Tag: Illegal Mining
Loggers, miners urged to help curb illegal activities
Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat has called on workers in the logging and mining industry to assist the ... Read More
GGMC intensifies monitoring and compliance activities
-in keeping with sustainable governance of the mining sector As part of a renewed strategic vision for the extractive sector, ... Read More
Toshaos call for stiffer penalties on illegal and unsafe mining
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, October 10, 2019 Toshaos and other village leaders are calling on the government to enforce stricter penalties ... Read More
Natural Resources Ministry clamping down on illegal mining
─ illegal mining camp shut down in 10 Miles, Bartica ─ illegal mining activities will not be condoned ─ Min. ... Read More
Forest operators benefit from capacity building project
DPI, GUYANA, Thursday, March 29, 2018 Forest operators can now function more efficiently following the conclusion of a US$108,000 internationally ... Read More
Natural Resources Ministry to foster closer relationship with NTC
DPI, GUYANA, Saturday, August 26, 2017 Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman assured that there will be a closer and ... Read More
Anyone found mining in a protected area will be arrested – Minister Harmon
DPI/GINA, Friday, June 02, 2016 Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has emphasised that Government’s position is that anyone found mining ... Read More
Kaieteur National Park under serious threat from illegal mining -20 known camps observed
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 30, 2017) In an effort to clamp down on mining in Protected Areas, the Government ... Read More
Residents call for end to mining in buffer zones
GINA Guyana, Friday, March 31, 2017 Mining operations have been discovered within buffer zones in various communities in Region Eight. ... Read More
GGMC to crack down on mining along river banks
GINA, GUYANA, Monday, February 20, 2017 The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has zero tolerance against mining along the ... Read More