"Why have you never been told exactly what Joe's COMPANY does? I know."
"Consulting", yes?
"I have a number of clients, and basically we help them with their sort of investments in countries like Niger," explains Wilson. "Niger was of some interest because it has some gold deposits coming onstream. We had some clients who were interested in gold.... We were looking to set up a gold-mine company out of London."
January 2001 Vanity Fair
""Niger was of some interest because it has some gold deposits coming onstream. We had some clients who were interested in gold.... We were looking to set up a gold-mine company out of London.""
'Gold' must be Joe's code word for 'yellowcake'.
"Uranium, livestock, onions, and cowpeas are the principal exports." http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Niger