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Gov’t says New River Triangle still closed to mining

Apr 26, 2013 News

 

 
In light of surfacing rumours that a piece of land in the New River Triangle, between Guyana and Suriname, has been granted to government-affiliated persons for mining purposes, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has said that the location in the Corentyne River, Berbice, is not open to mining activities.
This publication was told that several affiliates of the administration had reportedly been granted permission to mine in the aforementioned area, but Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud made it very clear yesterday that the situation is not so.
He told Kaieteur News via email that the issue of the New River Triangle area had been raised earlier this month by A Partnership for National Unity’ s Rupert Roopnarine, and he too was informed that persons had not been granted permission to mine in the area.
Advised by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Persaud informed that applications had been received prospecting permits for medium scale mining, but the GGMC is obligated to accept all mining applications under the nation’s Mining Act.  These applications are however subjected to review, but would only be granted if the area of request is an open location.
If the area requested is closed administratively or via gazette, then the applicant, who would have had to pay half of the area’s rental fee, would be refunded.
In the case of the New River Triangle area, this publication was told that no mining permits, mining claims, or concessions were granted or issued to an individual or company.
GGMC officials further confirmed that no permission for any type of mining activity has been granted, but when that time comes, the relevant advertisement would be publicised. What has been granted in the New River Triangle area, Kaieteur News was told (and this is by the Natural Resource Ministry) is permission for a geological survey to be conducted. This permission can however be granted for mining purposes after relevant steps for authorisation would have been taken and after the mining ban would have been lifted from the area.

 

 

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