Lithium Americas has a strategic partnership with SQM/Gangfeng in Argentina
Minera Exar (Lithium Americas) Jujuy, Argentina.
SQM/Gangfeng and LAC invested $300 million USD each to build a plant in MineraExar for a 2020 production start .
Construction work has commenced to build at CauchariOlaroz a plant with production of lithium in phase 1.(2nd h 2020 start ) of 25,000 tons and in phase 2.(DTBD start)of 25,000 tons for a total of 50,000 tons of battary grade lithium
Competitive Advantages include Technical and Commercial Expertise, Local Relationships, proximity of Atacama and Cauchari-Olaroz, Track Record and experience of successful Joint Ventures and Collaboration.
Lithium Nevada Corp June 2018 PFS projects with an extraction process of Li from clay a 2022 target for Phase 1 production of 30,000 tons of Li with a Phase 2 projection target in 2026 of 30,000 additional tons of Li for a total of 60,000 tons of Li with expansion capacity if market conditions demand.
Hectatone Inc. manufactures organoclay products used in complex oil and gas exploration, animal feed,
environmental, and other applications. Serves global markets with products currently being shipped to customers in
the US, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, China, Russia and Ukraine.
TOM HODGSON CEO LITHIUM AMERICAS
Previously served as an advisor to the Chairman of Magna International Extensive experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, and executive management Canada and a MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. BA in Economics and Law from Carleton University in Ottawa
JONATHAN EVANS
PRESIDENT LITHIUM NAVADA
Jonathan (Jon) Evans has more than 20 years of operations and executive management experience across businesses of various sizes.He served as the vice president and general manager for the Lithium Division at FMC Corporation, a leading global lithium supplier.
FRANCO MIGNACCO
PRESIDENT MINERA EXAR
Respected business leader in Jujuy, Argentina ? Appointed President of Minera Exar in June 2013 ? MBA from San Andres University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.sqm.com/China’s Ganfeng Lithium Signs supply agreement with Korea’s LG Chem
Henry Sanderson China’s Ganfeng Lithium has signed a supply agreement with Korea’s LG Chem to supply 47,600 tonnes of the battery material.
Shenzhen-listed Ganfeng, one of China’s largest lithium producers, will provide lithium hydroxide from January 2019 until the end of 2022, it said in a statement.
The deal is the latest sign of battery makers securing raw materials to meet rising demand for electric cars.
7 CNN MineraExar LAC https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/01/04/marketplace-latin-america-argentina-lithium-investment-vision-b.cnn 8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2018/09/06/seven-reasons-why-the-internal-combustion-engine-is-a-dead-man-walking-updated/ 9 https://www.youtube.com/embed/kGFiaWvDKI 10 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-lithium-battery-future/ 11 https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinas-ganfeng-give-tesla-20-its-battery-materials 
