RE:Environmental protesters have been camped out @ Thacker Passthat article is a bunk hit piece and a total hoax.. the LAC Mine fully permitted and there are no provisions for underground injection into clays.. its an open pit with the overburden being processed in a high temp (1400 Deg) sulfuric acid mill - the mill is a ZERO DISCHARGE operation.
here is a copy of the Jan 15 2021 Record Of Decision or ROD
https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/1503166/200352542/20030640/250036839/Thacker%20Pass_FEIS_Apx%20B_Mine%20Plan_508.pdf
there is no process for underground injection - thats an open pit w a high temp mill to process the clays..
there are no mines producing Li++ in nevada.. Albarmare has a extraction mine in tonopah.. been in iperation since 1960.. there are no streams - lakes - rivers - ponds in that area.. its Hi Desert and Bone dry..
the water permit in question is transfer of water rights for 5000 acre feet of groundwater.. from a prior ranch operation... LAC has purchased these rites.. the other permits from nevada deal w contractors and their liscenses..
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the United States Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") has issued the Record of Decision (“ROD”) for the Thacker Pass lithium project (“Thacker Pass” or the “Project”) following completion of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) process. Thacker Pass, located 100 km northwest of Winnemucca, in Humboldt County, Nevada, is 100% owned by Lithium Nevada Corp. (“Lithium Nevada”), a US corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Lithium Americas.
“The issuance of the ROD is the culmination of over 10 years of hard work from the Thacker Pass team, as well as the BLM and other federal, state and local agencies, all of whom worked tirelessly to ensure their respective commitments to environmental stewardship and community engagement,” commented Jon Evans, President and CEO. “With the federal permitting process complete, our focus is on advancing the financing process including discussions with potential strategic partners.”
Receipt of the ROD represents an important milestone in the development and the permitting of the Thacker Pass Project. Applications for key state permits and water rights transfers have been submitted, with results expected later this year.