WE are a group of concerned miners writing to you about a very this person who sold the poor quality gold to the Guyana Gold Board at Bartica. This individual has a long history of doing so with the Guyana Gold Board, and it is now time to put a stop to it. He is robbing our poor country of vital revenue. He was involved in switching of specs of gold with the previous manager of the Guyana Gold Board. He is an agent for the Guyana Gold Board, and he changed his company’s name. He was also involved in corruption with the previous manager of the Guyana Gold Board. He doesn’t pay any royalty to the Gold Board when selling gold to them. He also claims to be selling the most gold to the gold board, but that is not so. When we the miners sell gold to the gold board, they deduct the royalty from us and then register it to the books as sold by this individual. The royalty that he is supposed to be paying to the gold board is divided between himself and the gold board manager.
Only about 10 per cent of the gold sold by us to the gold board is being registered as sold by us. This has been going on for a long time.
This individual was drunk at the Pegasus a few weeks ago and was boasting of being untouchable, that no one can do him anything. He was so drunk that he lost his firearm the same night. When he couldn’t find it he said that in two weeks time Mr Rohee will give him another one.
Mr. President these blood suckers are destroying our country and it is time to put a stop to it. He is pretending to be a supporter of this government, but he is sucking this country. We hope that appropriate action will be taken.