Atlantic Lithium reports fatality at the Ewoyaa Lithium project



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The
Board
of
Atlantic
Lithium
Limited
has
announced
that
a
member
of
their
workforce
was
fatally
injured
yesterday
in
an
incident
whilst
working
at
the
Company’s
Ewoyaa
Lithium
Project
site
in
Mankessim,
in
Ghana’s
Central
Region.

Site
activities
have
been
suspended
and
we
will
provide
additional
updates
as
appropriate,
the
Board
said.

The
appropriate
authorities
have
been
notified
and
an
investigation
is
underway
to
establish
the
circumstances
that
led
to
the
incident,
with
Senior
Executive
Leadership
on
site
to
support
this
process,
a
statement
said.

The
statement
added
that
“The
Company
commits
to
implementing
relevant
learnings
from
the
investigation
into
the
Company’s
health
and
safety
protocols
and
practices
thereafter.

“Our
thoughts
and
deepest
sympathies
are
with
our
teammate’s
family,
friends
and
colleagues;
we
offer
our
full
support
at
this
difficult
time.”

The
Government
granted
Barari
DV
Ghana
Limited,
a
subsidiary
of
Atlantic
Lithium
Limited,
a
15-year
mining
lease
for
the
construction
and
mining
of
lithium
at
Ewoyaa
in
the
Mfantseman
Municipality
of
the
Central
Region.

The
lease
incorporated
new
and
enhanced
terms
intended
to
ensure
that
the
country
benefits,
optimally,
from
this
mineral.
This
included
an
increase
in
royalty
rate,
state
and
Ghanaian
participation,
as
well
as
value
addition
to
the
mineral
mined.

The
granting
of
the
mining
lease
followed
the
completion
of
prospecting
and
feasibility
studies
by
the
company,
as
well
as
series
of
negotiations
between
Government
and
the
Company.

The
lease
covers
an
area
of
approximately
42.63
square
kilometres,
and
grants
the
company
the
exclusive
right
to
work
and
produce
lithium
and
associated
minerals
in
the
area,
in
accordance
with
the
mining
laws
of
the
country.


Ghana
to
have
1st
lithium
project
with
increased
royalties,
state
participation
&
value
addition