Residents of Matthews Ridge, Region One (Barima-Waini) are excited at the economic prospects that the reviving of the manganese project will bring but said they want to meet with the major players; a request Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley said can be facilitated.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday said that the Chairman was part of a delegation headed by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan which visited several communities in the region. On Saturday, DPI said that Bulkan met with residents of the village.
One of the concerns raised was their lack of knowledge about the project and they requested that officials of the Guyana Manganese Incorporated (GMI) meet with them. Bosai, the Chinese bauxite company operating at Linden is the new owner of the mining project.
