Lithium Americas Appoints Independent Director

June 30, 2017

Lithium Americas Appoints Independent Director

Vancouver, Canada: Lithium Americas Corp. ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company")

(TSX: LAC) (OTCQX: LACDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Cohn as an

independent director.

Prior to his recent consulting work on cor porate development matters, Gary had a lengthy

career with Magna International Inc. which began in 1989. His roles with Magna included

overseeing the mergers and acquisitions function, serving as in-house legal counsel and acting

as corporate secretary. During his career, he also practiced corporate and securities law with

two large national law firms in Canada. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the

former Lithium Americas Corp. from 2014 until its merger with the Company.

He holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo, a Master of

Business Administration degree from York Univ ersity, and a Juris Doctor degree from the

Osgoode Hall Law School.

George Ireland, Chairman of the Board of Lithium Americas, said: “We are very pleased to

welcome Gary to the Company. He brings de cades of public company, corporate compliance

and corporate development experience to our Board.”

About Lithium Americas

Lithium Americas, together with SQM, is dev eloping the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project, located

in Jujuy, Argentina, through its 50% interest in Minera Exar. In addition, Lithium Americas owns

100% of the Lithium Nevada project (formerly the Kings Valley project), and RheoMinerals Inc.,

a supplier of rheology modifiers for oil-based drilling fluids, coatings, and specialty chemicals.

For further information contact:

Lithium Americas Corp.

Investor Relations

Suite 1100 – 355 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC, V6C 2G8

Telephone: 778-656-5820

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.lithiumamericas.com