SOUTH AMERICA · RESOURCES

Guyana: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Guyana is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
445
37 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
0.1 GW
5 plants
Clean share of electricity
3%
Ember, 2024

Mines and deposits

Gold263
Bauxite and aluminium114
Diamonds90
Platinum-group metals6
Manganese2
Silver2
Iron ore2
Titanium2
Molybdenum1
Tungsten1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Achimeriwau CreekGoldOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Amu CreekDiamonds, Platinum-group metalsOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Aroaima Mining CompanyBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite - GuyanaBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bermine MineBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Dorabece DepositBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Hicks VeinGoldOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kaieteur FallsDiamonds, Gold, Platinum-group metalsOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kanaima CreekDiamonds, GoldOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
KangarumaDiamonds, Gold, Platinum-group metalsOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kwakwani DepositBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Linden MinesBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Oil106 MW
Biomass30 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Kingston 11Oil36 MWGuyana Power & Light
SkeldonBiomass30 MWGuyana Power & Light
Vreed en HoopOil26 MWGuyana Power & Light
Kingston 1Oil22 MWGuyana Power & Light
Versailles Power StationOil22 MWGuyana Power & Light

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
22.1%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
9.4%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
88.9%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
1.0%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.