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
