In keeping with a commitment made on April 18, 2017, the Ministry of Natural Resources says it deployed a team comprising Officers of its Compliance Division and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to the Puruni, Region 7 area on April 24 and 25, 2017.
The deployment followed a Guyana Human Rights Association warning on the effects of gold mining in the Puruni River, and over the border in Venezuela.
A release from the Ministry yesterday said that its team discovered a number of mining infractions being committed during their investigations along the Puruni River. As a result, the GGMC issued
