Mining in Liberia plays a significant role in the country’s GDP, with a growing minerals industry that continues to develop since the end of the country’s civil war in the early 2000s.

Located on the tropical west-African coast, Liberia is surrounded by rich gold, diamond and iron ore deposits. While it has been demonstrated that Liberia possesses a wide variety of minerals, these reserves remain largely unexplored, offering excellent investment potential for mining houses.

Found within Liberia’ borders are two of the richest gold-bearing rock types, Archaean and Birimian, most of which remain intact. Liberia also has unexplored resources of chromium, kyanite, manganese, nickel, palladium, rare earth minerals and uranium, while the heavy mineral sands on the country’s beaches contain rich deposits of ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite and thorium. Bauxite is found in the north and south-eastern parts of the country, the total reserves of which are yet to be determined. 553 150 tonnes of barite at depths of up to 150 metres have been surveyed within the country’s Gibi District.

Africa Mining IQ’s portal of 26 Liberian mining projects reflects the underexplored nature of the country’s mineral wealth, with each listing currently under development, with the New Liberty Gold Project the only currently executable mining project.

These listings include 18 gold projects, 6 iron ore projects and 2 diamond projects, and form part of Africa Mining IQ’s portal of close to 2 000 projects and mines.

Included on Africa Mining IQ’s portal is Liberia’s highest capital value prefeasibility project, the New Liberty Gold Mine. This mine is situated in the Bea Mountains' Greenstone Belt, it has a 25 year renewable mineral development agreement and covers an area of 457 square kilometres. The New Liberty Gold Mine has a capital value of £49,742,568.17.

Mine with intelligence

As Africa's most comprehensive mining intelligence portal, Africa Mining IQ helps over Close to 170 companies grow their business operations by providing essential mining industry data for Africa's mining projects.

Subscribing to Africa Mining IQ enables businesses involved in the mining industry to gain access to comprehensive, verified and up-to-date intelligence on mining projects in Liberia:

• Direct access to project management personnel with key contact details per project guaranteed!
• Real-time monitoring, reporting, charting and statistical analyses for mines in Liberia
• Easy-to-search dashboard allows users to define their search enquiries, giving you the information you need, when you need it
• Direct email notifications of new and updated mining projects keep you up-to-date with mining activities in Liberia
• Online collaboration and communication
• Accessible 24/7, 365 days a year

Africa Mining IQ categorises its listed projects in terms of their lifecycle status for ease of use. These lifecycle categories are: grassroots, pre-feasibility, feasibility, bankable, executable, operational, dormant L/R and dormant.

Contact Africa Mining IQ today on +27 11 830 2132 to grow your business within the Liberian mineral sector!