Chunilall Baboolall may be one of Bartica’s most accomplished gold miners but he is also among those who are acutely aware of the vicissitudes of the industry and of the need to guard against the imponderables that are characteristic of its behaviour; like the current fall in gold price.
Baboolall’s mining operation remains his mainstream enterprise, but these days much of his attention is focused on what is believed to be Bartica’s most ambitious diversification project yet.
The popular businessman who has lived at Bartica since he was a child and who divides his time between his homes in Bartica and Georgetown and his mining operation is investing in a multimillion-dollar, upmarket, showpiece resort – the Aruwai Resort – on Buck Track Island in the Essequibo River.
A multi-storey plaza on Sheriff Street named the Aruwai Plaza is also owned by Baboolall.
Baboolall believes that his investment will be one of the brightest spots in the