This week's long-form discussion was an interesting one. In fact, after recording the first part of the conversation with everyone's favorite Koala, news hit out of Patriot Battery Metals, the story evolved, and Trevor and Koala decided the episode needed to address the developments.

In the first part of the conversation, Koala and Trevor talk about the ongoing news out of the large base metal producers as they continue to position themselves for decades to come. But they also address where that capital might come from is China is unwilling or unable.

In the second part, the most recently recorded, Koala addresses the resource estimate for Patriot Battery Metals and the CV5 deposit on the Corvette Project. They call it the largest lithium pegmatite deposit in the Americas. Does it meet Koala's expectations?

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