| Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Petroleum Division Manager, Newell Dennison, and its Commissioner, William Woolford, yesterday briefed media operatives on the upcoming mining week activities,NFL Jerseys China, particularly the conference, where it was emphasised there will be a specific focus on urging small and medium scale miners to modernise their practice.The 8th National Mining and Quarrying Conference will commence on Monday and will be attracting participants from countries such as Australia, South Africa,China Jerseys Wholesale, New Zealand, Brazil and Suriname, among others.According to the officials, they would be trying to capture a variety of subject and titles where they have technical presentations on geology, encompassing exploration, mining, mineral processing and tailings management among other topics.“Everything that speaks to the aspects of sustainability in mining, improving methods, satisfying stakeholders and securing for the future of the sector is essentially the theme of this year’s mining week,” said Woolford.Dennison, who will also be acting as Committee Chairperson for the event, said that over the years the conference has attracted a less than desired turnout from the small/medium size miners and as such the GGMC is encouraging them to take advantage of the upcoming activities.Woolford highlighted that the small and medium scale miners often did not get the adequate rewards for their work,Authentic Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, explaining that “those who are engaging in mining at that small scale level should do it in a fashion that would bring their just rewards for their efforts”.He noted that most times they only extract between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the mineral in the soil that they process, when they could be recovering as much as 80 to 90 per cent returns should they upgrade their processing methods.“We want them to share experiences with GGMC and take away from GGMC what they can give to them in terms of research and development that has not been as forth coming.”The use of more advanced equipment was a suggestion made by Dennison which he says is available, adding that the conference will provide the opportunity for the miners to gather information and knowledge about the more advanced processing equipment.The GGMC hopes that the miners would approach their activity, as small as it may be,” with all the scientific wheels at their disposal, which he added would help them gain a larger profit margin, and reduce the footprint that they would make in the interior.Dennison also said that “it is necessary to reach out to small scale miners as they are more numerous”, adding that “their returns are quite significant in the whole ballgame of the economics of this country.”He added too that while,Cheap Jerseys, “we accept porkknockers as what is traditional in mining, we are trying to educate and inculcate a new thinking that traditional porkknocking has to come along to a point where those who are engaging in mining at that small scale level should do it in a fashion that brings their just rewards for their efforts.”As such there is an added incentive in place this year to attract miners, namely an incentive wherein the winner of a lottery will be allowed to choose land to mine on, with some 12,000 acres to choose from.Meanwhile, in honour of the Commission’s 30th anniversary,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, Woolford announced that GGMC is planning on hosting a Secondary School Science Quiz.The quiz is planned for the coming school term and the pilot activity should get under way by October.Along with the quiz, a 40-page illustrated history of the porkknockers, authored by Barrington Braithwaite and highlighting the contributions of miners, particularly porkknockers in Guyana, will be published.Participants will be allowed a special sneak peek of the book during the mining week activities.The exhibition will commence on Monday (August 24) and will be held from 3pm every afternoon till 9pm,Jerseys From China, up to Friday.The activities will culminate with Porkknockers Day next Saturday at Bartica. |
