[REGIONAL NEWS] $1.3 billion lithium mining project takes shape in rural Northern Nevada

According to Lithium Nevada, the company has produced over 3,000 kg (105,821 oz.) of high-quality lithium sulfate solution at its testing facility in Reno. Lithium Nevada expects to conduct a feasibility study with a Phase 1 production capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum of battery-quality LCE, which is expected to be complete by mid-2020.
/Courtesy Lithium Nevada

Michelle Cook | The Humboldt Sun

Lithium Nevada’s Thacker Pass project recently announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has deemed its Plan of Operation complete. Lithium Nevada — the wholly-owned subsidiary of British Columnbia, Canada-based Lithium Americas — filed the plan with the BLM in August 2019. The mining company expects to acquire all major permits for Phase 1 operations by the end of 2020.

The Thacker Pass project is located about 60 miles northwest of Winnemucca in Humboldt County.

According to the technical report, the project is a “one-of-a-kind” deposit that “requires an alternative approach that would reduce overall operational and capital costs and leverage the physical properties of the soft claystone.”

According to Lithium Nevada, operations will create approximately 1,000 jobs during construction of the $1.3 billion project and will employ more than 275 people.

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