The State Geology and Subsoil Service has provided the company Petro-Consulting with the special license to mine for lithium ores at the Shevchenkovskoye lithium deposits in Donetsk region.
The company has been granted the license for 20 years.
As of early 2018 the deposits were not developed.
In early March the Kirovograd region council granted the company the right to mine for lithium ores on its territory. (Ukrainian metal)