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Wednesday, 03/08/2023 1:52:09 PM

Wednesday, March 08, 2023 1:52:09 PM

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Oh-boy, how_much classified_insider info_does Ex-Mitsui Álvarez_know
about us (ie "us" as in Maricunga Salar Blanco "us") and our TRUE calculations on the volume of rich brine we own in the Mother Lode sitting dead center under our Maricunga property? https://vnexplorer-net.translate.goog/ricardo-alvarez-dejara-mitsui-para-dedicarse-100-al-directorio-de-codelco-s700436.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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 if that isn't enough with Codelco to worry about...
Codelco_CEO meeting_with Japanese_Marubeni
https://www.portalminero.com/wp/codelco-se-reunio-con-principales-ejecutivos-de-la-compania-japonesa-marubeni/
to apparently discuss desalinization plants.

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.

And then you might ask, "but is Marubeni now interested in Lithium?"
Yes, it turns out that Marubeni is interested in lithium in a sort of backdoor fashion https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2023/release/00017.html

And if Marubeni is interested in lithium, do they have a major lithium-industry backer in their stable?
Yes again, Berkshire Hathaway Inc (ref Warren Buffet) is a 6.83% shareholder https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MARUBENI-CORPORATION-6491313/company/

I think we need to start watching Máximo Pacheco a lot closer now... for good measure.

The Doctor

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