Lithium Americas Corp T.LAC

Alternate Symbol(s): LAC

Lithium Americas Corp. is a lithium resource company. The Company is focused on advancing Thacker Pass to production. The Company owns 100% of the Thacker Pass project, which is located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lithium Nevada Corp. Thacker Pass is situated at the southern end of the McDermitt Caldera, approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Winnemucca, in Humboldt County, northern Nevada. Its subsidiaries include RheoMinerals Inc., KV project LLC, and 1339480 B.C. Ltd.

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Comment by Moemoney42on Apr 17, 2022 2:24pm

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RE:RE:RE:Back of the napkin

Agreed Crispix.. I should have been quoting Li2C03 prices not LiOH.. and my earlier post was referring to full year production which I know will take time to acheive.. that's why my emphasis was on the "full year"..
The fact that Ganfeng/Bankchak will be taking LCE at "market" prices is good and if the spot price is much higher (?) we still get to participate in some of that value.. to what degree, is as you say, TBD?
Nice to have some conversation on the board, as not too many folks contribute here..

Crispix14 wrote:
Spot isn't what is used to calculate FCF or NPV, rather a barometer of price trend. The spot price you quoted represents a tiny volume of sales, not what majors are selling their annual output at, as another user just mentioned. 25-30k is what should be used for any kind of valuation attempt. I expect this to remain elevated and continue upwards for the remainder of the decade.

You also mention LiOH (hydroxide) which LAC isn't selling. LAC will be left with about 3500 MT of LCE after Ganfeng/Bankchak get their take of our total 19k (@ "market prices" whatever that may be is TBD). Hypothetically LAC could attempt to sell that 3500 @ spot, effectively paying off their mine in 1 year but time will tell.

As per output timeframes, many are under the assumption that 40k tonnes magically appear once CO begins to production. This is not the case and again as this user brings up, ramp up takes a lot of time, I'd be surprised if they're up to fully production capacity by YE23.

disclosure: very very long LAC, this one's a once in a gen station type 'trade'.

Cheers!