Quebec has a great process in place. It took us 19 months from the time we submitted our feasibility study and impact study to get an approval by order in council, and that includes the consultation period of the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement, or BAPE. Everything went well because we took it seriously. From the outset, we submitted a project that demonstrated to all Quebec government experts that we deserved to get an approval by order in council, which was issued in February 2021.
Since then, construction has started. However, what would take the project to the next level would be to complete the marketing strategy. Graphite is a critical mineral. It is not like gold, copper or a basic mineral. It is about de-risking the revenue side of our project so that we can attract the capital to make it happen and sell that product to buyers at a reasonable price.
