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I’m happy because that’s a sign of a true partner, right? You have somebody who believes in this project, has done their due diligence, and wants to move forward and stand beside you.",{"type":570,"attrs":605,"content":606},{"textAlign":49},[607],{"text":608,"type":578},"Does this say anything about President Joe Biden’s approach to permitting?",{"type":570,"attrs":610,"content":611},{"textAlign":49},[612],{"text":613,"type":578},"I do believe there is strong bipartisan support for optimising or modifying the permitting regime in the US and the president himself has said that we need to do that.",{"type":570,"attrs":615,"content":616},{"textAlign":49},[617],{"text":618,"type":578},"The administration and everybody is happy that we have GM as a partner – it links in with the work they’re [GM] doing building gigafactories in the Midwest and Ontario … It all fits together. 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They [GM] understand very well that going from carbonate to hydroxide is pretty low risk and is a simple process versus building a fit for purpose hydroxide facility for spodumene. You’re looking at a cost of around $300 to $400 million for a conversion version facility that makes 25,000 tonnes of hydroxide a year – they’re fairly simple.",{"type":570,"attrs":650,"content":651},{"textAlign":49},[652],{"text":653,"type":578},"Lithium carbonate is like the Swiss Army knife – it is the tradeable commodity that will be the basis of the industry. ",{"type":570,"attrs":655,"content":656},{"textAlign":49},[657],{"text":658,"type":578},"What stake will GM have after Lithium Americas is split into two companies? ",{"type":570,"attrs":660,"content":661},{"textAlign":49},[662],{"text":663,"type":578},"Somewhere between 20% to 30% … It’s almost like Tianqi’s investment in SQM. 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",{"type":570,"attrs":705,"content":706},{"textAlign":49},[707],{"text":708,"type":578},"The world’s changed now … it will be a different strategy and different shareholder registry going forward to reflect the realities of business nowadays.",{"type":570,"attrs":710,"content":711},{"textAlign":49},[712],{"text":713,"type":578},"How important was the Inflation Reduction Act for GM in making this transaction?",{"type":570,"attrs":715,"content":716},{"textAlign":49},[717],{"text":718,"type":578},"It’s huge – it’s a competitive advantage if they’re guaranteed IRA compliance with a US asset. It’s also helping us as we get a production tax credit that doesn’t sunset.",{"type":570,"attrs":720,"content":721},{"textAlign":49},[722],{"text":723,"type":578},"Your opex gets down to little less than $6,000 a tonne with that production tax credit. 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