US officials remove key obstacle to Thacker Pass lithium project
Reuters
23-05-16 20:37
Lithium Americas Corp has cleared an obstacle in the development of the Thacker Pass mine project in Nevada, after the US Department of the Interior found nearly all of the site contained lithium. Claims had previously been made that the project would cause unnecessary harm to the environment and be blocked due to the land it was on not containing valuable minerals, although officials found that over 98% of claims held by the Canadian mining company contained lithium mineralisation. The ruling will enable Lithium America to build and develop the project, which it is working on with General Motors.