The Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) is once again calling on the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to decentralize its services, citing its successful use of decentralization to help 50 of its members gain new mining lands as an example of what can be achieved.
In a statement to the media on Thursday, the GWMO explained that after the Closed Area Committee (CAC) announced its land distribution process, GWMO regional representatives mobilized miners in several areas including Marudi, Mahdia, Port Kaituma and Bartica to submit their applications in the hope that they would successfully acquire land.
This effort resulted in the GWMO making