By Joseph Allen
In a bid to ease the bottleneck in the supply of stone needed for the construction industry, a new quarrying company was declared open yesterday in Batavia, an Amerindian village in Region Seven.
EKAA HRIM Earth Resources, reported to be a US$20 million investment, had signed a 15-year lease deal with the Batavia Village Council some seven months ago. The deal between the community and EKAA HRIM Earth Resources of India was signed under the Amerindian Act and the company is being licensed to operate by the Government of Guyana. It has acquired some 1,089 acres of land, with 13 acres being used for mining while the remaining will be a buffer zone.
