The M
inistry of Natural Resources (MNR) as it is known was established on December 17, 2011 as the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) with a primary focus of harmonizing policy and management in the Natural resources-based sectors. However, following the appointment of the new Government in May 2015, the institutional structure of the MNRE changed and it became a Department of Natural Resources and Environment under the purview of the Ministry of Presidency. A second change occurred on January 18, 2016 which saw the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment transformed to into the Ministry of Natural Resources.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources joins His Excellency David A. Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, and the Guyanese people in congratulating ExxonMobil and its joint-venture partners Hess and CNOOC Nexen for their latest efforts that led to the confirmation of the volume of the…
Georgetown, Guyana – After two rounds of consultations with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), which also involved representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and members of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB), and based on an acceptance that cost recovery measures were…
