August 12 – Roland McEldowney presents “Exploration in Africa” Bergen Park Fire Station 7pm, 6:30 pm social time

Roland McEldowney is a geologist, and spent ten years exploring for base and precious metals in Ghana and Burkina Faso . He began his career out of college in 1963. He joined the Peace Corps and lived with the Ashanti Tribe in the mountains near Kibi , Ghana , exploring a mountain top for bauxite, the ore of aluminum. In 1990, he returned to Ghana to start a company exploring for gold. Along the way, he was attacked by a town and charged by an elephant, eventually discovering two and a half million ounces of gold at Bibiani. He left Africa in 1996, and has returned only as a tourist.

Roland McEldowney is a geologist, and spent ten years exploring for base and precious metals in Ghana and Burkina Faso . He began his career out of college in 1963. He joined the Peace Corps and lived with the Ashanti Tribe in the mountains near Kibi , Ghana , exploring a mountain top for bauxite, the ore of aluminum. In 1990, he returned to Ghana to start a company exploring for gold. Along the way, he was attacked by a town and charged by an elephant, eventually discovering two and a half million ounces of gold at Bibiani. He left Africa in 1996, and has returned only as a tourist.