– joint ventures with bigger investors a likely option
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is currently studying a proposal received from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) which the ministry says is aimed at transforming and upgrading the activities of small miners “into organized and modernized mining.”
Among the specific offers contained in the MNRE proposal are the allocation to small scale miners of mining areas deemed to have “economic mineral potential and the allocation of land to the Guyana Women Miners Association (GWMA) to assist vulnerable women in the sector.”
Syndicates comprising small scale miners will also