General Motors Co and Lithium Americas Corp on Tuesday announced they would jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada.
Under the agreement, GM will make an equity investment of $650 million in Lithium Americas. Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM's proprietary Ultium battery cell.The investment, which will be split into two tranches, comessaid earlier this month she would rule "in the next couple of months" on whether former President Donald Trump erred in 2021 when he approved Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass mining project in northern Nevada.
The funds for the first tranche will be held in escrow until certain conditions are met, including the outcome of the Record of Decision ruling currently pending in the U.S. District Court. Production at Thacker Pass, which is expected to create 1,000 jobs in construction and 500 in operations, is projected to begin in the second half of 2026, the companies said in a statement.
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