Minerals Act (Cap. 65:07). Country/Territory Guyana Document type Legislation Date 1971 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Guyana. Long titleAn Act to make provision for the orderly extraction and marketing of minerals and the orderly production and marketing of articles prepared or manufactured therefrom. Subject Mineral resources Keyword Mining Institution Minerals Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America Abstract This Act prescribes that no person shall extract minerals or market minerals except as in accordance with the law relating thereto and Regulations made under the present Act. The Minister may make regulations for the orderly extraction, production and marketing of minerals. Specific legislation powers of the Minister are set out in section 4. Section 4 provides also for control. Full text English Website legalaffairs.gov.gy