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General Motors Holdings LLC
🇺🇸United StatesInvestor
Offtaker
Lithium Americas — Thacker Pass, Nevada
Closed a joint venture acquiring a 38% project interest, alongside lithium offtake rights.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- US$625 million: US$430 million cash funding + US$195 million letter-of-credit facility
- Announced
- 2024-12-23
Replaced the earlier US$330 million Tranche 2 commitment; do not add both. An October 2025 announcement proposed allowing some third-party sales. Current remaining purchase obligations are not verified.
Lithium Americas announces closing of Thacker Pass joint venture with General Motors
https://lithiumamericas.com/news/news-details/2024/Lithium-Americas-Announces-Closing-of-Thacker-Pass-Joint-Venture-with-General-Motors/default.aspx
U.S. Department of Energy
Lithium Americas — Thacker Pass processing facilities
Loan amendments followed the October 2024 closing of a US$2.26 billion federal project loan. The later release describes a US$2.23 billion loan and revised reserves and debt-service arrangements.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- US$2.23 billion loan described in October 2025 amendments (US$2.26 billion at 2024 closing)
- Announced
- 2025-10-07
Government lender, not a commercial lithium buyer. The difference between the two announced loan amounts is not reconciled here; current disbursements are not verified.
Lithium Americas finalizes DOE loan amendments and provides ATM update
https://lithiumamericas.com/news/news-details/2025/Lithium-Americas-Finalizes-DOE-Loan-Amendments-and-Provides-ATM-Update/default.aspx
🇺🇸United StatesOfftaker
Lender
Liontown — Kathleen Valley, Australia; Ioneer — Rhyolite Ridge, Nevada
Liontown announced amendments to Ford's offtake and debt arrangements. Its separate 2022 Ioneer agreement announced 7,000 tonnes/year of lithium carbonate for five years; actual commencement is not established here.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- Liontown remaining volume reduced from 512,500 to 256,250 dry metric tonnes from 2027; original A$300 million debt facility
- Announced
- 2025-10-09
No Ford deliveries in 2027–2028 under the amendment; Ford has an option for release from remaining take-or-pay obligations. The original annual volume must not be treated as unchanged.
Piedmont Lithium — North American Lithium, Québec, Canada
Amended its spodumene concentrate agreement to source material from North American Lithium in Québec, with market-linked pricing.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- Approximately 125,000 metric tonnes SC6 across H2 2023–end-2025, not per year
- Announced
- 2023-01-03
Historical term ended in 2025; a three-year renewal option was announced, but exercise of that option and current deliveries are not verified.
Piedmont Lithium amends agreement with Tesla — company release filed with SEC
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1728205/000114036123000035/brhc10045328_ex99-1.htm
E3 Lithium — Clearwater lithium project, Alberta
E3 announced closing its agreement with Imperial, receiving funding against prepaid warrants alongside technical collaboration.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- C$6.35 million received against 3,413,979 prepaid warrants
- Announced
- 2022-07-08
Strategic financing and collaboration, not a lithium purchase commitment or an open offer to fund other projects.
E3 Lithium receives TSXV approval and closes agreement with Imperial Oil
https://www.e3lithium.ca/newsroom/news-releases/e3-lithium-receives-tsxv-approval-and-closes-agreement-with-imperial-oil-
Contact: https://www.imperialoil.ca/who-we-are/contact-us
🇳🇱NetherlandsInvestor
Offtaker
Vulcan Energy — Upper Rhine Valley, Germany
Announced an equity investment in Vulcan and extension of an existing binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement to ten years.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- €50 million (A$76 million) equity investment; ten-year offtake term
- Announced
- 2022-06-24
Superseded the earlier five-year term. This announcement alone does not confirm current production, deliveries or contract status.
Stellantis expands relationship with Vulcan Energy, becoming shareholder in decarbonized lithium company
https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2022/june/stellantis-expands-relationship-with-vulcan-energy-becoming-shareholder-in-decarbonized-lithium-company
WesCEF — Mt. Holland, Western Australia
Announced a lithium concentrate supply agreement with WesCEF for its North American battery supply chain.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- Up to 85,000 tons of lithium concentrate; not stated as an annual quantity
- Announced
- 2024-02-14
The release separately references 50,000 tons of lithium hydroxide under a 2022 agreement. Different products must not be added together as equivalent quantities; current deliveries are not verified.
LG Energy Solution — lithium supply agreement with WesCEF
https://news.lgensol.com/company-news/press-releases/2435/
Arcadium Lithium — global lithium operations
Announced completion of its acquisition of Arcadium Lithium, incorporated into Rio Tinto Lithium. Dual UK/Australia group; shown under UK for directory filtering.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- US$6.7 billion acquisition consideration; US$5.85 cash per Arcadium share
- Announced
- 2025-03-06
Completed corporate acquisition, not fund assets under management or an available new-project financing budget.
Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Arcadium Lithium
https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2025/rio-tinto-completes-acquisition-of-arcadium-lithium
Contact: https://www.riotinto.com/en/utility/contact/teams
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Orocobre — Olaroz lithium project, Argentina
Announced a planned investment targeting 15% fully diluted ownership in Orocobre, primarily to support Olaroz Phase 2, alongside its sales-agent relationship.
- Disclosed commitment · not fund size
- Approximately A$292 million planned equity investment
- Announced
- 2018-01-16
Historical planned amount, not independently confirmed final cash consideration or current available investment capital.
Toyota Tsusho — investment in Orocobre and Olaroz expansion
https://www.toyota-tsusho.com/english/press/detail/180116_004099.html
Contact: https://www.toyota-tsusho.com/english/inquiry/input/
