Government is seeking to bring the local mining sector under a greater measure of international scrutiny by subscribing to standards set out in the internationally renowned Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Natural Resources and Environ-ment Minister Robert Persaud told the Stabroek Business earlier this week.
“Very soon we will be advertising for a scoping study to be done so as to create the groundwork for adherence to the norms of the EITI,” Persaud said.
The EITI is an international standard that seeks to ensure transparency in countries’ oil,