Guyana

DELVE-19, the most recent report, is considered reliable (being plausibly aligned with earlier estimations) → 23,000
Min/max: also following DELVE-19 → 10,000 - 35,000
Female participation: no data. As ASM is mainly mechanized small-scale alluvial mining in the “Hinterland”, female participation is likely low (less needs for tasks like panning, mineral selection etc.). Possibly between 5% and 10%? → 2,000?
Gold: Data not disaggregated between gold and diamond but gold reportedly more important than diamonds. Possibly ~80% gold, ~20% diamonds. → 19,000

2019: 23,000

DELVE-19: Country Profile Guyana 23,000

ASM Employment: 10,000 - 35,000 
Female Miners: n/a
Formalization: n/a 

Materials mined by ASM
• Gold: 481,103 ounces (declared total production of ASM and LSM in 2013)
• Diamond: 55,930 metric carats (declared production of ASM and LSM in 2013)
• Development minerals (sand, stone, loam)

2014: 28,000

(UBC-14): Gold-only data produced by statistic modelling:

Expected ASM population: 28,000 
Estimated ASM gold production: 7.6 t/a

1999: 15,000

(ILO-99): Employment: 10,000 - 20,000
Number of mines: 3,500
Illegal mines: +/- 30%

ReferenceYearCitationArchived CopyLink
ILO-991999Jennings, N. (1999): Social and labour issues in small-scale mines. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale Mines. ILO, Geneva.ilo-99.pdfilo.org/…
UBC-142014Seccatore, J., Veiga, M., et al. (Univ. of British Columbia - UBC) (2014): An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world. Scitotenv. 496.ubc-14.pdfdoi.org/…
ARM-182018Barreto, M.L.,Schein, P., Hinton, J., Hruschka, F. (2018): The Impact of Small-Scale Mining Operations on Economies and Livelihoods in Low- to Middle-Income Countries. ARM, Envigado, PACT, Westcombe.arm-18.pdfresponsiblemines.org/…
IGF-182018IGF (2018): Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues. IIED/IISD, London, Winnipeg.igf-18.pdfiisd.org/…
GMA-182018UNEP (2018): Global Mercury Assessment 2018. Technical Background Report E-Annex. Chapter 3.2. UNEP, Geneva.gma-18.pdfwedocs.unep.org/…
DELVE-192019World Bank (2019): 2019 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector. World Bank, Washington D.C.delve-19.pdfdelvedatabase.org/…
ASM DATA - Country Database Record
Country CodeGUY
CountryGuyana
ASM StatusExisting (data assessed)
Country Count1
Data year2019
Publ. year2019
ASM Miners23,000
- gold19 ,000
Data curation as reported
Inc. DevMinno
- min.10,000
- max.35,000
- female2 ,000
ASM Commoditiesgold, diamond
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