The overseas-based experts who will be conducting tests to determine the mercury emission levels from the Brickdam laboratory of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) are in the country but are awaiting the arrival of their equipment to begin their work, GGB Chairman GHK Lall says.
The experts have been brought in after both the GGB and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) acknowledged that there was a problem with mercury emissions at the lab.
Although both have said they believe that the situation is under control because of the many measures taken to improve mercury management activities, Lall explained that they have brought in the experts to verify the results they have received from their testing and to quell concerns that the emissions are more severe.
