Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[GTman1]

I'm guessing the PR today was necessary for the upcoming video. I wouldn't be surprised if we still get the video this week (or next week at the latest) and it shows the operations inside the Lam Dong facility.

I'm also happy to see that they have implemented the use of the S7-CB strain. I remember researching these various mulberry strains a few years ago and hoping KBLB would eventually use them. So this was a nice surprise/confirmation. Mulberry availability will be the limiting factor for this operation moving forward, so having a high yielding plant is a definite plus.

With this new yield, we should roughly be able to produce about half a ton of finished spider silk fiber per hectare per year. With KBLB's higher margins on their finished products, they should be able to offer mulberry farmers a much better rate for purchasing mulberry leaves than mundane silk farmers. It will be interesting to see how long it takes farmers to switch over to selling mulberry to KBLB. Lam Dong currently has more than 15,000 hectares of mulberry, with plans to develop more. Now that the governing bodies of Lam Dong are on board, it will be interesting to see how much of the mulberry is diverted to spider silk production.