As part of its efforts to “foster greener, more sustainable mining”, the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources will soon be establishing a compliance unit and crafting a National Action Plan aimed at minimising and, as far as possible, eliminating the use of mercury in mining operations.
This is according to a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA). According to the release Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman announced these measures on Thursday at the opening of a two-day session on Global Small-Scale Gold Mining
