Shields doubts gold declaration due to smuggling

GGDMA Executive Secretary Edward Shields

Differences of opinion have surfaced between the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) following last week’s expression of concern by GGMC Chairman Major General (rtd) Joe Singh over the difference between gold production targets and declarations to the Guyana Gold Board.

At the GGDMA’s bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday May 4, Singh reportedly said that gold declarations should be higher and alluded to stories of “a lucrative cross-border movement of gold.” However, in a telephone interview with this newspaper earlier this week,