In a bid to improve Region 9 miners’ livelihoods, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, will be considering opening new mining lands in the Rupununi.
A press release from the Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday stated that as part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring that miners are afforded opportunities to improve their livelihoods, Trotman has indicated that he is considering opening new mining lands in Mining District 6, Rupununi, Region 9.
It explained that Trotman’s consideration arose after listening to the “consistent cries of miners who were displaced from mining in the Marudi area…Such an opening of lands could have