Canada is working with Guyana on a mineral mapping project and there are 28 Canadian exploration companies here operating in gold, bauxite, oil and gas, manganese, uranium and other precious metals, according to Canadian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Diane Ablonczy.
The minister visited Guyana last week and in a reception at the Canadian High Commissioner’s residence, said that Canadian companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the country’s extractive sector. It is critical to both Guyanese development prospects and Canadian business to sustain this momentum, she said, according to a transcript of her remarks.
Ablonczy said that the government of Canada is working with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment to build capacities that are needed in education to support the