Construction
Thacker Pass Lithium Royalty
Trident owns an effective 1.05% GRR royalty over Lithium Americas Corp.’s Thacker Pass Lithium Project located in Nevada, USA.
Construction
Trident owns an effective 1.05% GRR royalty over Lithium Americas Corp.’s Thacker Pass Lithium Project located in Nevada, USA.
Thacker Pass is the USA’s largest and most advanced construction stage lithium project. The project is situated at the southern end of McDermitt Caldera, approximately 100km northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada.
The project is fully permitted and has commenced construction with initial operations expected in 2027. Once in production, 100% of the Phase 1 production of 40,000tpy of lithium carbonate will be sold to General Motors under a long-term offtake contract. The lithium will be used by General Motors’s in its proprietary Ultium battery cells and is forecast to provide sufficient lithium to build more than 1 million electric vehicles per year.
Phase 2 production is expected to double the output of the mine to 80,000tpy.
April 2024
Lithium Americas closes US$275M public offering. The funds will be used to fund the advancement of construction and development of Thacker Pass. In conjunction with the second investment tranche from General Motors of US$330M and the US$2.26B loan from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, the Phase 1 construction at Thacker Pass is expected to be fully funded.
March 2024
Lithium Americas received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy for a $2.26B loan under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program for financing the construction of the processing facilities at Thacker Pass.
February 2023
General Motors advanced Tranche 1 (US$230M) of total US$650M commitment.
January 2023
General Motors agreed to invest US$650M in Lithium Americas for the advancement and development of Thacker Pass. General Motors will have rights to 100% of the production from Thacker Pass Phase 1.
Location | USA |
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Operator | Lithium Americas Corp |
Commodity | Lithium |
Mineral Reserves | 3.7 million tonnes of LCE at 3160 ppm Li |
Stage | Construction |
Proven & Probable | 217Mt @ 3,158ppm Li |
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Measured & Indicated | 1,457Mt @ 2,072ppm Li |
Inferred | 297Mt @ 1,872ppm Li |
Total | 1,754Mt @ 2,039ppm Li |
Source: Capital IQ