Australia's Atlantic Lithium extends gain on securing funding for Ghana project
** Shares of Atlantic Lithium A11.AX rise 23.1% to A$0.32, on track for their strongest session since Dec 22 ** Shares extend gains from last session during which co said it will raise up to $16.4 million for its mine in Ghana among other purposes ** About 1.4 mln shares change hands, 2.4x the 30-day average ** Stock up 45.5 YTD (Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru) ((Jasmeenaraislam.Shaikh@thomsonreuters.com;))