US Government Takes 5% Stake in Lithium Americas – LAC Stock Soars
Background: Lithium Americas and Thacker Pass Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE/TSX: LAC) is the Canadian miner behind the Thacker Pass project in northern Nevada. Thacker Pass hosts the world’s largest known measured lithium resource lithiumamericas.com. The project is a joint venture: Lithium Americas owns 62% (and manages the mine) and GM holds 38% lithiumamericas.com. Phase 1 of Thacker Pass is expected to have a nominal design capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of battery-grade lithium carbonate lithiumamericas.com – enough lithium for roughly 800,000 EVs reuters.com. Construction began in 2024 (led by Bechtel under a project labor agreement) with first production originally