Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) enforcement officers were ordered to remove two illegal dredges from the Kuyuwini River in Region Nine, GGMC Commissioner Newell Dennison has said.
Stabroek News had reported last month that at least two river dredges are operating illegally in the Kuyuwini River in areas that were declared no mining zones. The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) had expressed alarm at the destruction being caused to the largely pristine area by the gold mining operations and the Ministry of Natural Resources had launched an investigation.
Yesterday, Dennison told Stabroek News that he had passed directives to remove the dredges to his officers and is currently awaiting a formal report from them on what the exercise has yielded.