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Archives for April 2019

Angola 1998-1999

26 April 2019 by PJ Skinner Leave a Comment

I worked in Northeastern Angola at the tail end of the civil war with Unita in 1998-99 on an alluvial diamond mine. We lived constantly under the threat of Unita attacks. The rebels placed random landmines at night on our roads. As a result, it was my toughest ever contract.

My experiences there form the background to book 6 in the Sam Harris Series, Digging Deeper, which I will published in Q3 of 2019.

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Consulting 1995-1998

16 April 2019 by PJ Skinner Leave a Comment

After I came back to the UK from Ecuador, I worked in a mining finance boutique looking for projects to fund. It was a big change for me and the first time I got the opportunity to work in Africa. I also used my first computer. These photos are from Mali. We traveled in an ancient car with no air conditioning so you can see my face is covered in red dust in the photo with the children

  • Village meeting
  • Mali Village
  • Red Dust on my face
  • Clothes Washing
  • Market
  • Milling Corn
  • Artisanal miner in pit
  • Panning for Gold

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NEW COVER ALERT

16 April 2019 by PJ Skinner Leave a Comment

I am about to change my Sam Harris covers for a completely different look. If you wanted to buy paperbacks with the old covers, now would be the time as they will change in a couple of days. They are available on all retail sites.

Very excited to show you the new ones. Watch this space….

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Ecuador 1991-1995

7 April 2019 by PJ Skinner Leave a Comment

In 1991 I started working for myself and with the help of some funding set up a small project washing gold placers. We never made any money because the gold price was $250 and the machinery constantly broken down, but it was an intense and interesting time.

  • The Team
  • The village
  • Cockfighting
  • Countryside
  • Threshing the sugar cane
  • Panning
  • A fish trap
  • Digging the gravel
  • Washing plant
  • Welding new teeth on bucket
  • A good day
  • Gold bar

The experiences from my eight years in Ecuador form the basis for the background materials for my first two books, Fool’s Gold and Hitler’s Finger. I am writing a third book based in Ecuador at present. It will be called the Bonita Protocol and you can pre-order soon.

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