LAC vs IE Comparison

Lithium Americas is a pure-play lithium producer. The firm owns 62% of one resource, Thacker Pass, that is located in northwest Nevada, with automaker General Motors owning the remaining 38%. Thacker Pass recently began construction and is expected to begin production in the mid- to late 2020s. 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.

Ivanhoe Electric Inc is a United States-based d minerals exploration company with a focus on developing mines from mineral deposits principally located in the United States. The company has four business segments; Santa Cruz Project; critical metals; data processing services; and energy storage. It derives a majority of its revenue from Canada. The Santa Cruz Project and critical metals segments are focused on mineral project exploration and development. The data processing segment provides data analytics, geophysical modeling, and artificial intelligence services for the mineral, oil & gas, and water exploration industries. The energy storage segment develops, manufactures, and installs vanadium flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage.