I watched this article/video and it had me thinking.
Albemarle, would be the one that Layton, would give the best deal to, between ALB and SQM to get into Chile and the USA. IBATF, said testing of 4-different brines last May 2022.
Galvanic Energy a junior company bragged about being tested on LinkedIn even though they had an NDA. No one else has said they were tested. ALB, would be able to keep a seceret like that.