Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Monday inducted the new members of the Closed Areas Committee, charging them to ensure that lands awarded to small and medium-scale miners by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission are higher yielding ones, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
Trotman told the Committee to treat as priority the commitment the Government made at the Small Miners Conference, held on January 15, 2016 at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, to have lands identified for them and to address the backlog of applications.
He cautioned that all processes must be just, equitable and transparent.
The release said that the Committee will be chaired by Attorney-at-Law, Dela Britton, who also serves on the Public Utilities Commission, and will include Abiola Henry, Euliene Watson, Technical Officer- Mining, Ministry of Natural Resources; Clayton Hall, Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Natural Resources and Aseef Balmacoon, Representative of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission.
