She said that the document is not too loaded with legal jargon and simple enough for easy interpretation. About 150 will go to the Secretariat of the National Mining Syndicate while the remaining 50 will be distributed to the relevant agencies and authorities.Īlso speaking at the event was attorney Camilla Edwards, who gave an overview of the new constitution. The ministry has prepared 200 copies of the constitution for distribution. The constitution provides a framework to guide this process and I encourage you to engage with it, support it, make it your own and give it life,” he said. “We recognise too that with most things in life, dedication, commitment and hard work are needed for us to continue moving forward and this is never an easy task, especially when you are forging new paths. He said he believes that the constitution demonstrates that the mining syndicates are putting their “house in order” and will now have higher expectations, which include more structured forms of engagement, both at the level of the ministries of Natural Resources and Finance, as well as with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. Trotman said that the ministry has heard the demands of the syndicates for more roads, lands and concessions and while they would have met the syndicates halfway as it relates to granting lands and rehabilitating some roads, the ministry is aware that it is not sufficient and will be working to do more. Part of the gathering at the Umana Yana yesterday morning for the launching of the constitution of the National Mining Syndicate. Its purpose is to co-ordinate and facilitate the consultative and participatory process regarding the individual syndicates by assisting them to find solutions to problems that may arise with regards to mining and other related operations that involve the extractive industry. We ask that you abide, as you have been, with the laws and regulations of the land and we ask that you make your contribution to the national reserves by selling your gold at the Gold Board and not to any other entity,” Trotman remarked.Īccording to the constitution unveiled yesterday, the National Mining Syndicate Inc is a gender neutral, nonpolitical parent body of all the mining syndicates in Guyana. We expect to engage with you and with the national body. “What do we require of you now that you have a formal legal document? We desire to see a robust model with syndicates that have sound administration and operational practices. Several mining syndicates have since been established as well as an overarching National Mining Syndicate Inc. The syndicate initiative was therefore created to provide an opportunity for the ministry to respond to the pleas of small miners by introducing a model that will encourage collaboration and also bring order to artisanal and small scale mining practices by allowing groups of like-minded Guyanese with similar goals and aspirations to work together. Speaking at the event at the Umana Yana yesterday morning, Trotman recalled that the establishment of the mining syndicates by his ministry was done in response to the overwhelming interest shown by Guyanese in entering the industry and earning an honest living, despite lacking knowledge, access to viable mining lands and equipment. Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday charged the National Mining Syndicate to demonstrate sound administration and operational practices as the Constitution for the gold miners’ body was officially unveiled.
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