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Konawaruk River

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496: 227: 508: 80:, was the primary industry along the river as early as 1900, and being mined by British Guiana Consolidated Enterprise Limited in the 1950s. In 2003, an assessment by United Development International "verified reserves of over 400,000 ounces of gold" in the claim encompassing the Konawaruk. 87:, has had a severe effect on the ecology of the river and environmentalists have considered it "dead" for its inability to support wildlife. Illegal dredging operations are a constant threat. 148: 208: 193: 84: 564: 106: 215: 174: 223: 588: 512: 132: 593: 557: 39: 550: 583: 500: 201: 149:"United Development International Announces $ 140,000,000USD Revenue Forecast for Guyana Operations" 231: 8: 538: 447: 352: 282: 297: 397: 367: 322: 29: 21: 302: 534: 457: 432: 427: 402: 382: 372: 347: 327: 307: 292: 252: 577: 472: 392: 387: 337: 312: 277: 257: 134:
Report on the Geology of the Essequibo, Potaro, Konawaruk and Demerara Rivers
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About two miles from the juncture at the Essequibo, is Temple Bar falls.
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Pollution from extraction processes, including the use of
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Index

Potaro-Siparuni
Guyana
Essequibo River
Potaro River
5°18′N 58°55′W / 5.300°N 58.917°W / 5.300; -58.917
Mining
gold
missile dredges


"Konawaruk River still heavily silted from mining"
Report on the Geology of the Essequibo, Potaro, Konawaruk and Demerara Rivers
"United Development International Announces $ 140,000,000USD Revenue Forecast for Guyana Operations"
"Mining of river banks continues; wardens, drones to join fight"
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Guyana
River systems and rivers
Abary River
Akaiwang River
Amacuro River
Arnik River
Barama River
Barima River
Berbice River
Burro-Burro River
Canje River
Coeroeni River
Courantyne River

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