KYIV, April 10 – Ukraine will probably tap an unidentified foreign investor to help finance $120 million project to extract lithium ore in Donetsk region, a company that has a permit to start the project reported.

Petro-Consulting LLC, a little known Kyiv-based firm has earlier this year received the permit from the State Service of Geology and Deposits to produce lithium ore in the Shevchenkivske field.