Suriname gold commission bounced 3,000 illegal miners since November

Quote:Since November 2012, the gold commission has removed three thousand illegal gold miners from the Sarakreek area, namely two thousand Brazilians and one thousand Surinamese. “If you don’t have papers, get out immediately,” gold commission chairman Gerold Dompig tells de Ware Tijd.

Two hundred illegal mines have been discovered as well. Dompig says it turned out that miners had no concession rights, but were mining anyway. Miners who drain waste water into the Sarakreek will be removed immediately as well, Dompig adds.