Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, at his weekly post Cabinet press briefing yesterday, told media operatives that an advance team of Iranian technical personnel to assist Guyana map its mineral resources is expected in the coming week.Dr Luncheon informed media operatives that the team will be doing the preparatory work for physicists and geologists and will be working in collaboration with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission in laying the groundwork.Given the nature of what the advance team will be doing,Cheap Jerseys, Dr Luncheon said that they are not expected to have a lengthy stay and Guyana will be hosting as it relates to expenditure whilst they are here. The venture is as a result of an official state visit by President Bharrat Jagdeo to Iran recently where bilateral negotiations were held. Dr Luncheon recently had cause to stress that Iran’s offer to assist Guyana in mapping its mineral wealth is non-specific, and does not focus on any particular mineral resource.Iran raised eyebrows last year with offers to help map uranium deposits in Venezuela,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, where leftist President Hugo Chavez supports Tehran’s nuclear programme.The United States,John Gibson, Britain,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, Germany and France are seeking a fourth round of U.N. measures against Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment as part of its nuclear programme, as demanded by Security Council resolutions.“The terms and the conditions under which that support has been offered did not seek to identify a particular ore or mineral,Dirk Nowitzki Jersey,” Dr Luncheon told media operatives.He had explained that Guyana lacks the capability to conduct geological surveys and mapping activities in support of gold, diamond and other mining activities.“Unfortunately,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the practice has suffered from financing and the geological survey sector has not actually grown in parallel with gold and diamond (mining) where geological work has been undertaken in the context of prospecting licences by large and medium scale miners,” he is on record as stating.