MY father Mr. Ignatius Timmerman holds five mining claims totalling approximately 138 acres (55.8 ha.) within the boundaries of the Sardine Hill prospecting licence, and conducts a surface gold-mining operation there. Mariwa Mining filed a complaint with the GGMC in early 2011 stating that Timmerman’s mining claims were invalid.
On March 17, 2011, the GGMC acted on Mariwa Mining’s complaint and evicted Timmerman and his mining equipment from Sardine Hill. On March 23, 2011, Timmerman applied for and was granted an ex parte injunction against the GGMC, Lumumba, and Guyana Frontier, which allowed him to recommence gold-mining operations at Sardine Hill.
And now the court has overturned that decision in favour of a foreign company. I trust that this article will be published in your very informative online Chronicle.