Lithium Argentina AG operates as a Swiss-domiciled lithium resource company focused on Argentine brine assets. The company, in partnership with Ganfeng, operates the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine operation in Jujuy Province and advances additional lithium resources, including the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project in Salta Province.
News about Lithium Argentina commonly covers operating and financial results, lithium carbonate production, resource and reserve estimates, technical reports, permitting and environmental approvals, expansion planning, financing arrangements, shareholder matters and governance updates. Company updates also address development work across its Argentine lithium portfolio and the capital structure supporting those projects.
Lithium Argentina (LAR) repurchased $200 million in principal of its convertible senior notes due January 2027 through privately negotiated transactions.
The company paid approximately $198 million in cash, plus accrued interest, using cash on hand, including proceeds from Ganfeng's $180 million investment that closed September 15, 2026. Approximately $59 million of the notes remains outstanding. Lithium Argentina intends to repay that balance at or before its January 15, 2027 maturity using cash on hand, which exceeded $100 million after the repurchases. No other corporate-level debt matures until 2032.
Lithium Argentina (LAR) will release its third quarter 2026 earnings results before market open on November 10, 2026.
A webcast and conference call to discuss the results will begin that day at 10:00 a.m. ET. A webcast replay will be available afterward on the company’s News and Events page.
Lithium Argentina (LAR) announced a scoping study for a 45,000-tonne-per-year Cauchari-Olaroz expansion and plans to accelerate its initial phase.
Stage 2 would lift total capacity to 85,000 tonnes annually over a 40-year operating life. At $18,000 per tonne of lithium carbonate, estimated after-tax net present value at an 8% discount rate is $3.1 billion, with a 28.5% internal rate of return. Capital costs total $1,013 million; estimated operating costs are $5,006 per tonne. Figures are in U.S. dollars on a 100% project basis.
The company expects its initial 10,000-tonne annual phase online during 2028, subject to Argentine and Chinese approvals. This adsorption-based lithium extraction phase is excluded from the study's economics, which use solvent extraction. Stage 2 has RIGI investment-incentive approval; full-expansion environmental approval is anticipated during 2027. Wider adsorption use depends on water-performance testing and/or additional water resources.
Lithium Argentina (LAR) has closed a $180 million strategic investment from Ganfeng via a six-year unsecured convertible note. The note carries a 4.0% annual coupon, matures six years from issuance and is convertible into common shares at $12.50 per share, under terms previously disclosed on August 24, 2026. Net proceeds, together with cash on hand, will be used to repay in full the Company’s $259 million convertible notes due January 2027, extending its debt maturity profile. Ganfeng currently owns about 9.6% of Lithium Argentina’s common shares and, assuming full conversion, would receive 14.4 million additional shares and hold approximately 16.1% on a fully diluted basis. The joint venture with Ganfeng to consolidate the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes project remains on track to complete by the end of September 2026.
Lithium Argentina (TSX/NYSE: LAR) and Ganfeng signed definitive agreements to finalize the PPG JV, consolidating the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes, Pastos Grandes and Sal de la Puna projects in Salta, Argentina into a basin-wide development targeting 150,000 tpa LCE across three phases.
Ganfeng will own 67% and Lithium Argentina 33%, with key decisions requiring approval from both partners and offtake rights pro rata to ownership. Concurrently, Ganfeng will make a $180 million unsecured strategic investment via a 6‑year 4.0% convertible note at $12.50 per share, a ~96% premium to the recent NYSE VWAP. Lithium Argentina plans to use proceeds, plus existing cash, to fully repay $259 million of convertible debt due January 2027, terminate a $130 million secured facility and extend its debt maturity profile on an unsecured basis. Ganfeng’s stake could rise from 9.6% to about 16.1% on full conversion, subject to a 19.99% cap.
Lithium Argentina (TSX/NYSE: LAR) reported strong Q2 2026 contributions from its 44.8%-owned Cauchari-Olaroz project, which produced 9,280 tonnes of lithium carbonate and generated $174 million in revenue at an average realized price of $19,563 per tonne, delivering a 70% cash operating margin and $110 million of Adjusted EBITDA on a 100% Exar basis.
The operation produced $142 million of operating cash flow and $141 million of free cash flow from operations, enabling a $114 million reduction in net debt and $16 million of cash distributions to Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng, alongside a new $170 million debt facility with interest under 5%. Company-level Q2 2026 net income was $1.3 million versus a $4.1 million loss in Q2 2025, while cash and cash equivalents rose to $99.7 million and total liquidity to $230 million. Stage 2 expansion plans, targeting an additional 45,000 tpa of LCE with an initial 10,000 tpa modular DLE facility, advanced with RIGI approval and early development activities.
Lithium Argentina (TSX/NYSE: LAR) announced that the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine operation, held through Minera Exar, has closed $220 million in new unsecured debt facilities to support its Stage 2 expansion, targeting an additional 45,000 tonnes per annum of lithium carbonate equivalent production capacity.
The facilities comprise a $50 million two-year facility closed in June 2026, replacing short-term credit, and a $170 million three-year syndicated facility closed in August 2026 with an interest rate under 5%. The debt is available for drawdown until Q2 2027, is unsecured, allows flexibility for further distributions from Cauchari-Olaroz and supports additional debt capacity, including project debt.
According to the company, the facilities are guaranteed by Ganfeng Lithium, with Lithium Argentina counter‑guaranteeing 49% of the outstanding debt, and form part of a strategy to use asset-level debt while reducing corporate-level debt.
Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) will release its second quarter 2026 earnings results before market open on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
The company will host a webcast and conference call the same day at 10:00 a.m. ET, accessible through its investor relations website, with a replay available afterward.
Lithium Argentina (TSX/NYSE:LAR) reported results of its June 19, 2026 annual general meeting, where 24.51% of outstanding shares were represented. All eight director nominees were re-elected, with support ranging from 88.91% to 99.07% of votes cast.
Shareholders approved the 2025 Swiss consolidated and standalone financial statements, appropriation of the 2025 accumulated loss, discharge of the Board and executive management for 2025, an amended equity incentive plan, compensation items under Swiss law, and advisory votes on executive pay and the Swiss statutory compensation report. John Kanellitsas was re-elected Board Chair, three committee members were re-elected, PricewaterhouseCoopers was confirmed as auditor and Swiss statutory auditor for 2026, and Anwaltskanzlei Keller AG was elected independent voting rights representative.
Lithium Argentina (TSX, NYSE: LAR) received Evaluation Committee approval under Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) for the Cauchari-Olaroz Stage 2 expansion. Stage 2 targets an additional 45,000 tpa LCE, on top of Stage 1’s 40,000 tpa capacity.
RIGI grants 30 years of fiscal, customs and foreign-exchange stability, including a reduced 25% corporate tax rate, duty-free capital goods imports, export duty exemptions after three years and flexible offshore retention of export proceeds. A minimum US$200 million investment is required. The formal RIGI resolution is expected in June 2026.