Well said IC,

But didn't AE mentioned that the first question the NDA holders asked was -----how big is the resource?I guess size does matter in this case.The mine in Sri Lanka though small in scale had been running for over 100 years and they are looking for more.

A lot of research institutes other than the Li-ion battery or nuclear industry may have loads of patents ready needing Zen graphite to bring them in the fore front.