A report by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on the death of geologist Ryan Taylor at the Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) mine site on October 8th, 2019 found excavator operators and, by extension, the company culpable of allegedly negligent behaviour.
The report said that Taylor himself was also negligent in his behaviour on the fateful day at the Karouni mine site. A separate report by the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) also held TRGI to be responsible for Taylor’s death.
Taylor was working on the construction of a “bench” in a mining pit at Troy’s gold mining operation in Region Seven. A slippage occurred which led to him falling and being covered by the rubble. The company has said that while it has done its own report on the death, it awaits the government’s findings.
