The Ministry of Natural Resources [MNR] on Thursday announced that it is collaborating with the United States Geological Survey [USGS], the US Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs [OES] and the US Embassy, to conduct a joint training project in Geomorphological Mapping for the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission [GGMC], the Guyana Forestry Commission [GFC] and the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA].
According to MNR’s release, the objective of the training project is the use of tools and technologies intended to reduce the use of mercury in the gold mining industry, identify prospective alluvial [gold] deposits, and support capacity building and knowledge transfer [of the tools and technologies]. The MNR release says that the training sessions are divided into two components, the first session, currently ongoing for eight weeks with approximately forty participants, focuses on Digital Elevation Model [DEM] editing using Remote Sensing Data.