Extractive Industry
Natural gas eruption in northwestern Guyana
The source of the natural gas eruption at Kumaka in Region One. (CDC picture) Natural gas was Tuesday continuing to...
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No special treatment of gold dealer licence applicants – independent review
Chairman of the Guyana Gold Board, Gabriel Lall making a point to miners at the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners...
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Guyana Gold Board clears air on dealer licence granted to man held with 30 pounds of gold
Left to Right: Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman; General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Eondrene Thompson and Gold...
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Illegal miners at Marudi Hill, Tassawini ordered to remove
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Duke Street, Kingston. 34 gold miners occupying Mazao Hill and engaging in "dangerous and illegal"...
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Guyana Goldfields CEO to go as miner settles proxy fight with founder
Reproduced from Mining.com A bitter battle for control of Canada’s Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) between the miner and dissenting shareholders...
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Leptospirosis-related illness kills second Chinese national, two others discharged
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. A second Chinese manganese mining worker, who fell ill in northwestern Guyana, died Wednesday night while...
Read moreDetails6 more sickened mine workers flown to city; Guyana gov’t temporarily halts manganese exploration
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Even as six more sickened persons were flown from Guyana's North West District to Georgetown Public...
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Chinese nationals with respiratory problems to be quarantined at West Dem hospital; Region 1 residents urged to seek medical attention if necessary
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said seven Chinese nationals who are suffering from a respiratory ailment, were due to...
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Update: Health authorities probe if respiratory infection killed 1 Chinese national, sickened 8 others
Health authorities were Saturday probing whether nine Chinese nationals in northwestern Guyana were suffering from a severe respiratory infection. Director...
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More than 100 residents draw mining land lottery
A section of the attendees at the mining land lottery held in Georgetown at the Girl Guides Pavillion, Brickdam. Mining...
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