Facility

Thacker Pass Phase 1 Lithium Carbonate Project

Primary-source record for Thacker Pass Phase 1 Lithium Carbonate Project. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-sedimentary-clay-feed as input and battery-grade-lithium-carbonate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Humboldt County, Nevada, United States

Lithium chemicals

Thacker Pass Phase 1 Lithium Carbonate Project qualifying line

Under construction

Sulfuric-acid leaching and purification of sedimentary clay feed to battery-grade lithium carbonate

Material flow

Lithium-Bearing Sedimentary or Clay Feed → Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate

Capacity

40,000 metric-tonne-per-year · Product mass · Nameplate · as of Oct 1, 2024

Qualification

Commercial production · The cited primary source identifies the line output as battery grade or battery quality. · Oct 1, 2024

Sources

U.S. Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office · published Oct 1, 2024 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive