RE:RE:RE:Reading between the linesOK yakattack, lets on what we know. First, Don told me, on the phone 05.04.21 that Cypress will be feeding 30 to 50 tonns clay into the pilot plant.
Second, avanzaig & numberlithium on ceo.ca, did the math & came up w/500LB of litium will be produced from this clay.
When I mentioned the 1 tonne produced for marketing samples to support negotiations with potential offtake and strategic partners in Cypress's presentation, Don made it clear to me that they were at first going to produce 1 tonne lithium. At some point, someone told someone @ Cypress that the amount of 1 tonne was not necessary & too much just for samples.
Don said lowering the amount down from 1 tonne now allowed Cypress to also do a somewhat faster pilot plant now only 30 to 50 tonne clay used in the plant. I do not recall how many tonnes was to be used in the beginning.
Then Don said the lithium samples will be put in glass vials w/black stoppers. I do not think he said small vials, just glass viles. I think I added the word small just like you changed the word small, in my post to tiny vials in your post. Right? See how that happens to even the best of us? I was just trying to down play the 1 tonne wording in the presentation. I never thought it would be disected so much on ceo.ca. Get a hobby.
The real thing to keep in mind,IMO is that the pilot plant is not being run just for the samples. I see the dicussion on ceo.ca trying to figure out almost to the gram, what size sample each company will get. Also, Don never said how many samples will go out. With these two point in mind, ever think that Cypress may have leftover produced lithium? That's not, IMO a bad thing. What if only enough was made for a select companies. Then another comany asked for some.
This is what Cypress says about what the plant is for:
"The pilot plant is planned to operate at a rate of one tonne/day and will be designed for correct interaction and testing of the major components within the extraction process and assessment of the resulting lithium products. The operation of the pilot plant will provide essential data for the planned feasibility study and also enable Cypress to produce marketing samples to support negotiations with potential offtake and strategic partners."
https://www.cypressdevelopmentcorp.com/news/2021/cypress-development-commences-development-of-pilot-plant-for-the-clayton-valley-lithium-project-in-nevada/ I really believe the pilot plant will be a HUGE success. First, separation of the clay from the lithium was a very big problem, but the sodium method does the separation automatically! I knew this & Don told me this on the call. This is in a Cypress NR. No secret.
This auto separation will reduce a step in the flow sheet and reduce cost & maybe a faster,turn around time. This faster part is my thinking not Don. I think you know this separation part that was learned in the big batch testing of the sodium method, but for those that read this, some may not know this. I think that keeping us informed can give a boost to our confidence.
Please call Don Myers if I did not put this matter to rest as far as you & the rest of the gang at ceo.ca are concerned.
When the pilot plant is done, the results need to be blasted out to the public. This new CFO has to take full advantage of the successful information in the way he has done for other companies. IMO.