Gold miners still to tap billion-dollar fund to go mercury-free

Miners have not yet accessed the $1 billion revolving fund set up to examine and test mercury-free gold mining equipment, with many of the technologies being very expensive, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) Patrick Harding says.

“We are still looking,” Harding told Stabroek News. “Most of them are expensive,” he added, citing costs of the equipment of over US$100,000,