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.
exploring avenues to extend support beyond $100M financing already pledged In keeping with a commitment made at the Ministry’s outreach to Students and Lecturers of the University of Guyana on March 2, 2017, Minister Raphael Trotman and a team from the Ministry of Natural Resources visited the Faculty of Technology…
Representatives of ten newly formed mining syndicates on March 29, 2017 met with Ministers of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Hon. Raphael Trotman and Hon. Simona Broomes along with a team from the Ministry including Commissioner of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Mr. Newell Dennison, Manager of GGMC Mines…
