Guyanese OnlineUnderground gold mining to be done in Guyana for the first time
Guyana Goldfields/ Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) intends to invest US$120 million in conducting underground gold mining for the first time in Guyana’s history, company officials announced Sunday.AGM’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott Caldwell said “we want to become the premier underground gold miner in Guyana and South America” in another four years. Continue reading
Maduro says Venezuela’s troop deployment was anti-narcotics operation; avoids direct reference to border controversy
29 September 2015 16:35 Written by Denis Scott Chabrol – Demerara Waves
Photo: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday stayed clear of any direct reference to the border controversy with Guyana, but instead said the recent troop deployment had more to do with is country’s fight against drug trafficking.
“With all due respect in this General Assembly of the United Nations, we had to carry out an operation along our borders with Colombia and Guyana. Continue reading
By Dmitri Allicock
Bartica Grove 1910
Some of the greatest cities of old and modern times owe their rise and grandeur to their positions in the fork between great rivers, which gave them unrivaled advantages for defense and commerce. Lyons of France, St Louis in the U.S and Belgrade of Serbia are three striking examples. Bartica occupies such a unique natural location in north-central Guyana where the mighty Essequibo, Mazaruni, and Cuyuni rivers meet.
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GUYANA: Politicians and gold mining madness in the hinterland
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By Stabroek News -Business Editorial –
The news earlier this week that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), has fined a Brazilian gold miner G$12 million (app $60,000 US), for allegedly committing several environmental transgressions in pursuit of his mining activities, including destroying a section of the Cuyuni River bank, would by now have gotten left behind amidst the various other issues that compete for public attention at this time.
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