A delegation from the Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will be meeting with officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission today and and tomorrow to discuss a number of opportunities for cooperation in the mining sector.
The meeting, a follow up from a previous meeting in October 2016 in Russia, is to take place at the Ministry of Natural Resources Boardroom, Upper Brickdam, Georgetown. The respective Ministries and Agencies of the two countries have agreed to meet on a yearly basis to advance areas of cooperation.
Among the issues to be discussed are the provision of assistance in scientific and technical knowledge of drawing up, compiling and analysing Guyana’s baseline geological, topographic and metallogenic maps; assistance in the compiling/analysis and reporting of historical and current geological, topographic and metallogenic data and assistance in delineating lands according to resources for specific types/sizes of mining.
Also on the agenda are the provision of satellite geological surveys and monitoring, the training of mining officers at Russian Geological Institute and enterprises and the development of Small Hydropower in Guyana.
The Ministry’s team will include Mr Clayton Hall, MNR Technical Officer Mines MsEuliene Watson, Acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Ms Dianne McDonald, and Manager Geological Services, GGMC Mr Gordon Nestor.
The Russian team comprises Head of the Federal Agency of Subsoil Management Mr Sergey Aksenov, Deputy Head of Division of Bilateral Cooperation, Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation Ms Anna Khurshidova, Russian Ambassador to Guyana Nikolay Smirnov and officials of the Russian Friendship University and Russian bauxite company RUSAL.