Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang earlier this week ordered the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to show cause why its decision to refuse to accept prescribed fees and/or rental payments from miners for the use of Amerindian lands should not be quashed.
Attorney Roysdale Forde, on behalf of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), had moved to the court to contest the refusal of the GGMC to accept payments from Alfro Alphonso,