IMHO LAC should deploy bit of a para-military tactics into this matter. Lets create a fire somewhere else to derail attention to Thacker Pass. In Germany, a deposit of Lithium was discovered under the Rhine river. LAC should establish an alternative company and start a geological research around Hudson river. The idea of having a mining operation in the back yard would drive those environmentalist nuts. Nobody would have given a damn anymore about few cowboys around Thacker Pass.

Well, just my 2 cents. Should Mr. Evans be insterested, I can provide some valuable consulting in this matter :-)