The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has enforced an order preventing two mining operators from being granted mining permits over a period of five years.
According to an advertisement which appeared in yesterday’s issue of the Sunday Stabroek, Israel Benn, of Lot 56 Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara and Charles Burrowes of 111 Miles Potaro Road, Essequibo would not be issued with a Mining Privilege, Prospecting Permit (Small Scale), or be registered to work in any Mining District in Guyana. The orders were issued in keeping with mining regulations made under the Mining Act No. 20 of 1989, the ad stated.
The order, which did not state a specific reason for the non-issuance of mining permits, was signed by GGMC Commissioner, William Woolford and became effective from the 1st of this month.
