Well well well...this is good to hear, though I doubt it's necessary since I just can't imagine enough environmentalist pushback against Thacker Pass. LAC not explicitly mentioned in this is probably a good thing for the company:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/politics/in-last-rush-trump-grants-mining-and-energy-firms-access-to-public-lands.html

[quote]:

In northern Nevada, the department is close to granting final approval to construct a sprawling open-pit lithium mine on federal land that sits above a prehistoric volcano site.