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Lithium Argentina AG

For the period ended Aug 11, 2025. Filed Aug 11, 2025.

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Aug 11, 2025 · Filed Aug 11, 2025

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EX-99.2 · BACKGROUND

Lithium Argentina AG (“Lithium Argentina”, the “Company” or “LAR”), formerly Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and Lithium Americas Corp., is a Swiss-domiciled resource company with lithium projects located in Argentina. On January 23, 2025, the Company completed a plan of arrangement under the laws of the province of British Columbia (the “Arrangement”) involving the Company’s continuation from the province of British Columbia under the name “Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp.” into Zug, Canton of Zug, Switzerland, as a Swiss share corporation under the name “Lithium Argentina AG.” As a result, the Company ceased to be governed by the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). Following the Arrangement, the shareholders of the Company prior to the Arrangement continued to hold all the issued and outstanding registered common shares of the Company (the “Continuation”). On January 27, 2025, the Company began trading under the new symbol “LAR” on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) of Lithium Argentina provides an overview of Lithium Argentina's financial condition and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and has been prepared as of August 11, 2025. It analyzes key factors influencing the Company's performance of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium operation (“Cauchari-Olaroz”), financing activities, and market conditions.

This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and the notes thereto for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 (“Q2 2025 financial statements”), and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 (“YE 2024 financial statements”). Refer to Notes 2 and 3 of the Q2 2025 financial statements and YE 2024 financial statements for disclosure of the Company’s material accounting policies. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars (“US dollars” or “US$”), unless otherwise stated. References to CDN$ are in Canadian dollars. This MD&A includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements,” “forward-looking information,” “future-oriented financial information,” and/or “financial outlook.” Readers should refer to the cautionary note in the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements” of this MD&A. Information contained on the Company’s website or in other documents referred to in this MD&A is not incorporated by reference herein and does not form part of this MD&A unless otherwise specifically stated.

Cauchari-Olaroz is a lithium carbonate operation located in Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina. The Company owns a 44.8% interest in the operation through its equity stake in Exar S.A. (“Exar”), an Argentine entity. The Company also holds interests in two exploration and evaluation stage projects in adjacent Salta Province: the Pastos Grandes project (“Pastos Grandes”) (85.1% interest) and the Sal de la Puna project (“Sal de la Puna”) (65% interest). Development plans for these assets are underway, including the evaluation of synergies through potential joint development.

Operations related to Cauchari-Olaroz are conducted through equity investees Exar and Exar Capital B.V. (“Exar Capital”), a Netherlands entity that provides project funding. The Company and Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. (“Ganfeng”) collectively own 91.5% of Exar (with the remaining 8.5% held by Jujuy Energía y Minería Sociedad del Estado (“JEMSE”), and 100% of Exar Capital, under a shareholders’ agreement. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has advanced $470.2 million to the Cauchari-Olaroz project, comprising $399.7 million through Exar Capital and $70.4 million directly to Exar (including accrued interest). Exar Capital has in turn advanced a total of $1,109.6 million (including accrued interest) to Exar.

The Pastos Grandes project is held through Proyecto Pastos Grandes S.A. (“PGCo”), an Argentine entity 85.1% owned by the Company (with Ganfeng holding 14.9%). The Sal de la Puna project is held through the Company’s 65% interest in Sal de la Puna Holdings S.à r.l., which owns Puna Argentina S.A.U., the Argentine project entity (Ganfeng owns the remaining 35%).

The Company’s head office and principal address is Dammstrasse 19, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The Company’s shares trade in Canada on the TSX and in the United States on the NYSE under the symbol “LAR”. Additional information relating to the Company, including key risk factors which may impact the Company’s business and financial condition, as well as other information, is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024 (“Form 20-F”), and other filings, which are available on the Company’s website atwww.lithium-argentina.com, on SEDAR+ atwww.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR atwww.sec.gov.

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