US-based Haber says its recent visit to Ghana found customers for its low-impact gold processing technology.

During Haber's three week trip, the firm carried out real-time demonstrations of its HGP gold extraction process in comparison with conventional, toxic cyanide techniques.

The HGP process poses none of the hazards of cyanide techniques or the mercury processing used by small-scale miners in the country and Haber says it received strong interest from government officials in the use of the technology. The country has a large number of small-scale miners using dangerous and toxic methods and introducing pollution-free technology is of major environmental importance.