Lithium Americas Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the previously announced transaction with Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. in respect of their joint venture company, Minera Exar S.A. . Minera Exar owns 100% of the Cauchar?-Olaroz lithium project currently under development in Jujuy, Argentina. On closing, Ganfeng Lithium subscribed for [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. has reported financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020. This news release should be read in conjunction with Lithium Americas’ unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the six months ended June 30, 2020, which are available on [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. is pleased to announce that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Thacker Pass lithium project is available for public comment as published by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the federal register on July 29, 2020. Thacker Pass, located north of Winnemucca, Nevada, USA, is 100% owned by Lithium Nevada Corp [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. announced on July 6, 2020 that workers at the Cauchar?-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina tested positive for COVID-19. In response, construction was immediately suspended and all workers were quarantined and have undergone further testing. The local operating company, Minera Exar S.A. , a 50/50 joint venture with the [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. announces that workers at the Cauchar?-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the COVID-19 protocol for Cauchar?-Olaroz has been activated with construction activities temporarily suspended while additional testing is undertaken. On the afternoon of July 3rd, two workers tested [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been advised by Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. that Ganfeng Lithium has received regulatory approval from the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China in respect to the transaction announced on February 7, 2020 . The remaining PRC regulatory approvals [...]
Ground breaking research recently completed by a leading German battery technology institute has identified a previously unrecognised contamination and safety risk for lithium-ion batteries - the use of lower purity alumina in battery cell manufacture. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden Germany, recently [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. has reported financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. This news release should be read in conjunction with Lithium Americas’ unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2020, which are available [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. is pleased to announce the results of its annual meeting of shareholders held on May 7, 2020. All of the following business items were approved at the Meeting by the requisite majority of shareholder votes cast at the meeting: setting the size of the Board of Directors at nine; electing each management-nominated director [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. today announced that construction activities at the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, are temporarily suspended, in accordance with government-mandated restrictions in response to COVID-19. On March 19, 2020, the government of Argentina enacted the Urgency Decree #297/20 ordering, among other provisions, a [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. has reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. This news release should be read in conjunction with Lithium Americas’ audited consolidated financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2019, which are available on the [...]
Lithium Americas Corp. announced that the Company will be attending the following investor conferences: Loop Capital Markets Transportation, Logistics and Materials Conference, February 12 to 13, 2020, in Coral Gables, Florida. Management is scheduled to present at 3:10 pm ET and 4:20 pm ET on February 12, 2020. BMO 29th Global Metals & Mining [...]