I must agree sadly that this show is a total farce either that or we are looking at two of the most stupid people on earth (with really bad acting skills). It's humbling to see the poverty that exists there. As Wrights four children bounced on a giant trampoline in the backyard, the men explained that they had returned to Ghana several times since the evacuation, mainly to recover the thousands of dollars in equipment theyd left behind. BLOCK! Don't miss the season finale of Jungle Gold on Discovery, featuring Food Insurance friend's Scott & George Shining Dawn- Jungle Gold's Scott Lomu & George Wright Comments: That Mormons would choose to deal gold in West Africa may seem odd, but the pursuit of gold carries historical significance in the Mormon church. Lomu and Wright promised to show people more respect and understanding. The Jungle Gold guys had remedied this problem by obeying the law. November 23, 2012. And one of their original crew had taken his own life. It looked like we were being mocked, Donkor said. To me, reality shows are like watching professional wrestling. They have hatched a radical plan to turn things around; mining for gold. Phone calls from furious Ghanaian expatriates poured in. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Haha! A soaring Mormon temple, one of only three on the continent, sits in the heart of Accras commercial district, surrounded by European embassies. After a month of waiting, Alan Reece, the mining foreman, contacted the landowner for an update on his application. No way. We say, Yeah, we travel back and forth between here and West Africa. And then they always said the same thing which I felt there needed to be some deciphering after theyd say it theyd always say, I wish I could do that. And I said, Well, I dont think you understand what youre saying. I am guessing season two would have already been recorded when this article came out. Reece informed him that an armed militia had just attacked a group of miners near Wright and Lomus former mining site in Romaso. Watching the videos, I got the sense that Wright and Lomu, regretful over Jungle Gold, were trying to redeem themselves by portraying Guyana in a flattering light. On the morning of May 11, the cast and crew arrived at Kotoka International Airport. IE 11 is not supported. This, like so many other pathetic reality shows should go away forever. Maybe Utah poor is different to my poor. It was another disaster. Their dreams of getting rich in Ghana faded from view. 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade. If anyones going to make money from gold digging here (other than corrupt officials, thieves and the Chinese government), they at least have a shot. Wright and Lomu considered escaping into the jungle, but Discovery made the final decision. We just like to do our thing, it's all we can do really. Jungle Gold an action-packed reality show about two Mormons from Utah mining for gold in Ghana was a hit when it premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2012. Could their adventures be a reality TV show? Last modified on Sat 2 Jul 2022 00.15 EDT. As the crew debated alternate plotlines, Lomu went out to dinner in Obuasi. Stars of Jungle Gold, George Wright and Scott Lomu, join MSNBC's Alex Witt to talk about their show. I saw Tickle hit the front page today, that is pretty silly. There were things we didnt expect, things that normally wouldnt happen to us happened because the cameras were there, said Lomu. Taxis that once passed every 10 minutes, shuttling miners to work, now came a few times per day. Get a job, get a life, get real. When he and other commission officials watched clips of the show online, they were appalled by its depiction of Ghana. Around the time Lomu saw himself on TV, Evans Mensah was channel-surfing in his Accra apartment when an image of bright green cocoa trees filled the screen. The chief warned that if they fought the miners, they would be killed. In the most cases they also have children. Runtime. The Friday audience is a different audience. The stage is being set for a redemptive second season of Jungle Gold, they wrote. It was clearly time to go. George Wright. When we first came to Ghana, we knew our investment could change the lives of people there, Lomu said. Season 1. Back home at 21, he got married and landed a spot on the Utah Jazz Stunt Team. This time, they mined on the land of a Ghanaian Mormon bishop who had partnered with Lomus father-in-law. The men worked 18-hour days, commuting two hours over rutted dirt roads through poverty-stricken villages. I can say that Parker is a cool kid, he's been supportive to us and so has Fred. TV-PG. He moved to Utah in 2000, and when the Olympics Winter Games came to Salt Lake City two years later, he rented furnished houses and apartments to people in town for the event. There is no law against foreigners mining in Ghana, anyone can mine in Ghana granted they use a licensed agent. So Literally Ask US Anything, we can't spoil the upcoming season, but anything else is fine. Fans have praised stunning MAFS newcomer Evelyn for her mission to hold a groom accountable for his bad behaviour towards his wife. Scott Lomu and George Wright buying supplies during an episode of Jungle Gold. We split the gold with the locals, & they of themselves dnt [sic] have the machines