PHOTO: Partial view of the Government delegation and Bea Mountain Mining Corporation officials in safety gear during a tour of the gold smelting facility in Kinjor on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Monrovia– The Government of Liberia has concluded a two-day compliance assessment of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation’s (BMMC) gold production, processing, and export procedures.
According to a press release from the LRA on Monday, the company operates in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County under a Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) with the Government. Led by the Minister of Mines and Energy Wilmot Paye and Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General, the assessment is part of ongoing efforts to ensure all mineral rights holders comply fully with the Minerals and Mining Law of Liberia. The initiative is a key component of the government’s broader concession monitoring strategy.
The May 3-4, 2025 assessment focused on evaluating the company’s adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) governing gold exportation. A high-level, 20-member joint delegation comprising officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs (MOS), LRA, and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) conducted the compliance review.
Both government’s representatives and BMMC officials reviewing the MDA SOP for strict compliance
During the visit to Kinjor, the team inspected Bea Mountain’s gold smelting, packaging, weighing, and storage operations. The delegation then proceeded to the Roberts International Airport (RIA), where they observed and reviewed the procedures related to the export of gold.
RA Anti-Smuggling and Intelligence Unit Manager Abel Sneh briefing the delegation on the gold exporting process at the Roberts International Airport on Sunday, May 4, 2025
“This compliance visit is just the beginning. Every mining company operating in Liberia will undergo similar inspections. No one will be left out,” assured Minister Paye and Commissioner-General Jallah. The delegation admonished the BMMC to stick to every tenets of the SOP of the MDA as the government remains committed to providing the enabling environments for investments in the country.
At the conclusion of the assessment, both officials emphasized that the primary goal of the exercise was to reinforce the Government’s commitment to transparent and accountable oversight of the mining sector—from extraction and processing to valuation and exportation.