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Guyana Responsible Mining Conference

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The Responsible Mining Conference, under the theme Responsible Mining with Better equipment, leading to Bigger Production, provided a platform for miners to engage with others in the gold mining sector, including representatives of relevant state agencies, financiers, researchers, and other experts. The three-day event was organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), with support from Conservation International - Guyana (CI-Guyana), through the GEF-funded planetGOLD (Guyana) project “A GEF/GOLD Supply Chain Approach to Eliminating Mercury in Guyana’s ASGM Sector: El Dorado Gold Jewelry – Made in Guyana.

Issues such as recent innovations and trends in mining technology and techniques, financing and financial mechanisms and the social and environmental impacts of the sector were considered.

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RMC discussion
RMC panel discussion
Mahdia concessionaire on panel discussion
Panel discussion on technology
Technical officer explaining miniature model of mine circuit
Conference attendees
Miners speaking on RMC panel
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Susan Keane speaking
Panel on stage
Ingrid Sarabo speaking
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18-20 January 2023

8:00am – 4:00pm

Atlantic Conference Center, Pegasus Corporate Suites & Conference Centre

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