Jungle Gold: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Jungle Gold follows two American men who risk their lives to strike it rich in Ghana, Africa's second largest gold producing country. After losing everything in the real estate crash of 2008, Scott Lomu was planning to move his family into his father's basement and George Wright was trying to save his home from foreclosure. Naturally, they decided mining for gold in Ghana was their best option to pay off their debts, which exceeded $1 million.

Series details

• Title: Jungle Gold
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-10-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-09-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9586
• IMDb ID: tt2460420
• TVDB ID: 263296

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-10-26; final listed air date 2012-12-07; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-08-11; final listed air date 2013-09-06; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jungle Gold on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.