Commitments	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments	14. COMMITMENTS The Company has entered into certain long-term purchase agreements related to long-lead equipment, infrastructure and services related to the construction of the processing plant as well as development and mining services at Thacker Pass. These agreements contain certain fixed and determinable cost components, as well as components that are variable based on time and materials. There were no commitments under these agreements at March 31, 2025. Transload Terminal Services Agreement and U.S. Department of Defense Grant Lithium Nevada LLC (“LN”) is party to a Transload Terminal Services Agreement (the “Terminal Agreement”) executed on October 28, 2024, to finance the construction of a railcar and truck terminal (the “Terminal”) in Winnemucca, Nevada. The initial term of the Terminal Agreement is 10 years with two automatic extensions of 5 years each. A third-party developer has agreed to fund approximately $95 million to finance the construction of the Terminal through a finance lease to the Company. Under the terms of the lease, the Company expects lease payments to be approximately $20.5 million per year for each of the first 10 years and $6.7 million per year for each of the second 10 years, with an early buyout option to purchase the Terminal. The total amount funded by the third-party developer and the amount of the future lease payments will be determined upon commencement of the lease at a future date. The arrangement is a build-to-suit arrangement and the Company has been involved in the design and construction of the Terminal prior to the anticipated lease commencement. Accordingly, the Company has determined it controls the Terminal during the construction period and will record construction costs incurred during the construction period as a construction-in-process asset and a related financing obligation on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. At March 31, 2025, construction of the Terminal had not commenced. The Company’s interest in the Terminal Agreement serves as collateral under the DOE Loan. While not a commitment of the Company, on August 5, 2024, the Company received approval for a $11.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to support an upgrade of the local power infrastructure and to help build a transloading facility, which is part of the construction of the Terminal. The monies available under the grant will be available as costs are incurred.

Commitments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

14.

COMMITMENTS

The Company has entered into certain long-term purchase agreements related to long-lead equipment, infrastructure and services related to the construction of the processing plant as well as development and mining services at Thacker Pass. These agreements contain certain fixed and determinable cost components, as well as components that are variable based on time and materials. There were no commitments under these agreements at March 31, 2025.

Transload Terminal Services Agreement and U.S. Department of Defense Grant

Lithium Nevada LLC (“LN”) is party to a Transload Terminal Services Agreement (the “Terminal Agreement”) executed on October 28, 2024, to finance the construction of a railcar and truck terminal (the “Terminal”) in Winnemucca, Nevada. The initial term of the Terminal Agreement is 10 years with two automatic extensions of 5 years each. A third-party developer has agreed to fund approximately $95 million to finance the construction of the Terminal through a finance lease to the Company. Under the terms of the lease, the Company expects lease payments to be approximately $20.5 million per year for each of the first 10 years and $6.7 million per year for each of the second 10 years, with an early buyout option to purchase the Terminal. The total amount funded by the third-party developer and the amount of the future lease payments will be determined upon commencement of the lease at a future date. The arrangement is a build-to-suit arrangement and the Company has been involved in the design and construction of the Terminal prior to the anticipated lease commencement. Accordingly, the Company has determined it controls the Terminal during the construction period and will record construction costs incurred during the construction period as a construction-in-process asset and a related financing obligation on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. At March 31, 2025, construction of the Terminal had not commenced. The Company’s interest in the Terminal Agreement serves as collateral under the DOE Loan.

While not a commitment of the Company, on August 5, 2024, the Company received approval for a $11.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to support an upgrade of the local power infrastructure and to help build a transloading facility, which is part of the construction of the Terminal. The monies available under the grant will be available as costs are incurred.