VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 19, 2017) - Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the investment by The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited ("Bangchak") through its wholly-owned subsidiary, BCP Innovation Pte Ltd ("BCPI"). BCPI has signed an investment agreement (the "Investment Agreement") with Lithium Americas for funding to [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 17, 2017) - Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has signed an investment agreement (the "Investment Agreement") with GFL International Co., Ltd. ("Ganfeng") for funding to advance the construction of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina. Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, Ganfeng [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2017) - Lithium Americas Corp. ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company"), (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to announce that Dr. David Deak, Chief Technical Officer and President of the Company's subsidiary Lithium Nevada Corp., will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Cormark Securities 2017 Battery Value Chain Conference held in Toronto, Canada. The [...]
Lithium Americas is pleased to announce the re-branding of its Hectatone Inc. clay minerals business as RheoMinerals. RMI operates a "state-of-the-art" manufacturing facility in Fernley from which it supplies a full line of organophilic clay mineral products. The company forecasts revenues in 2017 to be derived primarily from the environmental, industrial coatings, animal feed, and drilling fluid markets. Frank B Wright [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov 9, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is responding to a request from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada on behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange following recent trading activity. The Company does not have any undisclosed material changes to report at this time and is not aware of any developments that would explain [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov 3, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company" or "LAC") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to provide an update on the Cauchari-Olaroz Lithium Project (the "Project") joint venture with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. ("SQM") in Jujuy Province, Argentina. Further to the Company's news release dated August 26, 2016, the Board of the joint venture company [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 26, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company" or "LAC") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to provide an update on the Cauchari-Olaroz Lithium Project ("Cauchari") joint venture with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. ("SQM") in Jujuy province, Argentina. The Board of the joint venture company, Minera Exar S.A. ("Minera Exar"), has recently been authorized to [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 11, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company" or "LAC") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Myron Manternach as Executive Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development, effective immediately. Mr. Manternach has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and investment management. He worked as an investment [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 2, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company" or "LAC") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to announce that Dr. David S. Deak has joined the Company as Chief Technical Officer ("CTO") and Senior Vice President, and President of its subsidiary Lithium Nevada Corp. ("LNC"). Dr. Deak holds a D.Phil. in Materials Science from Oxford University and is well-known within the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Apr 18, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) reports that 83,581,377 common shares, representing 28.63% of the total number of the Company's common shares issued and outstanding were voted at its Special Meeting held on April 15, 2016 (the "Meeting"). As more particularly described in the Company's management information circular dated March 15 [...]
RENO, NEVADA--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2016) - Editor's Note: There is a photo associated with this release. Lithium Americas Corp., ("Lithium Americas" or "LAC") (TSX:LAC) (OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hectatone Inc. ("Hectatone") has entered into a strategic alliance with TOLSA, S.A. ("TOLSA"), a global leader in the specialized clay sectors. Hectatone and TOLSA have signed a [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Mar 30, 2016) - Lithium Americas Corp. (the "Company") (TSX:LAC)(OTCQX:LACDF) is pleased to announce that 141,994,161 common shares representing 48.78% of the total number of shares issued and outstanding were voted at its Annual General Meeting held on March 30, 2016 (the "Meeting"). At the Meeting, the shareholders appointed the auditor for the Company for the coming year and [...]