Guyana
Rupununi Villages Refused an Onshore Drilling Proposal. Guyana's Village-Consent Law Covers Minerals, and Minerals Exclude Petroleum.
Cataleya Petroleum Inc. put an onshore drilling proposal to Nappi and surrounding Region Nine villages on 6 November 2026 and was refused. The Amerindian Act requires two-thirds village consent for mining, and the Mining Act definition of mineral it relies on excludes petroleum.
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