Eviation_eAirplanes. And_another battery_technology_we can't_supply Lithium_to
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48630656
Why the age of electric flight is finally upon us
By Tim Bowler BBC News, Le Bourget, Paris
It's so painful to see the entire Lithium battery industry moving ahead while we can't even get off the starting line.
Doctor
Dear_Sebastian, awwww_so sad. India_is not_buying_Chilean Lithium
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2019/06/21/india-and-australia-could-strike-first-lithium-deal/
You better hope Chile never runs out of fish... because all the people in Chile are going to have left to eat is the lithium you and the deep state Pinochet Second Reich squandered.
The Doctor
Ha-ha-ha, Toyota_in Wait_&_See mode_for 2yrs_to see_if EVs_"catch on"
https://www.miningweekly.com/article/toyota-tsusho-to-wait-on-ev-market-before-upping-lithium-investment-2019-06-21
This is a total crock of shit. Toyota Tsusho is in a 2-year wait & see mode because they have to see if Argentina is going to put Cristina Fernández de Kirchner back in power to finish taking Argentina the rest of the way down the crapper Click here thereby putting Toyota's investment in Orocobre into even deeper shit.
The Doctor
CORFO_continues pooping big_turds in_Paris, Seoul,_Tokyo with_India next
Click here
Posco/Samsung (from the first CORFO lithium beauty pageant) has already told CORFO to f**k off and it looks like the beauty pageant runners-up Molymet and Fulin will do likewise soon. CORFO wants to have the Second Lithium Beauty Pageant in January... which I will predict now will be another big flop. In January it will be 2 years since Pinera has been in power and not one single international lithium miner will have secured a new permit to mine/work the lithium in Chile (ie Pinochet's Second Reich) by then. Can anyone in Pinera's government actually be so stupid to believe an international lithium miner will invest another penny in Chile in January chasing this stink-bomb CORFO wild-goose chase?
The Doctor
Dear_Sebastian, Iran/USA_war fast_approaching. So_what's_your new_big_Lithium Plan?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/politics/us-iran-drone-shooting-risk/index.html
We're all on pins and needles waiting to hear what you are going to next pull out of your ass on this one as Baldo has so eloquently foretold.
The Doctor
PS, And do be aware that once the war starts, your glorious supposed New Lithium Plan has a snowball's chance in hell of ever being published/explained/pitched on Page One.
What's_that you say_Bunky? You_invested in_Argentina lithium?
https://www.axios.com/argentina-mauricio-macri-macrisis-gdp-stock-market-4e607040-e120-43d7-b59c-089af03d6037.html
Well, don't worry... once Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is back in power you can go out and buy a pistola for just a few bucks to blow your brains out. You'll have to get in line behind the chinamen from Ganfeng and a few Galaxy/Posco Koreans, but the wait time shouldn't be too bad.
The Doctor
Excellent_way to_raise demand_for EVs...have Iran_shoot down_a_US drone
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa-confirmation/us-military-says-iran-shoot-down-of-its-drone-was-unprovoked-attack-idUSKCN1TL1D2
And as you all remember, the high-quality EVs that do not have exploding batteries are of course built with sufficient levels of cobalt in them.
The Doctor
One_good way to_raise demand_for EVs...Iran, shoot down_a_US drone
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa-confirmation/us-military-says-iran-shoot-down-of-its-drone-was-unprovoked-attack-idUSKCN1TL1D2
The Doctor
Mackie_never sells_us... they only_slowly buy_us when_we're busy not_looking
For whom? And for why?