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Lithium Americas Reaches Agreement with GM and U.S. DOE Regarding First Draw on DOE Loan
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 01, 2025--Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") today announced that together with General Motors Holdings LLC ("GM"), its joint venture (the "JV") partner in the Thacker Pass lithium project ("Thacker Pass" or the "Project"), the Company has reached a non-binding agreement in principle (the "First Draw Terms") with the U.S. Department of Energy (the "DOE") to advance the first draw of $435 million (the "First Dra
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