What is Being Built at Thacker Pass
After more than a decade of exploration, environmental studies, permitting and court battles Lithium Americas has broken ground.
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For years, a mining company-- Lithium Americas-- and two back-to-back presidencies, have pushed for a mine at the site.
Officials says the loan would help finance the construction of a lithium carbonate processing plant at a mine 200 miles north of Reno.
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