Miners yesterday slated the government for not keeping promises made to support the sector saying that the authorities are only playing politics while disseminating “false information” about concessions given to miners.
“The reality is we haven’t got anything, just press releases,” chairman of the first bi-monthly meeting of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Edward Shields told miners at the association’s North Road headquarters yesterday. “I hope you got the message, the miners have been on a merry go round for quite a while,” he said. “We ain able with this merry go round no more.”
Pointing out that despite promises, they have gotten no benefits while foreign mining companies are