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Livan confirmed as GGMC head
– as reorganization commences with new appointments
Miss Karen Livan has been confirmed as the head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.
Karen Livan
The decision was taken as the initial phase of the reorganization of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) was initiated.
This follows discussions with various stakeholders, including senior management of the GGMC and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU).
A press release yesterday stated that Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, in accordance with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Act and following consultations with the Guyana Public Service Union and other stakeholders has named a Commissioner and two Deputy Commissioners.
The two Deputy Commissioners are Messrs Rickford Vieira and Kampta Persaud.
The restructuring of GGMC follows earlier announcements by the Minister when he met with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association and other stakeholders to ensure the establishment of a Commission that is responsive to the challenges and opportunities of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sectors within the context of the Low Carbon Development Strategy.
The reorganization is also part of Government’s commitment to develop a sector to provide opportunities for all Guyanese within a sustainable development framework.
Kampta persaud
Ms Livan, a Government of Guyana scholar, graduated in 1975 from Swansea College, University of Wales, UK, with a BSc Honours Degree in Geology.
Since then, she has served at the Geological Surveys and Mines Department, Ministry of Energy and Mines, now the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, as the first female Geologist, now with 36 years of service.
Ms. Livan served as Geologist, Senior Geologist, Manager, and Geological Services and as Manager Environmental Division, from 1998.
She served as Deputy Commissioner acting from 1992 to 1994 and as Commissioner acting from April 1, 2011, upon the retirement of former Commissioner, William Woolford.
Ms. Livan has worked integrally with the conceptualization and/or implementation of the landmark CIDA sponsored Guyana Environmental Capacity Development (GENCAPD) Project, phases 1 and 2. Under Phase 1, she was one of the authors of the book “Environmental Management in Small Scale Mining.” Under her tenure as Environmental Manager, the first demonstration mine site reclamation projects were implemented at the Kara Kara mined out bauxite mine in collaboration with NARI, at Noitgedacht and St. Elizabeth near Mahdia by GGMC and the CIDA-GENCAPD Project, respectively.
Rickford Vieira is qualified with a Masters of Engineering, (Mining Engineering) 1997, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering), 1994, University of Guyana.
He is an engineer with extensive experience in project management, production management, field exploration, site rehabilitation, environmental impact assessment, environmental management plans, environmental monitoring, closure and decommissioning plans, feasibility studies, mineral inventory estimation, mineral processing plant design, rehabilitation and re-vegetation of mined out lands, mine plans and training instructor for mining and environmental studies.
Rickford Vieira
Kampta Persaud commenced working with the Geological Survey and Mines Dept. (the precursor of the GGMC) on July 01, 1972 as a cadet (Geologist trainee) after completing his ‘A’ levels at Queen’s College.
He then proceeded to Queen Mary College, University of London, under a Government conditional Scholarship, where he obtained an Honours Degree in Geology in July 1976 then assumed the position of Geologist in July 1976 with the Geological Survey and Mines Dept.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment was the vision of His Excellency President Donald Ramotar to improve the management of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sectors.
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