to get to the gold, Wright wrote to one skeptical American viewer on Twitter who had suggested they mine in the U.S. instead, before softening her opinion. A heated argument ensued. His own face stared back. Ask something else I can answer. Judging from locals reactions to them, the show may indeed have been on the road to redemption. But with the chaos of Season 1 fresh in mind, Discovery had imposed new conditions for Season 2. As far as they knew, they said, Raw had all the required permits. They needed to find money, fast. There are so many ways to help in Africa, but we are shining a light on the problem of clean water in Africa along with http://www.worldserveintl.org and http://www.peoplewater.com So please donate to World Serve if you are so moved to help this amazing organization. Within minutes, the team slipped through customs and boarded a 30-passenger jet chartered by Discovery. In November 2011, two things happened. Contact Jed Lipinski at jed.lipinski@gmail.com. G: When the show gets edited they are continually making editing choices between our daily life choices and events. But after Missing the warning signs of a real estate market about to crash and burn, both men lost everything. The ratings fell. According to government records, the Minerals Commissions district officer in Dunkwa had discovered Raw filming a mining site without its owners consent. But their return to Ghana was to be even more troubled than round one. They forfeited the cash and moved to a less profitable site. George Wright: Theres a lot of entrepreneurs out there that get in touch with us. By announcing gold existed in Fahiakobo on an international TV network, Tay believed Jungle Gold would attract other law-abiding American and European gold miners, slowly lifting the village out of poverty. They abandon $20-60 thousand dollar machines, ( 2 excavators, and a wash plant) in the jungle while they fly back and forth to Utah for two years to whine and complain about how bad there lives are and to beg more money from really stupid investors. But they trust us enough to know that there are certain lines that we wont cross and that we have, believe it or not, enough common sense to stay alive. We partner with mines to digitize their precious elements. But they had not received permission from the Minerals Commission to film mining lands. Lomu and Wright sat in the back and ducked. Furious, Wright and Lomu gathered a dozen local chiefs and tribal elders to solve the dispute. Wrights wife, Marie, sat in amazement as her unflappably nice Mormon husband imitated Rambo: shouting orders, grimacing at the camera, and heaving logs out of the road, his every flippin' and shoot bleeped out to create a bawdier impression. But where? But as Reece explained it, a wealthy Ghanaian who owned land around Fahiakobo was willing to acquire a large-scale license himself and hire Wright and Lomu to mine his property. Jungle Gold, Discovery Channel's latest reality effort, follows two Americans on their quest to strike it big in Ghana, Africa.After losing hundreds of thousands in the real estate collapse, George Wright and Scott Lomu tried to find the silver lining actually it was more of . Big props to the crew if they really risked themselves like that to get the footage. There are plenty of other channels. Hey guys i heard that their are NO more chinese people who are searching for gold. Not everything works out how you want it to, said Wright. The camera catches a masked African man dashing into the jungle, a submachine gun in one hand and Lomus gold bar in the other. In 2010, they and a friend, Wally Macias, invested in a small operation and took turns flying out to work there. Ghanas Minerals Commission had taken to decrying what it called the illegal mining menace., These controversies presented possible PR problems. A lot of people are like, Oh theres a camera, well act like this, said Wright. But in Ghana, as in other former colonies, a strong aversion to neocolonialism endures. George Wright and Scott Lomu, former real estate investors that lost everything in the 2008 crash, make the life-altering decision to travel to Ghana in West Africa to hunt for gold. Scott: Things have been getting pretty tense in Ghana because our show has shed a lot of light on a lot of illegal mining activity happening in Ghana. It may have been their worst nightmare, but it made gripping TV. Patchy reception made it hard to hear, but a few words registered clearly: Wallys dead. That morning, Macias had driven into the mountains outside Kanab and shot himself with a rifle. (A spokesperson for Raw would not comment on whether the farmer was paid.) The next few years were good for Wright and Lomu, who often exchanged tips about real estate deals. Fortune seekers George Wright and Scott Lomu know there are no rewards without risks, but even the gold-mining stars of "Jungle Gold" weren't prepared for the danger they and the show's crew faced . According to Lomu, Raw later paid Akwesi $3,000 for his troubles. He later learned Macias had become dependent on pain medication due to injuries he suffered in a roadside bomb attack. They have to prove the new claim is stacked with gold or their investors will pull funding. Soon we will be creating games and NFTs based on real elements. Steve Wright is to leave his BBC Radio 2 weekday