{"id":20853,"date":"2024-06-20T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20853"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T13:54:38","slug":"ministry-of-natural-resources-enhances-regulations-in-gold-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-natural-resources-enhances-regulations-in-gold-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Natural Resources Enhances Regulations in Gold Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources held a meeting with miners, goldsmiths, jewellers, and licensed gold buyers to discuss compliance regulations in Guyana\u2019s mining sector, focusing on the buying and selling of gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Vickram Bharrat, accompanied by representatives from the Guyana Gold Board and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), led discussions on challenges faced by industry operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They addressed concerns about transaction standards, ensuring quality and quantity of gold, and the need for improved monitoring systems to verify dealers\u2019 legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Minister Bharrat announced plans to explore an online platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This platform aims to simplify the declaration process of gold production to authorities and enhance data collection efforts across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants also suggested decentralizing the Guyana Gold Board to improve dealer access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Bharrat acknowledged the accessibility issue posed by a single main office and expressed interest in exploring alternative approaches, considering security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting concluded with a commitment to continue addressing critical issues facing the gold industry, ensuring robust regulatory frameworks to support sector needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources held a meeting with miners, goldsmiths, jewellers, and licensed gold buyers to discuss compliance regulations in Guyana\u2019s mining sector, focusing on the buying and selling&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20855,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20853\/revisions\/20855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}