Gold miners in and around the district of Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) are pleading with Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman to visit the region as they say they have myriad issues of concern to discuss.
“Since elections, miners in Mahdia are forgotten no one has been here to discuss anything about mining …we are begging Minister Trotman to come,” Sydney Matthews who is representing a group of miners told Stabroek News on Sunday.
Matthews said that although the region has seen visits from Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes and Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan, miners have not had the opportunity to voice their concerns about the sector, from a district perspective and it is