While the Government of Guyana is optimistic that gold production for this year could reach 600,000 ounces, there is every likelihood that gold smuggling persists despite official efforts to curb the practice, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has told Stabroek Business.
“I have no doubt that gold smuggling is continuing,” Trotman declared in a recent interview, even as he pointed to the fact that smuggling notwithstanding, the industry continues to yield a steady increase in annual production.
“The figures that we have show, as you would see, an almost
