Officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and heavily-armed police evicted miners from the former Omai Gold Mines concession over the holiday weekend, sparking accusations of damage to property.
The miners had been given three extensions by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on the land, an area of the Omai concession called ‘Bone yard’, but the last expired on December 31,t 2011. Last Thursday, the miners, mainly from the mining town of Linden, protested outside the Brickdam offices