JFR vs LAC Comparison

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to achieve a high level of current income. The fund invests a majority of its managed assets in secured Senior Loans and unsecured Senior Loans, with an average duration of one year or less, in which unsecured Senior Loans will be, at the time of investment, investment grade quality.

Lithium Americas is a pure-play lithium producer. Following a deal with the US government, the firm will own 59% of one resource, Thacker Pass, which is located in northwest Nevada, with automaker General Motors owning 36% and the US government owning 5%. Thacker Pass is under construction and expected to begin production in 2028. Thacker Pass is one of the largest known lithium resources in the world. The project would be the first clay-based asset to enter production, and we estimate it will be in bottom half of the global cost curve. Management plans to develop Thacker Pass into a fully integrated lithium production site, with downstream refining capabilities on site, and will sell into the lithium chemical market.