A source at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says that Muri Brasil Ventures Inc (MBVI) has not relinquished any of the area of south-east Guyana allocated to it for surveying under the Permission for Geological and Geophysical Surveys (PGGS) that Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud granted on November 7, 2012.
In a public statement in response to questions by commentator Christopher Ram about its survey acreage, MBVI had stated that the PGGS would have seen it progressively releasing acreage that had been assigned to it. Ram had questioned whether MBVI was in compliance with its commitment to release
