 Great. Recent developments from China's Ministry of Commerce today regarding export permits on critical minerals in particular graphite has impacted all of us and surprised us. Did you see this coming? Well I have to say I didn't see it coming but I'm not surprised by it Tracy. This is really the move that we saw start about two years ago with the Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. where the Biden administration along with the folks here in Canada saw the reliance on China and the amount of minerals critical minerals that were being supplied out of China to the EV market and they saw that as a potential risk going forward as the geopolitical backdrop was really starting to sour particularly the relationship between China and the U.S. And about a week ago we are even earlier that might have been earlier this week we saw the U.S. we saw the Biden administration put restriction on semiconductor chip sales to China and I believe this is China's retaliation. However we knew that this was coming that we've the the governments have identified this as a major risk and that's why we started to see interest in creating domestic supply chains. So earlier this year we saw we decided to spin out our Albany graphite deposit that is a very very unique deposit that we have here in Ontario Canada very large deposit and with the backdrop of the Inflation Reduction Act and the amount of money that was going into battery supply chains here in Canada we made a decision that we were going to spin out the Albany graphite deposit raise some money and move it ahead towards production. However earlier this year we saw a precipitous drop in the price of graphite globally it's down about 30 to 40 percent and that's a bit of a head scratcher given the demand that we're seeing in the EV space but again where does the majority of the graphite that goes into batteries come from it comes from China. So when they saw the opportunity to put pressure on graphite pricing therefore making North American or projects outside of China less attractive we believe they took that opportunity to push the price down. Now they've taken another avenue where now they're restricting the supply of graphite out of China again highlighting the importance of creating a North American battery supply chain. So we're not surprised by it at all it's just again it's just raising its head in another form and again reinforces the need to get governments and industry moving to get this supply chain built. Well and speaking of the supply chain how do you think this is going to impact graphite importers like Japan and South Korea? It's interesting I personally believe this was a bit of a retaliation against the US but based on the statements coming out of China it sounds like it's a global restriction so it should impact it looks like it's probably going to impact the Japanese and the Koreans in the same manner and they're going to be looking for opportunities to de-risk the supply chains from their perspective as well ie de-risk away from China looking at North America or other potential avenues. All right so let me ask the obvious question where are we going to get our graphite break? Well I can tell you about one wonderful project right here in Ontario the Albany graphite deposit we are probably three or four years away from putting that into production but again we have a very very large source of very unique high-purity graphite right here in Ontario. There are a few other projects in Canada New Homan for example has a very big green clean process that they're working on right now you see their their stock is up 40% today based on the news so it looks like there's going to be an increased focus back in North American graphite producers so I think it's the time to for governments and industry to step up and start investing in these projects. You think this is going to change the EV landscape? I think it has the potential to change it significantly. The car manufacturers while we've seen a fairly significant drop off this year in EV demand I think that's just short term there's a very obviously difficult economic backdrop but I think longer term you're going to continue to see the demand for EVs continue to grow and the manufacturers the vehicle manufacturers are going to have to diversify their supply chain and what better place to do it right here in North America. Greg I know your phone is ringing off the hook so I have to say though Zentech shareholders must be very happy because you've been leaders in the graphite space and graphite technologies for a very long time. Yeah it's been a it has been a busy day surprising I was actually a little surprised at how quickly the news hit and started to resonate but again that's what Zentech's all about. Zentech has three pillars Zentech is an advanced materials development company we have our first patented product coming to market Zengard on we have it on on face masks now but we're most excited about the HVAC space and the technology we've developed there we've also got our biotech platform that we just rolled out a couple of months ago and we're incredibly excited about that but we've also got the Albany deposit and we know the value embedded in the Albany deposit so from a pure investment perspective you've got a well diversified portfolio of assets that are going to bring value in many different ways and again we're seeing how important it is to have that underpinning of Albany as a store of value for shareholders. As always Greg thank you and for more information on Zentech please go to the following website