MONROVIA – The Supreme Court has run out of patience with Bea Mountain Mining Company. On Monday, it gave the company 21 days to survey disputed land in Ngojah. The deadline falls on November 23, 2026. The order follows the company’s failure to honor a February directive to settle the dispute. Ngojah’s elders hold a probated deed for 1,572 acres of ancestral land. Their private surveyor says the company has taken about 34.5 acres for waste dumping. That land, they claim, can no longer feed or house anyone. The case tests whether a title deed can protect a rural town against a powerful concessionaire. Much now rides on the court-ordered boundary survey, as THE ANALYST reports.
The Supreme Court of Liberia has given the Bea Mountain Mining Company (BMMC) a 21-day ultimatum to conduct a survey involving claims of encroachment by citizens of Ngojah in Grand Cape Mount County.
Elders, chiefs and over 2,000 inhabitants of Ngojah Town, in Tewor District, have instituted legal action against BMMC for encroachment and for using their land to dump waste products without due regard and benefits to the town.
The people of Ngojah hold a duly issued and probated deed for 1,572 acres of ancestral land, registered with the Liberia Land Authority (LLA). In February this year, the Supreme Court ordered lawyers representing BMMC and the citizens of Ngojah to reach a settlement agreement on the long-running encroachment dispute, but BMMC has since defaulted.
Surveyor Alleges 34.5-Acre Encroachment
A private licensed surveyor hired by Ngojah citizens established that BMMC has encroached approximately 34.5 acres into Ngojah Township at the Bangoma and Masakpa boundaries, using it for waste dumping. The report claimed that the encroached area is environmentally degraded and unfit for habitation and farming.
In a hearing on Monday, November 2, 2026, the Supreme Court issued another order that BMMC conduct a survey within 21 days, a period which ends on November 23, 2026. Lawyers are seeking compensation and cessation of further dumping pending the joint boundary re-establishment survey.