No risk of cyanide spill at Aurora operation

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud receives the relaunched Guyana Mining Information Toolkit from Canadian High Commissioner Nicole Giles.

Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) President Scott Caldwell yesterday promised that there will be no cyanide spills after the company’s Aurora mine begins operations next year and that it will work with surrounding communities to foster sustainability and eliminate environmental hazards.

“The cyanide is destroyed before we ever discharge into the dam so if there is no risk of a cyanide spill…,” Caldwell said yesterday. “I have promised that when we are up and running I will drink the tailings water,” he added.

Caldwell was at the time delivering a presentation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s Re-Launching of the