Rupununi gold miners, at the centre of controversy over illegal operations at Marudi, will have to wait a bit longer on a mining parcels allocation lottery, even as negotiations continue between the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the group.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), the lottery should have been held last Saturday. However the date has been pushed back and word from a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission official is that there will be no lottery. However
