# Episode 219: Ron Mitchell

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Podcast: [The Global Lithium Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702)
Published: 2025-09-18T13:10:51+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3567

## Resource

Ron Mitchell has one of the lithium industry's most impressive resumes having worked for Talison, Tianqi, and a resource development project. He also chaired the LME lithium and cobalt committee for several years. Topics: The challenge of developing resources De-risking projects Price Africa - reality vs hype Lepidolite - mountains of residue The beauty of vertical integration The hard rock cost curve Incentive prices Hard rock conversion beyond China Peak spodumene in Australia Risk management tools Issues with spot price What's next? Rapid fire

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