Are there diamonds in Guyana?

Yes there are diamonds in Guyana. Checkout Gold and Diamond Mining in Guyana. Back in the late 90's, I remembered reports of Brazilians mining lots of diamonds illegally in Guyana; sadly we don't have the army power to protect our large border so we can't really stop them. I'm not sure if the Brazilians still mine in Guyana. read more

Erupting volcanoes are good at spewing out diamonds but have been known to melt them into graphite in the process. Rivers are troublemakers as well. They erode rocks and deposit diamonds along their banks. Isolated forests along the banks of the Essequibo river are the best for diamond mining in Guyana. read more

Currently, there are nationals from almost every country worldwide, mining gold and diamonds in Guyana, and the Guyana government is either financially restricted or lacks the knowledge to raise the issue about how to impose equitable controls on the mining sector participants. read more