A Mining Information Toolkit for Guyana
Welcome to the Mining Information Toolkit for Guyana. Guyana has a long history and tradition of mining. The Amerindian peoples who first inhabited the Guianas were mainly hunter/gatherers and not engaged in mining as an economic activity, but they were aware of the minerals well before formal mining began in the 1870’s. Over the last 100 years, gold, diamond and bauxite mining has placed Guyana as a favourable location for mining. Guyana (then British Guiana) attained international recognition as a world class mineral producer of bauxite, gold and diamonds while manganese was also mined from 1960 to 1969 and alumina was produced from 1961 to 1982. Kaolin, rutile, columbite-tantalite and amethyst were also mined. Today sand, stone and loam are also produced but mainly for local consumption.
The goal of the information kit is to increase the ability of Amerindian communities to understand and participate in mine related activities, monitoring and negotiations. The information kit is designed to explain the mining cycle, from exploration to closure. It contains four sections; Mineral exploration, Mine development, Mine operation and Mine closure.
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- Author(s)
- Government of Guyana
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publishing Institution Webpage
- https://www.canada.ca/
- Data Source Classification
- Program Report
- Research Type
- Secondary
- Research Methodology
- Secondary - PREVIOUS RESEARCH, Secondary - OFFICIAL STATISTICS
- Thematic Tags
- Technological, Equipment, Extraction, Mine Life Cycle, Processing
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Country
- Guyana
- Last Updated
- October 2, 2019