Canadian mining company, Reunion Manganese forecasts an investment of US$250 million at its Matthew’s Ridge project with commissioning of the manganese mine slated for mid-2014 despite challenges with poor infrastructure, shortage of skills and red tape.

Reunion plans to extract two million tonnes of manganese concentrate per year and is optimistic about the future in the light of increasing world demand for the mineral, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Joachim Bayah told a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) luncheon yesterday. The level of production that the company plans will “put Guyana on the world map,” Bayah said.

The Canadian company – a subsidiary of Reunion Gold Corporation – is focused on its Matthew’s Ridge manganese project in the North-West District. The company has …..