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Lithium Americas Announce FID for Thacker Pass Phase 1 and Closes Strategic Investment from Orion Resource Partners
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 01, 2025--Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") today announced the closing of the previously announced $250 million investment from fund entities managed by Orion Resource Partners LP (collectively, "Orion"), for the development and construction of Phase 11 of the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada ("Thacker Pass" or the "Project"). Contemporaneously, Lithium Americas and General Motors Holding
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