Monrovia, Feb. 4 -- Grand Cape Mount County Senator Dabah Varpilah has called for a comprehensive amendment to the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) signed between the Government of Liberia and Bea Mountain Mining Company.

Senator Varpilah said the existing Mineral Development Agreement must be revised to ensure that communities hosting the mining operations receive tangible and sustainable benefits from the extraction of mineral resources, particularly gold.

According to her, despite the company extracting millions of dollars' worth of gold from Grand Cape Mount County on a regular basis, the socioeconomic conditions of residents living near the mining sites remain poor and unacceptable.

Speaking in an interview with FrontPage Afric...