No preference for illegal miners in Rupununi land lottery, says Persaud

Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud (right) and GGMC Acting Commissioner Rickford Vieira at the press conference.

Minister of Natural Re-sources and the Environment Robert Persaud yesterday denied promising parcels of land for persons who have been illegally mining at Marudi Mountain, in Region Nine, and dismissed claims that charges have not been laid against them in order to score political points with Rupununi residents.

“I think there was some level of misconception about the special lottery,” Persaud told a press conference. The objective of the lottery,