GGMC to be revamped

Minister Robert Persaud (centre) of head table in background listens to a miner. He is flanked at right by Patrick Harding and Karen Livan.

A new head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is expected to be named soon and the mining regulation body will over the coming months be restructured to further enhance its functions.

The GGMC has been without a commissioner for several months and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud noted yesterday that even before the formation of his new ministry talks were being held at the level of Cabinet to further improve the operations and effectiveness of the GGMC.

Persaud was at the time speaking to