Dude,

Thanks for posting the link for the interview with Dr. Flint, VP of ERA, the company that has an ROI to acquire the vein-typed graphite Ragedara mine in Sri Lanka. Dr. Flint has debunked quite a few myths in this interview

- flakes size: size matters

- no difference between ZEN (low ore grade in large pits) and Sri Lanka graphite (high grade in small veins). Both = hydrothermal

- grade is king: no way, listen to his explanation. 2-8% is better than 9% to some high value. Very high grade in small vein is also good.

- only about 2% of the world production (20-30k tonnes) has the quality suitable for high-end batteries. Their mine in Sri Lanka could be expanded to produce 20,000 tonnes/yr. Hint, hint.

- Tesla would need to find a reliable supply.

- ZEN and ERA can fit the bill, ZEN has an advantage of locating in the same continent with the GigaFactory, but ERA is a competitor. It has an almost-ready-to-produce mine.

- People talk a lot about high price ($$$$$) for their graphite, e.g. $40k/tonne and beyond, but they don't really know what they are talking about until they can secure a price with an end-user.

- I would throw in the speculation, again, that it would be a good strategy for ZEN to acquire ERA, to create a more attractive package (for Tesla?). Hope that this would not make Mark go ballistic, lol. As I have explained, this is just a bait. I am in this for a TO of ZEN as well.

ZEN -> 10->GH, and many others including Mark, to Caymans.

Cheers,

goldhunter