About two miles from the juncture at the Essequibo, is Temple Bar falls.
In 2003, an assessment by United Development International "verified reserves of over 400,000 ounces of gold" in the claim encompassing the Konawaruk.
[3] Pollution from extraction processes, including the use of missile dredges, has had a severe effect on the ecology of the river and environmentalists have considered it "dead" for its inability to support wildlife.
[1] Illegal dredging operations are a constant threat.
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