"The above statement from the CEO of Livent is more or less consistent with what NF told me a couple of weeks back."
So you have just answered most of your questions from your earlier post..........especially with:
"Chinese customers had provided verbal commitments on price and volume late last year but backed away when the company went to sign the contracts"
In relation to:
"but am suggesting that ML show some leadership in his positions as strategic consultant, chief spruiker and top shareholder. Asking that his facilitation fee is converted into buying shares on market (until he is able to facilitate a successful outcome for AVZ shareholders) is not an unreasonable request IMO given the current circumstances."
IMO, ML holds shares under his own name. Airguide (a company in which ML is a Director) are the ones contracted to AVZ.
How do you, or I, or anyone else here know that AG & ML hasn't facilitated many key relationships and a broader work program aimed at securing value-adding commercial agreements with relevant counter-parties in China and the AVZ BOD's have not finalised any of them (for whatever reason...........one being your quote from another CEO above)?
Not having a go at you here, however IMO pointing fingers at certain people now, when we don't know atm what has transpired is not the right way to go.
All IMO & DYOR