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    <periodOfReport>2024-12-31</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001966983</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LAC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0002045503</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CROWLEY TIMOTHY AMBROSE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5310 KIETZKE LANE, SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RENO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89511</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>VP, Gov &amp; External Affairs</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>19886</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>34251</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>6032</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted share unit (&quot;RSU&quot;) represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents grant of RSUs on January 23, 2024, which vest as follows:  1/3 on January 23, 2025; 1/3 on January 23, 2026; and 1/3 on January 23, 2027.  As of the date of this Form 3, 19,886 unvested RSUs remain.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents grant of RSUs on October 24, 2023, which vest as follows:  1/3 on October 24, 2024; 1/3 on October 24, 2025; and 1/3 on October 24, 2026.  As of the date of this Form 3, 34,251 RSUs remain unvested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents grant of RSUs on February 9, 2023, which vest as follows:  1/3 on February 9, 2024; 1/3 on February 9, 2025; and 1/3 on February 9, 2026.  As of the date of this Form 3, 7,836 unvested RSUs remain.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents grant of RSUs on January 31, 2022, which vest as follows:  1/3 on January 31, 2023; 1/3 on January 31, 2024; and 1/3 on January 31, 2025.  As of the date of this Form 3, 6,032 unvested RSUs remain.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Tereza Fonda as attorney-in-fact for Timothy Ambrose Crowley</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-12-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
