Police, stakeholders to move against illegal ‘shops’

Lucrative but dangerous: An interior mining outfit

Illegal ‘shops’ situated near mining camps in Guyana’s interior gold-mining areas are being targeted for removal as part of a move by the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) to tackle the rising number of violent robberies in the sector.

GGDMA Consultant and GGMC Board Member, Edward Shields told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week that he believed all three agencies are now ready to act together to control