With our neighbour EUR, there has not been much success in the shareprice. On a remorseless decline since the start of 2018.And a recent report by a geological expert is pessimistic about EUR's prospects
https://www.trend.at/wirtschaft/zweifel-lithium-abbau-kaernten-10369947
So it may be that Stefan Muller is anxious to improve EUR's prospects via JDR - perhaps because EUR cannot itself take on more leases.