Gold declarations for 2016 surpass 700,000 ounces
PRESS RELEASE GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Natural Resources can officially announce that as of today December 31, 2016, gold declarations for 2016 have surpassed 700,000 ounces. Further to Minister of Natural Resources’ Honourable Raphael G.C. Trotman’s announcement of a 690,000 ounce declaration on Thursday December 29, 2016, updated…
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.