#gold-mining

#gold-mining

A member of the House of Lords asked a senior British diplomat to help a Ghanaian goldmining venture in which he held shares, claiming it was in the UK national interest, the Guardian can disclose. The revelation will add to concerns about apparent breaches of parliamentary lobbying rules by Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army. The peer is already under scrutiny over his lobbying for several companies, leading in two cases to investigations by the Lords' standards body.

In late 2020, amidst an economic downturn from Covid-19, Ghana's Bogoso-Prestea goldmine was producing 4,000 ounces monthly, valued at $6 million, and attracting investment.