{"id":32133,"date":"2026-09-28T20:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=32133"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:35:34","slug":"ggmc-shuts-down-unlicensed-gold-trading-shop-at-tamakay-landing-equipment-cash-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ggmc-shuts-down-unlicensed-gold-trading-shop-at-tamakay-landing-equipment-cash-seized\/","title":{"rendered":"GGMC shuts down unlicensed gold trading shop at Tamakay Landing; equipment, cash seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Natural Resources wishes to advise the media that on September 28, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission\u2019s (GGMC) Enforcement Team suspended the operations of a shop at Tamakay Landing in the Mazaruni Mining District. The shop was found trading gold without the required approvals and licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its inspection, the team seized a quantity of gold, equipment and cash. Two persons were detained by the Guyana Police Force as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This action forms part of the ministry\u2019s ongoing crackdown on illegal mining and related activities, with monitoring and enforcement operations continuing across all mining districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry urges all stakeholders to ensure that their operations comply with the laws and licensing requirements governing the mining sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources wishes to advise the media that on September 28, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission\u2019s (GGMC) Enforcement Team suspended the operations of a shop at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,350],"tags":[488,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-32133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-security","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32135,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133\/revisions\/32135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}