As part of mining week activities, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud yesterday urged miners in Port Kaituma, Region One not give up on agriculture, the Government Information Agency said.
Speaking at the Port Kaituma Community Centre, Persaud told small scale miners to begin to think like large scale miners and maintain or begin to develop an interest in other activities as a second source of income in the event gold prices go down.
Gold declarations here have been down by 16% this year and miners have complained that production has dropped because