FoN report on lithium exploration reveals right violations of farmers  

Solomon Kusi Ampofo A five‑year research report tracking the impacts of lithium exploration by the Atlantic Lithium Company in-charge of the Ewoyaa Lithium mining Project in Ghana had found gross violations of farmers’ rights.

Notwithstanding, Mr Ampofo highly praised Atlantic Lithium Company for waiting patiently for parliamentary ratification of the lithium mining agreement before commencing mining activities.

The report found out that Lithium Atlantic excluded naturally occurring trees from compensation because they were not planted by landowners, even though many families depended on charcoal trade with those trees and had been forced to sell such trees at GH¢1,000 per acre to support their households.