show after almost 24 years, after the station's boss told him she wants to . Interview: Scott Lomu and George Wright of "Jungle Gold". Scott Lomu is VP:Investor Relations at Ensurge Inc. See Scott Lomu's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. SENT to Ghana for a TV series, the American stars of Jungle Gold were accused of destroying the environment, exploiting workers, racism and even murder. It was a typical move: Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, was one of the earliest African countries to declare its independence from colonial rule in 1957. For fun (I didnt want anything out of it, Bill told me), he learned the format for reality show treatments from a producer friend in Los Angeles. As chronicled in their Class acts the two of them. Once we did, we got back in touch with him and he had land available still, and from there it was just kind of the beginning of Im not going to say a beautiful relationship, because Im not a huge fan of Dave. I thank my parents. Nature Treasure Hunting Adventure & Exploration That October, Sam Maynard, Raws head of U.S. factual television and one of Jungle Golds executive producers, informed Wright and Scott that the show had been canceled. They say theyve learnt from their catastrophic, ratings-winning sojourn in West Africa. As the wheels lifted off, the crew exploded in cheers. Though vilified in the press, Tay said, the Chinese miners had improved the local way of life: installing electricity in thatched huts, building a public restroom with flush toilets, and putting dozens of unemployed young men to work in the mines. The little gold they found went directly into equipment costs. Jungle Gold, Discovery Channel (2012 - 2013) Staying international, Jungle Gold sets itself apart by following just one crew, Scott Lomu and George Wright, as they take to the African gold mining industry in an attempt to recover from the 2008 American financial crisis. While the landowner applied for a large-scale license, Raw had paid dozens of local men 40 cedis per day (around $20 in 2013, more than twice the standard rate) to dig 8-foot holes in search of gold deposits, a process known as prospecting. We met that guy a few weeks back. Ghana challenged their intentions from the start. On the morning of May 10, 2013, George Wright woke up in the small Ghanaian town of Domenase to learn that the countrys largest media outlet was accusing him of murder. Interview from the Chicago Resource Expo with George Wright & Scott Lomu from Discovery Channles hit show Jungle Gold But it was Lomus identical twin brother, Bill, a divorce mediator then living in Arizona, who finally took action. We didnt think it would make us look cool and it certainly didnt.. It sure could. 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The show, the first article said, captured horrifying scenes of foreigners taking over mining sites and killing indigenes. In the second, Fuseini promised to track down and arrest the two Americans. Wright, 32, a mixed martial arts enthusiast with long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, grew up in California before moving to Utah at 16. And its worked up to this point. The two are former American real estate investors who lost everything in the 2008 market collapse, and are now over $1,000,000 in debt. He was still there when I showed up six months later. He and his friend George Wright had gone to Ghana the previous summer to mine gold, and what he was watching on TV was ho-hum compared to the most uneventful day in Ghana. George: When we first originally went to Africa gold was actually lower than it is today, even though its taken a hit over this last year. If you havent seen the show, its a doozie. The Companys business plan also includes bringing capital and What we finally realized after discussing it was people werent saying they wanted to literally go to Ghana to do gold mining but rather they wished they could do whatever it is their dream was, whatever it is they hoped to be able to do be it open up a restaurant, or open up their own salon or become a writer. In April, Ensurge hired both men: Wright as vice president of public relations, Lomu as vice president of investor relations. In early August 2012, records show, several Raw crew members sat down with Joseph Aboagye, the Minerals Commissions stern director of policy, planning, monitoring, and evaluation. I mean, not logical enough to actually do it, but they clearly considered the idea (and had a relative in the field) before diving in. The new reality show Jungle Gold started broadcasting across Africa on MultiChoice's DStv from the . We didnt exploit anyone, Lomu told me. The series chronicles the continuing efforts of former real-estate dealers George Wright and Scott Lomu as they mine for gold in Ghana in an attempt to pay off the over $1 million debt they face in the wake of the real-estate crash. Both men had worked in Utah's real estate market, had young families to support and debts piling up. They were told by the Information Services Department that an arrest warrant had never officially been issued. But Alan Reece, a Guyanese mining foreman the men had befriended, discovered a promising alternative in the nearby village of Fahiakobo, a hilltop settlement of around 30 mud huts flanking a red dirt road. I made a