Government yesterday declared zero tolerance for illegal mining and for the corrupt processing of documents for non-nationals, informing that from now all middlemen and brokers have been eliminated.
At an almost three-hour interactive forum held between the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Brazilian community at the Celina Atlantic Resort, Georgetown, this position was reiterated by both that subject Minister Robert Persaud and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.
“There will be zero tolerance for breaches of our regulations and mining act as it pertains to all those who operate within the mining sector… Do not deal with any broker; do not deal with any