The miners association yesterday said that the legal mining property holder at Chinese Landing in the north west must be allowed to earn a living and it called for respect to be shown to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
In a statement, the Guy-ana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) did not name the miner it was referring to but it was clear that it was Wayne Vieira it was alluding to – the miner at the centre of a years-long mining row with the Chinese Landing Village Council. That row last month resulted in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issuing a resolution calling for precautionary measures to be taken for the protection of residents of the community. This has since resulted in the government dispatching a fact-finding visit to Chinese Landing.
Stating that it “welcomes the current government fact-finding mission and looks forward to the illumination of the truth,” the GGDMA said it wishes to set the record straight, regarding unauthorised mining which has been occurring at Chinese Landing for more than 12 years now.