killing, he said. When Doyle learned the arrest warrant had been extended to the crew, he called for an immediate evacuation. G: Oh man if Scott sees this, he's gonna have hay day on this question. Two guys lose their shirts when the real estate bubble bursts and decide to do the logical thing hunt for gold in Ghana! So, so sad. The day before, he and the entire cast and crew of the Discovery Channel reality show Jungle Gold had fled a nearby village fearing an armed militia was after them. Maybe little Scottie will have a headache or a hang nail as his next excuse for constant failure. But many viewers of Jungle Gold thought exploiting Ghanaians was precisely what Wright and Lomu had done. The site itself was a wide clearing in the jungle scarred by gaping 20-foot pits, where Ghanaian laborers wrangled the equipment in pools of coffee-colored mud. Press J to jump to the feed. Olivia Newton-Johns daughter has revealed how she keeps her connection to her mother alive months after her tragic passing. Watch the Run For the Border episode. He returned with bad news: The license would not be ready for another six weeks. Lomu and Wright didnt head to Africa with dreams of reality TV stardom, and it seems having a camera crew around when youre trying to work is more of a pain than anything else. First Aired. The program reports on currently classified intelligence seized during the May 2, 2011, raid on bin Ladens compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan (pictured above the day after the raid), and is narrated by NBC News correspondent Harry Smith. (George: 100 duck sized horses for sure, Scott: 1 duck sized horse) (Will do videos for Karma), Jungle Gold on Discovery Channel this Sunday's 10/9c after Breaking Bad on AMC. Broke and demoralized, the three men abandoned their nascent mining operation in October 2010. But we like to think our presence is making a difference. English. Now, as he scanned his iPhone, Wright saw that he and his co-star, Scott Lomu, were also facing government accusations of illegal gold mining. Sorry we ruined Discovery Channel for you. The path to George Wright and Scott Lomu's camp. But as Ghanaian mining activist Daniel Owusu-Koranteng told me, illiterate cocoa farmers are not accustomed to receiving giant sums of cash at once. of this type of mining? In a 2013 Reddit AMA, several commenters asked Wright and Lomu whether the scene was scripted. He is from . Back in 2009, Scott Lomu and George Wright, two clean living Mormons, were trying to find a way to make money after suffering huge losses when the housing bubble popped the year before. Theyd spent the past year trying to dramatize their daily lives for the cameras. Wright and Lomu had never imagined they would end up mining for gold in Ghana. Thats when we realized our tragedy was good for the show, Lomu said. We kind of shed a pretty big spotlight on the activities of illegal miners in Ghana. Interview: Scott Lomu and George Wright of "Jungle Gold". Lomu learned what he needed to know about reality TV, put . I was astonished, Mensah said months later. The cast and crew pulled into Fahiakobo that March. The cast and crew hid at a nearby compound, where they discovered Wright was suspected of murder and the authorities wanted them arrested. George Wright has been appointed as Vice President of Public Relations and. Our cutting room floor can have its own AmA! In Jungle Gold, Discovery Channel's hit reality series, George Wright and Scott Lomu try their best to climb out of a mountain of debt.Their loyal families wait at home while the two toil away in Ghana, hoping to strike gold and solidify their financial futures. Its very easy to lose your temper, it very easy to feel like everybodys trying to take advantage of you and trying to take your land. From left, Victor Kpah, Scot Lomu and George Wright of 'Jungle Gold' Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel. Aboard a two-story mining dredge as it plies the brown waters of the Amazon jungle, he captures Guyanese miners laughing and telling jokes over lunch. It described how miners were regularly killed or injured thanks to unsafe practices, with 150 dying when one unlicensed mine flooded, and how cyanide, lead and mercury, used to extract gold then dumped in rivers poisoned communities. Since Jungle Gold aired, small mining companies from around the world have contacted Wright and Lomu through Facebook to propose mining partnerships. (The news site had failed to provide attribution for the murder accusation.). But the incident changed the dynamic in the village. A task force created by President John Mahama had flushed dozens of Chinese miners from the area, leaving many of the villages men unemployed. Under Review. By the time the season ended, three Change.org petitions had called for the shows cancellation, drawing a total of 3,000 supporters from the U.S., Europe, South America, Australia, and across West Africa. Tall, handsome, and half-Polynesian, he studied business at Arizona State University and did his Mormon mission in Indianapolis. But what you do with that really defines who you are.. When Lomu suggested removing the miners by force, a chief replied: If you attempt it, they will kill you! The crew captured everything on film and loved it. On Oct. 26, 2012, the night of the U.S. premiere, Wrights extended