RE:RE:RE:The Big Picture You post things which are just not factually true and, at best, twists logic. It's like saying why are people dying of thirst in the Sahara when the world is mostly water? Basic knowledge tells us that locality, yeild and purity mean a lot in resources; the fresh water supply curve is highly inelastic in the Sahara, as a resource it is scarce and highly localized.
Where is all this supposed economic germanium supple to come from that will change the elasticity of the supply curve?
The largest historical producers of germanium from Kipushi-type deposits occurred in Kipushi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tsumeb, Namibia. These deposits host 60 million tonnes (t) at 100-200 parts per million (ppm) Ge and 28 million t at 50-150 ppm Ge, respectively.
Cantex at North Rakla is roughly at 10MT and likely double that given a year or two. At 10MT we have germanium results demonstrating >500g/tonne across the entire strike length of 2,350m. Those results, in a Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, already mean North Rankle has more germanium hosted in it than Tsumeb, Namibia did in total.
Where else will you get germanium? Other prospective Western Zn-Pb deposits have trace amounts, there are few open nations that can scale production. Even more trace levels from coal? Be real.
There's an established germanium pipeline locally in British Columbia. I realize you're a joke account, but stop the sillines