The presidential commission will be chaired by the Minister of State for Integral Development Region of Guyana, a position that currently plays Carlos Osorio.

By a decree of the President of the Republic published in the Official Gazette number 40,376, the Presidential Commission for the Comprehensive Protection, Development and Promotion of Lawful Mining Activity in the Region of Guyana, which is responsible for defining a plan to be created eradicate the illegal practice of mining in the area.

Some of the mechanisms that will be addressed on a single instance of high level will be the implementation and management of a register of persons engaged in mining in the Guayana region, while rules are defined to regulate the "centers of buying gold to the Bank Central de Venezuela, at the rate established by the Complementary Alternative Currencies Acquisition System ", ie, the Sicad II.

It is also responsible for promoting legal reform of the mining activity