Outcropping white pegmatites at Solis Minerals’ recently acquired Brazil lithium project. Junior explorers can come unstuck for a thousand different reasons and it’s rarely just about the rocks. More often, the biggest signal can be the people steering the ship. So, when a team that has already nailed a major discovery and a monster sale in one postcode decides to reunite and have a crack at the ground next door, the market tends to pay attention. That’s the story now