Former Omai Gold Mines staff in reunion

The reunion planning committee: From left to right are: Lester Bourne, Standhope Williams, Jacqueline Brathwaite, Colleen Braithwaite, Gordon Sampson, Wendell Ogleton (missing are Gloria Arthur and Vernida Kertzious)

Scores of former Omai Gold Mines Limited (OGML) employees, accompanied by their spouses, gathered in Georgetown and Linden from September 29  to  October 1st to reminisce on their years of working at Guyana’s first and South America’s largest open pit gold mine.

OGML ceased operating here some years ago.

In what was described as an historic reunion weekend, the former employees spent three days, meeting and greeting each other, many of whom travelled from various parts of the United States of America and Canada, to be part of the inaugural event.