“If you don’t have a permit, don’t go to the mining community,” Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud yesterday warned as he announced plans to intensify ‘Operation El Dorado,’ which targets illegal miners.
Persaud stressed that the operation, being jointly undertaken by his ministry, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the police force, was not intended to target any one nationality, but to curb illegal mining and to enforce mining regulations throughout Guyana.
Speaking at a press conference, in the boardroom of his office at Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, in
