Lawlessness in mining sector devalues human life – GGMC source

The collapsed mining pit that took ten lives recently

The frequency of mining accidents that often result in loss of life in the gold mining sector is an extension of a “long-standing pattern of lawlessness and indifference to the value of human life” that obtains in the gold-mining industry, a source close the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has told Stabroek Business.

“The bottom line is that where the priority concern is with gold-recovery… the safety of lives and about doing things properly