Aug 14, 2026 Editorial, News

(Kaieteur News) – First, the Chinese came and setup their own city in Guyana’s rich goldfields. The Canadians came next, and by the droves. The last check indicated almost a dozen companies that fly the Maple Leaf flag are now firmly rooted in the goldfields of Guyana. The latest is that a company from the bottom of the world is now here and excited to be exploring for gold. Liberty Metals Ltd is the second Australian company that is tearing apart the rich lands of the interior in the hunt for gold.

Citizens learn of tens of thousands of acres of gold lands awarded to different firms. Small cities by themselves that are, in effect, countries within this country in its deep hinterlands. There are two numbers that citizens are limited to hearing something about, and sometimes by chance. The gold companies operating here have to give their stakeholders updates, estimates from various projects. Guyanese are coincidental, even though it is their land and their treasure. We report about acreage to choke an elephant, but little else. Other than how many hundreds of thousands, or millions, of ounces of gold are projected to be won, the rest is a blank slate for Guyanese.