We're looking @ "fully operational" wrong. Do you just fire up the pilot without hearing from potential partners on their Hydroxide specs?
Of course not.
The pr is all about now moving to having the vendor make us some.
Brine, to pre-treat, to DLE, to Carbonate.
It's why Chris for now says --- their pleased with the pilot progress.
Going "fully operational" will be with a purpose & not just to say we did it in-house....& then, go looking for takers.
They're months ahead of us, in shareholder land & know what their doing.
This can throw out all kinds of news any day. There's just too much in motion now. :))