VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC) on Thursday reported a loss of $16.6 million in its second quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 12 cents.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 14 cents per share.

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