Jun 22, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Lithium Americas Announces Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

VANCOUVER, June 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") that was held on June 21, 2018.

All of the following business items were approved at the AGM by the requisite majority of shareholder votes cast at the meeting:

    --  setting the size of the Board of Directors at ten;
    --  electing each management-nominated director; and
    --  appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Lithium Americas' auditor.

The ten directors of Lithium Americas elected at the AGM are: Gary M. Cohn, Jonathan Evans, Jean Fraser, Thomas Hodgson, George Ireland, John Kanellitsas, Chaiwat Kovavisarach, Franco Mignacco, Gabriel Rubacha and Wang Xiaoshen. Votes for the directors were cast as follows:


    Director         Votes For            Votes Withheld          Percent For        Percent Withheld
    --------         ---------            --------------          -----------        ----------------

    Gary M. Cohn               47,030,917                 224,015             99.53%                  0.47%
    ------------               ----------                 -------              -----                    ----

    Jonathan Evans             47,029,718                 225,214             99.52%                  0.48%
    --------------             ----------                 -------              -----                    ----

    Jean Fraser                47,033,230                 221,701             99.53%                  0.47%
    -----------                ----------                 -------              -----                    ----

    Thomas Hodgson             45,834,031               1,420,901             96.99%                  3.01%
    --------------             ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

    George Ireland             46,861,542                 393,389             99.17%                  0.83%
    --------------             ----------                 -------              -----                    ----

    John Kanellitsas           45,114,534               2,140,398             95.47%                  4.53%
    ----------------           ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

    Chaiwat
     Kovavisarach              45,650,484               1,604,448             96.60%                  3.40%
    -------------              ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

    Franco Mignacco            45,754,974               1,499,958             96.83%                  3.17%
    ---------------            ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

    Gabriel Rubacha            43,707,264               3,547,668             92.49%                  7.51%
    ---------------            ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

    Wang Xiaoshen              45,514,968               1,739,964             96.32%                  3.68%
    -------------              ----------               ---------              -----                    ----

Following the AGM, Lithium Americas' Board of Directors appointed George Ireland, a director of Lithium Americas since November, 2015, as Chairman of the Board.

About Lithium Americas

Lithium Americas, together with SQM, is developing the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project, located in Jujuy, Argentina, through its 50% interest in Minera Exar. In addition, Lithium Americas owns 100% of the Thacker Pass project (formerly Stage 1 of Lithium Nevada project) and RheoMinerals Inc., a supplier of rheology modifiers for oil-based drilling fluids, coatings and specialty chemicals. The Company trades on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol "LAC".

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