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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>By Emmanuel Sherman <\/b>and Tenneh Kieta, <\/b>with The DayLight <\/b><\/p>\n

Buchanan, Grand Bassa County\u2014 Large holes and sand piles lie on the beachfront, not too far from the graves of some forefathers of Liberia, including Stephen Allan Benson, Liberia\u2019s second president. Water seeps into the pits as the sunray hardens the sand piles like termite mounds.<\/p>\n

Be not deceived, for they are not a sign of renovation works on the final resting place of the pioneers. They are evidence of an illegal mining operation that once threatened the existence of this historic graveyard and its quiet, seaside neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Last August, Jatoken Mining Incorporated, a majority-Chinese-owned company, arrived in Upper Buchanan with its machines. They began mining zircon sand, a mineral used in the ceramics and electronics industries. Locals call it black sand.<\/p>\n

Locals were shocked. The representative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and local authority had not informed them about Jatoken\u2019s activities. Moreover, it is a violation to mine in a graveyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they [first] came they said they wanted to do prospecting on the beach because we have black sand,\u201d recalled Joe Russell, the town chief of the Upper Buchanan community. \u201cWhen they came again, they did not consult me and began digging.\u201d<\/p>\n

News of the operation claimed the attention of Dr. Laurence Bropleh, then a presidential advisor, who hails from that area. Bropleh helped stop Jatoken\u2019s mineworkers. \u201cThey can seek other places to go,\u201d Bropleh told The DayLight. \u201cWe are protecting the serenity and historicity of our place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police and Emmanuel O. Sherman (no relation to the reporter), then the Deputy Minister for Operations at the Ministry of Mines, investigated the matter. A Chinese woman only identified as Caroline presented a mining license, according to Bropleh and other residents.<\/p>\n

Sherman reviewed the document and told her it was fake, according to Bropleh, Eddie Williams, a representative of the Office of the Superintendent of Grand Bassa County, and other people. The police then drove the miners away.<\/p>\n

The DayLight was not able to obtain a copy of the license in question. However, the newspaper photographed large mining pits, sand piles and earthmovers impressions Jatoken left behind, scarring Upper Buchanan\u2019s pristine, grassy seafront.<\/p>\n

Jatoken has never obtained a license to operate in Grand Bassa County, records of the Ministry of Mines show. All of its licenses are for Montserrado and Sinoe, according to the records.<\/p>\n

The ministry\u2019s records suggest that none of Jatoken\u2019s zircon licenses has been surrendered, canceled, suspended, or placed under review as of February 3, 2024. An online repository run by the ministry tracks the statuses of licenses. The fact there is no entry in the system for Jatoken in Bassa proves the one Jatoken presented was fake.<\/p>\n

When contacted, Sherman declined The DayLight an interview, forwarding the newspaper to Emmanuel Swen, then Assistant Minister for Mines. Swen said he did not have any idea about the issue and could not speak on it.<\/p>\n

By law, the Ministry of Mines should have pressed charges against Jatoken. Forging a mining license is an offense under the Minerals and Mining Law of Liberia. Violators face between a US$1,000 and US$2,000 fine or a prison term of two to three months. However, the ministry rarely prosecutes anyone for a mining violation. The DayLight reported last year that Jatoken was ineligible to do business in Liberia due to its illegal papers but authorities took no action. Other illegal activities in RiverCess, Montserrado and Nimba last year \u2014 one involving Minister of Justice-designate Cooper Kruah \u2014 suffered the same fate.<\/p>\n

Official records show that Jatoken is one of the companies awarded zircon licenses across the country. That violates a 2012 moratorium on beach sand mining imposed to ease coastal erosion countrywide, with Buchanan the epicenter. The city has lost entire communities to violent waves which, scientists say, are an impact of climate change. So far, Upper Buchanan has been spared and residents hope it stays that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are protecting Upper Buchanan. We are protecting Liberia,\u201d Bropleh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy house may go. I may be able to afford to build another house but what about the rest [of the people] and all the rich history?\u201d He added.<\/p>\n

Illegal company<\/b><\/p>\n

The DayLight\u2019s initial investigation on Jatoken found it amended its article of incorporation twice but failed to register the changes with the Liberia Business Registry. To prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and other crimes, the Business Association Law requires companies to register all changes in their legal documents.<\/p>\n

The investigation also found that Jatoken may have amended its article of incorporation without the consent of one of its owners, Tibelrosa Tarponweh, the former Margibi lawmaker.<\/p>\n

Tarponweh and Jianjun Haung, a Chinese national, established the company in 2014, named after Tarponweh\u2019s hometown in River Gee. The former Margibi lawmaker has 15 percent of the company\u2019s shares and 85 percent of shares are for Jianjun, according to Jatoken\u2019s article of incorporation with the business registry.<\/p>\n

Impact of sea erosion, Gbalaweh town, Kokowein, Buchanan, Grand Bassa The Daylight\/Emmanuel Sherman<\/p>\n

On July 3, 2019, Jatoken illegally amended its legal documents and transferred Tarponweh\u2019s shares to another person. It did another unlawful amendment on September 29, 2021, its tax history shows.<\/p>\n

But the former lawmaker said that he was unaware of those amendments. Tarponweh claimed that his signature on the company\u2019s resolution to remove him as a shareholder was forged.<\/p>\n

Swen did not dismiss Tarponweh\u2019s accusation at the time. He promised to launch an investigation once Tarponweh filed a complaint with the ministry, though The DayLight provided evidence of the Jatoken\u2019s disqualification.<\/p>\n

In March last year, Tarponweh said he would lodge a complaint with the ministry and sue Jatoken for alleged forgery. He repeated that again in a phone interview with The DayLight last week. \u201cNow that the elections are over I am ready to pursue my case,\u201d Tarponweh said.<\/p>\n

Effort to contact the Chinese woman only identified as Caroline, who is Jatoken\u2019s manager, proved futile. She evaded several attempts by The DayLight for an interview, and did not respond to WhatsApp messages and a number of phone calls. It was The DayLight\u2019s second failed attempt in a year to speak to a representative of Jatoken over a report on the company\u2019s illegal activities.<\/p>\n

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