Mick could still be in the wings, he is all into battery metals.  Intimate knowledge of BHP as well....I expect there is nothing in this space that eludes him.  The only thing maybe holding him back is the decade....decades long stink of indecision and stagnation that permeates the ring.

I have been waiting patiently for his first stab at the all important nickel part of the battery!

The ring could produce a mining camp that makes BHP look small.

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https://www.mining.com/mick-davis-walks-away-from-guinea-vehicle-he-founded/

Switching gears 

Davis is a well-known name in the mining industry as he led Xstrata from a $500 million business in the early part of the last decade to an operation so big that — at one point — it made a takeover offer for Anglo American (LON:AAL). 

As finance chief of miner Billiton, which he helped list on the London Stock Exchange, Davis was also a key figure in the 2001-megamerger with BHP, which created the world’s largest mining company. 

In 2012, he sold Xstrata to Glencore (LON: GLEN) and ventured into setting up X2 Resources, a mining fund that was unable to score any deals in the three years after launch. 

The mining veteran now wants to seize the opportunity presented by the increasing need for battery metals with his newly founded investment firm Vision Blue Resources (VBR).