Guyana underground mining has been widely criticized for having poor working conditions, poor methods of waste disposal, improper choice of working tools, and poor planning on site architecture and engineering due to laxed regulations.
Some see this as an opportunity. As the government will be introducing legislature later this year in an attempt to increase regulations to protect the workers, investors now see a chance to invest in small scale mining.
If the expense of a small scale mining operator increases they can continue to operate at a lower net margin or they can seek outside capital to help offset the expense but more importantly increase production.