U.S. Govt Bets on “White Gold”: Lithium Americas Stock Explodes as DOE Takes Stake
Stock Performance & Market Data Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) has been extremely volatile. In early October 2025 the stock ran to all-time highs, trading around $7.59 on Oct 3 Investing (and ~$8.8–9.0 by market close, per consensus data Marketbeat). On Sept 30 news broke that the DOE/GM deal was imminent; shares jumped ~23% to ~$7.03 that day Reuters. By Oct 3 trading volume was roughly 4.8 million shares, about 462% above its normal…