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Several options are on the table in relation to the Omai mine site with the main one being further underground expansion and in this regard an overseas-based Guyanese has already expressed an interest, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds disclosed yesterday.

He said advertisements will be placed shortly to invite interested persons or companies to look at the data and make a decision as to whether it was worth pursuing.
The Prime Minister, who is also the minister responsible for mining, was speaking at a press conference held at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Boardroom yesterday on the Omai closure plan. The relevant parties including the government, the GGMC, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Omai Gold Mines Limited (OGML)/IAMGOLD had agreed to the plan and this was disclosed last week. …..


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