The scale of Closed Areas Committee economic rent redirected away from GGMC could be beyond our imagination
Among the disclosures which ‘top miner’ Azeem ‘Junior’ Baksh made to journalist Travis Chase on 27 March 2025, and aired on 12 August 2025, (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3980217925561620) were his interactions pertaining to the Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Closed Areas Committee. ‘Closed Areas’ refer to lands hitherto held under large-scale Prospecting Licences that are progressively released by…
