Atlantic Lithium's Ghana project seen as major contributor to GDP - finance minister

Ghana's finance minister said on Wednesday in a budget speech that Atlantic Lithium's Ghana mining project was expected to be a major contributor to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

Ken Ofori-Atta said the project was forecast to produce some 360,000 tonnes of lithium a year and that the country's Minerals Income Investment Fund had acquired a 6% contributing interest in Atlantic Lithium's Ghana portfolio.