UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE13a-16 or15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2018
Commission File Number:001-38350
LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
355 Burrard Street, Suite 1100,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6C 2G8
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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On January 17, 2018, Lithium Americas Corp. filed on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website, at www.sedar.com, an amended and restated technical report titled “Updated Feasibility Study Reserve Estimation and Lithium Carbonate Production at the Cauchari-Olaroz Salars, Jujuy Province, Argentina” and the related consents of qualified persons, attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.9, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this report furnished on Form6-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 22, 2018
LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ W. Thomas Hodgson | |
Name: W. Thomas Hodgson | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
99.1 | Technical report (NI43-101) with respect to the Cauchari-Olaroz Salars project | |
99.2 | Consent of qualified person – Daron Abbey | |
99.3 | Consent of qualified person – Ernst Burga | |
99.4 | Consent of qualified person – David Burga | |
99.5 | Consent of qualified person – Michael Rosko | |
99.6 | Consent of qualified person – Tony Sanford | |
99.7 | Consent of qualified person – Mark King | |
99.8 | Consent of qualified person – Barry Smee | |
99.9 | Consent of qualified person – Renee Leblanc |