MONROVIA – August 7, 2026: Since the Regulations Governing Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Drilling Operation went into effect in the year 2025, the Ministry has maintained sustained engagement with companies in that sector, ensuring that their operations align with the new regulatory framework.

After those collaborative periods of interactions, the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the one hand, and the Borehole companies on the other, have reached to a point where action has been activated. On Friday, August 7, 2026, the Ministry gathered several of the actors in the Borehole drilling sector to train them about the new online system of obtaining permits.

The new online application process via portal.mme.gov.lr, replaces the previously used paper-based regime which was contingent upon human interaction. The online system now eases costs and difficulties of travel from [sometimes] long distances to get to the central Monrovia head-office of the Ministry (MME).

Facilitated by Mining Cadastre Director, Cooper V. Pency, the more than 15 Borehole drilling companies received insights and information about the ‘know-how’ of using their technological gadgets to access the Mines and Energy Mineral Rights Application e-portal [portal.mme.gov.lr] to apply for their permits. The interaction was flexible and friendly, giving the companies to clear doubts and concerns about properly utilizing the new online registration/application system.

The Liberia Hydrological Services – the water quality management functionary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, supervises Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Drilling in Liberia. It functions under the administrative and technical supervision of the Department of Mineral Exploration and Environmental Research, headed by Assistant Minister for Research, Sam Summerville. In remarks,

Assistant Minister Summerville assured the companies that Liberia is open for business in the Borehole drilling sector, and admonished them to ensure that their business activities are in conformity with provisions of governing regulations. He praised his team for organizing the training which he believes is a step in the right direction for modernizing services of the Liberia Hydrological Service (LHS) and the Ministry at large.

Madam Wynitta Gwaikolo-Mayson, Director of the Hydrological Service, Sekouba Kamara – Assistant Director – LHS, Groundwater and Borehole Drilling Supervisor, Joshua Arku, and other technicians from the Hydrological Service, participated in the day-long online registration training.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), has set September 1, 2026, as date for the beginning of online registration for operating permits by Borehole drilling companies.

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