Since 2012 I have always thought we owned 4 to 5 times more lithium than we were actually telling the public in our published documents (ala the very smart SQM/Albemarle modus operandi). The question for us now is "did Herr Martin Borda and Crystalballs believe the same as me and did they tell Mitsui the heretofore confidential exact volumetric numbers in their negotiations/bragging with Mitsui?"... which Senor Ricardo Álvarez would then have heard most likely... who now works for our arch enemy Codelco?
And you might ask, "what would it cost to run desalinated water to Maricunga just out of curiosity?" Well, you longtime readers here will remember from our Bearing iHub posts that we once calculated it would cost a little under US$2B (based on Albemarle's leaked hardcost budget for similar work) to run desalinated water from the Pacific Ocean up to Maricunga using three lift stations.
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