The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) yesterday said that it will be meeting members of the mining community on Thursday September 7, 2017.
A release from MNR says the engagement is intended to address concerns recently raised by miners about the state of the industry and the means through which these will be satisfactorily addressed.
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA), the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation (GWMO) and the National Mining Syndicate, have been invited to the stakeholder engagement.
The meeting comes following a boycott of this year’s mining week by the GGDMA and the Syndicate. The two who had been previously at odds, joined forces to snub the event put on by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission each year.Last year and earlier this year, the GGDMA had issued strong condemnations of what it said was the government’s
