 Pat Ryan from Newcore Rare Battles. I don't really know where to start between your news flow and actually your news coverage. So why don't we for fun start with your news coverage. You were in a very well read story by Reuters recently. Can you talk to us about that? Yeah, certainly, Reuters contacted us probably a couple of months ago Tracy and they were doing a piece on Western mid-market separation that was needed and who had technology out there that really had an opportunity to get to the finish line. And they'd heard a lot about our rapid sex tech technology, our column-based tech. They really liked what they heard and they actually came to Alexander, Louisiana. I think if you noted the article it had a headline that said Alexander, Louisiana. That's actually where the writing stemmed from. The whole purpose of the article was to say, OK, we need this Western world mid-market separation. Who are the innovators out there that are really trying to move forward and get the job done? And you core was certainly one that they centered on. And we got a lot of highlight time in the article. There were a couple other technologies mentioned that were nanotech used to program proteins. There was a comment about re-tech in Scandinavia and what they're doing over in Scandinavia. One or two others that they touched on. But really I kind of applauded Reuters for understanding that that mid-market is certainly the key and that's what's needed to continue to build a supply chain in North America, which really parallels what the DOE is looking at as well. The DOE realizes that this mid-market is crucial. So yeah, good on them. They came to Louisiana. They had a look. They understood they were up to. They made a couple of interesting points about, you know, let the miners be the miners and let the technically difficult separators be the technically difficult separators. And they applauded you core for its work in that area. As you know, we have a resource in Southeast Alaska, the bulk and resource. But we've kind of put that on the back burner and moving along at a slow pace because we realized that quick to revenue and first mover in this this market of separation is key and Reuters likes that business model going forward. So good on them for centering on you core in that article. And of course, there's more than Reuters centering on you core. We have breaking news this morning with the Louisiana governor, obviously is applauding what you're up to and that they they are executing you course, SMC, industrial tax exemption contract. Let's talk about that, please. Yeah, those came out this morning, you know, we have through Louisiana economic development part of the state of Louisiana. There's a 15 million dollar incentive package. And the governor had to sign off on the tax incentive portion of it, which he did just recently, it was the last 10 days or so. And also the release to we've noted a couple of contractors now that we've brought on board that are Louisiana centric, but they're they're kind of global and North American in nature. One is orbital engineering, orbital engineering or the Pittsburgh. They build big energy plants, infrastructure, projects, a really good engineering team, but they have an office in New Orleans. So they've now joined the Eucor team to be able to take our commercial demo that we're working with in Kingston and actually deploy it in Louisiana. They've joined the MECCAM team. The MECCAM team are working on the process flow sheets, orbital work on the production engineering. We've also added Radcliffe construction. Radcliffe construction is in central Louisiana. They do a lot of work on the Gulf Coast. They have great, you know, electrical contractors, piping contractors and given the nature of what we're building in Louisiana, those those disciplines of piping and pumps and and PLCs, electrical systems, Radcliffe or top notch and all of those groups, along with the England Authority, the England Authority is a political arm under the Louisiana government that's that's actually controlling the building that Eucor is moving into in Alexander, Louisiana, along with Louisiana Central. They came to Kingston just last week, so the contracting companies, the engineering companies, the government people, they all arrived in Kingston because they wanted to see the commercial demo plant firsthand. Very impressive what they saw and really what we're trying to show them is this is what we're copying and pasting copy and paste this. This is what we're putting in Louisiana. So a very Louisiana theme for a couple of reasons. But one in particular is that they were looking for further support from the US government, looking for further support from the state of Louisiana. And we've got contractors, engineering firms and local authorities. Pretty excited about what's going on. Well, I would like to personally congratulate both Eucor and Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards on executing this contract for the benefit job creation and development for Louisiana, a huge Louisiana fan. It's my understanding this is expected to create at least 100 family wage paying jobs. Can you talk to us a little bit more about how this is anticipated to have a very positive impact on the local and state economy? Yeah, absolutely. You know, Alexandria, what's in the center of the state when we did our due diligence and ended up in Louisiana, we did it for a couple of reasons. Well, one in particular was the economic profile in that area. There are good technical universities. There's a good workforce. That workforce has typically been used to the oil and gas where they have to sporadically go offshore to work, you know, in the in the Gulf, and it's not reliable work. And what Alexander would like to do and what Louisiana would like to do specifically is become more involved with the energy transition that we're involved with here in the 21st century. They've got a couple of battery opportunities that have taken hold in Louisiana. So they see this this rare growth processing opportunity is another part of that plan going forward of creating stable jobs that allow people to, you know, good, good paying family jobs. And, yeah, a hundred plus people employed. That's at a five thousand ton per annum a plant. And again, Louisiana doing all the right stuff to make sure they're part of this energy transition. So yeah, good, good on them and good on the governor. I also really am enjoying following you, Core, because I want to point out one more thing that I would love for you to comment, and that's the duality of both the U.S. and Canadian government being supporters of you, Core, you're kind of like the perfect example of, you know, how North American leadership. Can you give us an update on how you have support from both the U.S. and Canadian government? Yeah, yeah, certainly the, you know, the DOD stepped up a few months ago with a program to allow us to commercially run thousands of hours on our plant in Kingston. You know, think about that's the U.S. government saying, here's a funding package to run thousands of hours when you plant in Kingston, Ontario, because we'd like to see that technology then deployed in Louisiana. And so the DOD under the IBAS, which is the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainability Division, you know, they were they were instrumental in making that happen. On the Canadian government side, they too looked at what the U.S. was doing. They saw the heavy-weather program and said, we too want to be part of this. You're a Canadian company. So the people with the government stepped up to a four point three million dollar program to run commercial hours using light feedstock and again, thousands of hours to continue to gather metric data. So we can plug it to Louisiana. The Canadian wish list is that SMC, strategic expenses complex number two, would be back in Canada. For now, they realize number one is in Louisiana. They want to help make sure the commercial fortitude of what we're doing is in place. So, yeah, Canada, U.S. working together and not easy not easy contracts. Now, they don't just write checks and say, here you go. Good luck. A lot of due diligence that went in both on the U.S. side and the Canadian side to say, you know what, this technology you have, this is what we need to Westernize, to innovate, make sure we're able to go ahead and deploy effectively in North America. So two governments, understanding the importance, understanding the tech that we have and getting behind it. Commercial run many hours, longer term, let's get behind it even further. As you're heading into the holidays, Pat, you've been working around the clock. So we really appreciate you even fitting us into your schedule here with this exceptional update. What should we as shareholders anticipate in the upcoming quarter, please? Well, you'll see more data and commercial metrics coming out of the plant in Kingston. You know, part of that plant, as you know, is to run qualified product, qualified product to purities that can be used in a supply chain that includes metal alloy making and eventually two people like automotive companies, wind energy companies, and we're in discussions with several companies on an offtake side. So product to spec, hopefully the finalization of our first offtake arrangement. And we're looking at several right now when we're in discussions with automotive, we're in discussions with consumer electronics, wind energy, and national defense companies. So everyone looking at what we're doing, we're trying to make that happen effectively for our shareholders. And then Louisiana, they continue to build out. Now that we've got a very strong team with Orbital, MechChem, Ratcliffe, look for further development plans of that plant in Louisiana, taking form, taking shape as we run to be a first mover in this market that needs first moving companies that can get jobs done. So yeah, all of that is part of our Q1 news flow in 2024. And for those of you that might be new to U-Core, I encourage you to go to the U-Core website to take a read through the bios of this management and board of directors. And on that note, Pat, thank you so much for your time. I wish you a wonderful holiday. You as well. Thanks Tracy.