Lithium Americas Corp. Opens On-Site Pilot Evaporation and Analytical Laboratory Facilities

Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC) announced the achievement of another major milestone in the Company’s continued accelerated development of its lithium brine project in Argentina with the opening of its on-site pilot evaporation and analytical laboratory facilities.

The press release is quoted as saying:

The laboratory facilities have full analytical capabilities to analyze lithium, potassium, magnesium and all relevant elements present in the brine. In addition, the laboratory facilities have the ability to produce laboratory scale quantities of lithium carbonate, expected to be produced by Q4 2010. The evaporation facility has the capability of simulating at a small scale, via successive metal pans sunk in the ground, the evaporation process of a future full scale production facility.

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