An independent lab with PhDs and published scientists working at it will report they have received a package containing alleged superconducting material from any of the LK-99 researchers or Quantum Energy Research Center. They will announce they intend to verify the superconducting properties of the material.

The report can be a press release, twitter post, blog post, etc. but should be verifiable as being from a real research lab/university.

- Independent/New means researchers that recieved a sample of LK-99 for the first time after the 22 July 2023 when the first arxiv papers were published. Existing collaborators do not count e.g. College of William & Mary or KENTECH. The sample could be sent from such a collaborator to the new lab, as long as there was a reasonable expectation it was a sample of LK-99 by the original producers where superconductivity was claimed.

- The verification of the superconducting properties must be [a primary part of] the stated purpose. A sample sent solely for a material characterisation (e.g. X-ray diffraction or electron microscopy) or for the development of future products or for a photoshoot etc. would not count. The verification should be public, i.e. there should be a reasonable expectation the findings will be published. There must be some scientists involved who have a reasonable expectation of expertise in superconductivity.

- Before September 2023 (the lab recieves it before this date in their timezone)