Mixed fortunes in 2013 gold industry: historic output, lower prices

President of the GGDMA Patrick Harding said while the gold mining industry has grown from strength-to-strength; even recording significant production levels in 2013, it has been a year of mixed fortunes.

At the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Assoc-iation’s (GGDMA) annual Christmas dinner and dance held at the Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday night, Harding said the industry took a beating with the price of gold plummeting almost 50 per cent when compared with last year’s prices.

However, the association will press forward and the GGDMA plans to meet with