Pursuit of mercury tracing, elimination ongoing – Persaud

Gold mining in Guyana is coming under increasing pressure to eliminate the use of mercury

Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud has told Stabroek Business that projects designed to determine the various sources through which mercury enters the Guianas and the distribution networks that obtain in the region, are part of a wider exercise of seeking to control the movement of the substance into Guyana’s gold-bearing communities.

“Projects have also been completed as precursors to the development of a national action plan for mercury reduction and use,