"The Mt. Hope case did not impact Thacker Pass,” Lithium Americas spokesman Tim Crowley said. “The Thacker Pass and Mt. Hope cases addressed different facts, different legal arguments and had different outcomes," he wrote in an email Tuesday to The Associated Press. “The judge in our case thoroughly considered the specific Thacker Pass details in rendering her decision, and the project is now in construction and moving forward. " Mark Compton, executive director of the American Exploration & Mining Association, agreed. “I don’t believe a straight line comparison can be made between the court decisions on Mt. Hope, Thacker Pass, and Rosemont," Compton said in an email. “The facts are unique to each case.”