family gathered around the TV in his living room in Eagle Mountain, Utah, a predominantly Mormon town an hour outside Salt Lake City. Ghanaian law prohibits non-Ghanaians from mining on plots of 25 acres or less, which make up Ghanas small-scale mining sector. And George and I think as a direct result of the show there are a lot of government and military raids on illegal mining camps, and there are a lot of robberies happening. They explain better he is a broker. Jungle Gold. Scott and George test out a brand new claim after racking up huge debts on the Romaso gold mine. America. In April 2015, they were hired by Utah-based mining company Ensurge to share their mining expertise in Guyana and help attract investors. On the night of Nov. 13, Lomu was returning alone from their mining site when he got a phone call from Maciass wife. George Wright and Scott Lomu filming in Ghana for Jungle Gold. But the optimistic, God-fearing pair are now back in the game, trying their hand at mining in Guyana, on South Americas Caribbean coast, posting hair-raising videos on Instagram. Did Ghana ever try to arrest you two as indicated in this article on Ghana Web? Fri 1 Jul 2022 13.18 EDT. According to Wright and Lomu, a top Discovery executive told them, Your show is so real it's unreal.. I thought, Why have the authorities not intervened?. Those guys on the dredge they were having a really good time. He paused. At the time, Wright and Lomu brawny, clean-living Mormons from Utah were in the midst of shooting Jungle Golds second season. Their families reaped the rewards of their hard work as both men enjoyed the American dream. believe Ensurge has the potential to grow into a significant junior I have never seen the show. By then, they each had two kids and houses in the suburbs. He is from the United States. According to Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, famous American Football Player George Wright's net worth is $1-5 Million at the age of 72 years old. A decade later, Mormonisms rapid growth and displays of wealth led the Ghanaian government to ban all Mormon activities, suspecting the church was a front for the CIA. Whatever it is, thats what we realized they were saying I wish I could do that. Meaning that dream. Tens of thousands of foreigners, the majority of them Chinese, had flocked to the countrys rural mining regions since the recession, lured by stories of Klondike-caliber windfalls. Before the men could start legally mining, however, the large-scale license had to come through. They had first heard about the show in July 2012, while the cast and crew were still in Ghana filming Season 1. If you cannot answer that for Spoiler reasons, how many months were you in Ghana for, this year? provide mining consultation worldwide. The new operation went as poorly as the first. As Richard Bushman, a professor emeritus of history at Columbia University, put it: Mormons think things will work out for the best.. Cameras or no cameras, we went out there to provide for our families and I feel we let them down with some wrong decisions We didnt properly plan.. Just that fast, he blocked me and Scott and never gives an ounce (no pun intended) of support. To ensure the most secure and best overall experience on our website we recommend the latest versions of, Internet Explorer is no longer supported. Scott Lomu. It's Africa's second largest gold-producing country, so finding the precious metal isn't the hard part. When I asked them about this, they said the thought had not occurred to them. Alan Tay, Wright and Lomus handyman, was doing something similar. . mining company with profitable operations., Ensurge, Inc. is a Colorado-based holding company that has been engaged For instance, the men boasted of paying farmers 10 times their annual wages to mine on their farmland. Weary of small-scale mining, the men enthusiastically agreed. Heres Our Review Of Cocaine Bear: Oh Hell Yes! At the moment I jumped in, he was right over [our security guard] and was going to push his head underwater. Genre Man vs. But for those thinking that theyre bad actors or are, worse, faking the drama, they have an offer for you come to visit them in Ghana for a few days. Villagers set up roadblocks and demanded hundreds of dollars. Yet, at the same time, Ghanas small-scale mining sector had grown increasingly chaotic. Theres more chance if drippy wife getting off her ass and getting a part time job, Dru kelly why so bitter? Is it worth all the effort and danger youre going through? According to Lomu, Raw had replied that Discovery could not pull the show from Ghana without pulling it from DStv altogether. Edit: added second related question. This show is 90% scripted, the laws they portray in the show are complete non-sense. To raise the rest, they decided to deal gold in the jungle. tailings, improve recoveries of existing milling operations and improve In a surreal scene, Lomu jumps in the car with a gold bar he says is worth $75,000, before a masked man runs out of the jungle firing a machine gun, steals the gold and runs off. A lot of questions have been asked in Ghana about how, and why so many illegal miners were allowed to mine in Ghana without paperwork for so long. When Lomu proposed gold dealing in Ghana, Macias needed no convincing. 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