Clifford:  "Have I missed the important explanation as to the LAC process for extracting lithium from clay deposits? I seem to have trouble finding any miner that has profitably extracted from other than brine or spodumene. Of course, I may have missed it, but from LAC it just seems that any explanation is in generalities."

Clifford, as far as the progress being made at the "Processing Lab" in Reno, Nevada for LAC's future Thacker Pass Lithium Clay mine to be built at Thacker Pass, I have no idea what the exact nature of that progress is at the Processing Lab.  If anyone else knows some detail, or even rumor at this point, about what is going on there at the lab then feel free to post away on it here.  I have posted several times my frustration with the fact that developments there at the lab seem to be running on "Silent Mode", so I share your concern as it applies to "explanation is in generalities" regarding the lab and any new developments there....

However, as far as the specifics of the proposed extraction process is concerned we know that a lot of that has been laid out in the 2018 Pre Feaseability Study.

Without going over line by line, I will just draw attention to Section 13 ( Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing ) and Section 17 ( Recovery Methods ) for your assessment.

For a quick reference:  Microsoft Word - 207071-00100-00-GE-REP-0005_RA_NI 43-101-2018-08-01 FINAL (lithiumamericas.com)

Of course, the DFS may modify those statements in the PFS somewhat, but that should help as a starting poing.

I can't wait to see the DFS and to see some sort of definitive Press Release ( "DPR" ?.. just taking liberty with the abbreviation process! ) to come out so that we do have more information, but that doesn't set me apart from you or any other LAC investor.  The waiting game continues.

Okiedo