A private bauxite mining operation in the Amerindian community of Muritaro on the Demerara River, discovered by members of a “horrified” team from Norway, was shut down by the Ministry of Natural Resources late last year, since the community was one identified to benefit from the Guyana-Norway forest protection scheme.
This revelation came from Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman yesterday, in response to questions from Pauline Sukhai, a member of the
