Despite devastating impacts from severe flooding and the global COVID-19 pandemic, the mining sector has been resilient and must be applauded for maintaining its contribution to the country’s economy, according to Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Commissioner Newell Dennison.
“In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, unprecedented flooding of the hinterlands has affected so many operations that the sector must be applauded for surviving and still very much maintaining, for the economic good of Guyana, its contributions to the coffers of the Consolidated Fund,” Dennison on Sunday night said at a ceremony to mark the start of Mining Week, held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.
Mining Week 2022 is being observed under the theme “Emerging from Adversity, Transitioning to Sustainability.”