Liberia, April 6 -- The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has deployed heavily armed security officers to Doeyelay Town in Gblor Clan, District #6, Nimba County, following reports of a suspected gold deposit that triggered a chaotic rush of miners and fortune seekers.

Authorities say the situation escalated rapidly after residents awoke on April 3 to what appeared to be gold deposits along the Tappita-Grand Gedeh road corridor. The discovery, reportedly located along the roadside, attracted a surge of people from nearby towns and even beyond, all eager to dig and extract the mineral.

According to eyewitnesses, the rush intensified after a group of local youths collected samples and sold them in nearby Tapp...