Community Engagement

Thacker Pass is founded on more than a decade of feedback through community engagement, and we are proud of the trust and transparency we have built with our stakeholders and local Indigenous communities. We are committed to building collaborative and mutually beneficial relationships with local communities where we operate and creating positive socio-economic impact and generating value for our stakeholders throughout our development and operating activities.

We are proud to invest in Nevada’s future and help position the state as a leader in critical mineral development. Through Thacker Pass, we are creating economic opportunities, generating local employment, promoting business opportunities and investing in community and infrastructure programs. We collaborate with local academic institutions and industry associations to develop skills and training programs that support local employment and promote the variety of jobs needed at Thacker Pass.

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Indigenous Engagement

The Fort McDermitt Shoshone and Paiute Tribe (the Tribe) is the closest Native American Tribe to the Project, located ~40 miles north, with more than 1,200 members of which ~300 reside in Fort McDermitt. We work closely and engage proactively with the Tribe to better understand and address their interests and concerns and to advance our shared priorities.

In 2022, Lithium Americas and the Tribe signed a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA), which established a framework for continued collaboration and defined long-term benefits for the Tribe. As part of the CBA, the Tribe provided a letter in support of the Thacker Pass project. In 2025, we received a request from the Tribal Council to renegotiate terms of the CBA. Following continuous discussions with the Tribal Council, Lithium Americas and the Tribe jointly signed an Amended and Restated CBA. These amendments will provide the Tribe with future autonomy regarding how they choose to use the allocated funding provided by Lithium Americas.

Our Indigenous engagement also includes Native American Cultural Awareness training as part of onboarding LAC employees, hosting local job fairs in McDermitt and Fort McDermitt, organizing training events for Tribe members including Process Plant Fundamentals Training and Heavy Operator Training, developing a Cultural Resource Monitoring Agreement with the Tribe and providing meaningful family-supporting employment at Thacker Pass.

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Talent Attraction, Development and Retention

Our people are our greatest asset. Together, we are driven by a common vision to be North America’s leading lithium producer to enable cleaner energy sources. Our teams work in an environment where integrity, responsibility, innovation and collaboration are encouraged every day. We build our workforce by providing employees, and potential employees, with opportunities to develop their skills and pursue fulfilling careers. Our management approach is focused on talent attraction, talent development, talent retention and employee engagement. .

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Human Rights

We respect the human rights of our workforce, the communities in which we operate and across our value chain. Our commitment is demonstrated through being a signatory to the UN Global Company and implementing the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework set forth in the UN Guiding Principles on Business.

Our Human Rights Policy outlines our commitment to upholding the rights and interests of workers, local communities and vendors across our supply chain and operations. We require all employees to uphold our Human Rights Policy and actively provide training to all employees.