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The Thacker Pass lithium deposit has measured and indicated resources of 13.7 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent, at an average ore grade of 2,231 ppm (0.22%) lithium. [19] The Thacker Pass volcano-sedimentary deposit is the largest known sedimentary lithium resource in the U.S. [ 5 ]
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Lithium Americas Corp may conduct excavation work at its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, denying a request from environmentalists who said the digging ...
The Biden administration is encouraging US lithium mining through a mix of loans, grants, and tax breaks. ... and loaned $2.6 billion to the company developing Thacker Pass, another lithium mine ...
Two Native American tribes have formally asked a U.S. federal court to prevent Lithium Americas Corp from excavating its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, which they say contains their ...
On March 14, 2024, the Biden administration announced a $2.26 billion loan for the construction of the Thacker Pass mine. [12] In October 2024 Lithium Americas announced a substantial investment increase from General Motors, bringing GM’s total commitment to the Canadian mining company to $945 million—up from $650 million.
The Thacker Pass lithium mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada, which is the largest known lithium deposit in the US and one of the largest in the world. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] There has been significant exploration of Thacker Pass since 2007.
That Lithium Americas mine at Thacker Pass, which was approved in the final days of former President Donald Trump's administration, survived numerous legal challenges from environmentalists and Native American tribes who said it would destroy lands they considered sacred where their ancestors were massacred by U.S. troops in 1865.
And General Motors-backed Lithium Americas has begun work on its nearly $3 billion Thacker Pass lithium project, which Trump approved five days before leaving office.