Latest MD Video Interview explaining CR, page-3

It's quite clear that the CR is to be used to bankroll their other projects, i.e., not the WMP. I'm stuggling to find the connection between the Chinese battery guys' (et al.) to the WMP given the path forward with that is practically set in stone with OZ. Is this just some bullish marketing to justify to the market that they needed a CR and rather than just coming outright and saying they needed the cash to fund those activities, they'v angled it to sound like a proper strategic alliance for the WMP?