Concerns expressed by members of recently created gold mining syndicates arising out of what they say are delays in the processing of applications for the allocation of state lands for mining were expected to get the attention of Cabinet this week.
Letters have appeared in sections of the media criticizing what the syndicate members say have been holdups in the processing of land allocations by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). Earlier this week, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, in a pronouncement designed to allay the miners’ concerns, told this newspaper that his ministry was fully supportive of the initiative. “We remain very committed to the syndicates,” Trotman told this newspaper.
