Easy Tycoon

Chapter 569 Minerals are precious, life is more expensive

Back in Mount Hagen, after Guo Dabao heard the specific inspection news, his fat face was full of joy, and he set up a big table at night to reward Yang Jing and his party.

Yang Jing was also very happy. He never expected that he would find a world-class large gold mine on the first day of investigation.Although no specific results have been surveyed yet, judging from the natural treasure gas coming out of that ore body, the gold reserves of this ore body are definitely not inferior to those of the Borghera gold mine, and the average grade is even higher than that of the Borghela gold mine. Otherwise, the natural precious gas emitted by this ore body would not be so much richer than the natural precious gas emitted by the Borgella Gold Mine.

Others don't know, but Yang Jin is almost sure that there is a world-class super-large gold mine here.

The good start of the first day made Yang Jing full of confidence. Therefore, in the next few days, Yang Jing and his party took the leased helicopter and almost covered the hundreds of kilometers around Mount Hagen. I went all over the area, but unfortunately, except for the gold mine that I accidentally discovered on the first day, the remaining few days were fruitless.

This is not to say that there are no gold deposits near Mount Hagen, but that there should be no high-grade enrichment deposits like those found on the first day.

In fact, in the mountains near Mount Hagen, there are still many small or even micro-gold mines. This can be known from the private gold diggers who can often be seen these days, which also shows that in Mount Hagen In the mountains near Tehagen, and even in the entire Mahle Mountains, there are still very rich reserves of gold resources.

Heavy element metals such as gold, platinum, silver, and copper are elements that cannot be formed by the earth itself, which has been confirmed by scientists.It is well known that even the sun cannot produce heavy elements with a molecular weight greater than iron after the nuclear fusion in its interior ends.

The final product of nuclear fusion is iron, which has been confirmed by scientists.How did heavy metals such as gold come from?Now there is a saying that has gradually become mainstream, that is, these heavy element metals on the earth actually come from the heavy element metals produced after the collision and explosion of two neutron stars before the birth of the earth.

Because even after the nuclear fusion of the star ends, an iron ball is formed inside, but due to the relationship of gravity, this huge iron ball will continue to undergo chemical changes under the action of strong gravity.And if the mass of the star is large enough, the product of the final collapse can form a neutron star, then this neutron star will contain heavy element metals with a molecular weight greater than that of iron.

Once two neutron stars with astonishing mass collide with each other and explode, the heavy element metal originally bound by the huge gravity of the neutron star will be thrown into the universe.

When the earth was formed, gravity would capture these heavy element metals that were thrown into the universe, and slowly deposit them on the earth, eventually forming ore bodies of heavy element metals.

Just like gold, the content of gold in the earth's crust is very low, but the content in the earth's core is much higher than that in the earth's crust.Similarly, even in the earth's crust, there are very few places where high-grade enriched ore can be formed, which is why there are so few high-grade enriched gold deposits on the earth.

Due to the orogenic movement of Irian Island, the gold element in the depths of the earth was lifted to the surface. Therefore, the gold content in the Mahler Mountains is abundant, but the chance of forming high-grade enriched ore is extremely low.

At present, a total of two world-class super-large gold mines have been discovered in the central mountain system of Irian Island. One is the Grasberg copper-gold mine in the west, and the other is the Porgera gold mine.The ore body that Yang Jing discovered a few days ago is the third super-large gold mine that humans have discovered on this island so far.

At the same time, in terms of the terrain of Irian Island, only gold mines with reserves of more than a few hundred tons or even thousands of tons are worthy of industrial mining.Those small mines with less than ten tons of reserves may still be mined on a small scale if they are located in plain areas, but in mountainous areas, forget it.

The initial investment in mining in mountainous areas is quite high, so gold mines with small reserves have no value in large-scale mining at all.

This is why there are so many private gold diggers mining gold on this island in Papua New Guinea and even in Indonesia to the west.

This kind of small and micro gold mine itself does not have a large reserve, and it is not an enrichment mine. The grade of gold ore is very low. Even if Yang Jing increases the energy injection to the end, there is no way to see any natural treasure coming out. come out.

After four or five days of investigation, it turned out that it had no effect at all, which made Yang Jing somewhat discouraged.

But just after Yang Jing came back this afternoon, Guo Dabao sent a piece of good news.

"Xiao Jing, the area you guessed has been confirmed by satellite remote sensing technology, and it has been confirmed that there is a high-grade precious metal ore body there. And we have verified through the Papua New Guinea Mining Department that the area does not belong to Rio Tinto exploration and mining area. Rio Tinto’s exploration and mining area is a little bit further north.”

When Guo Dabao said these words, his chubby face turned into a big sunflower. It could be seen that Guo Dabao was very happy to get such a result.

At the same time, Yang Jing also understood that the relationship between Guo Dabao and the upper class was much deeper than it seemed on the surface.You must know that it is mobilizing resource satellites hundreds of kilometers away, and the results can be produced in just a few days. This can only be said to be the relationship between this uncle Guo who is smiling like Maitreya Buddha in front of him and the above. Unusual.

"Uncle Guo, can we successfully obtain the survey and mining rights of this area?" Just knowing the result is not enough, the key is to be able to successfully obtain the survey and mining rights of this area.

The competition in the mining industry is quite fierce. It is not enough that you have discovered an area that may contain high-value minerals. You have to be able to win the survey and mining rights of this area. in your own pocket.

And if you don't have the ability to win the survey rights and the most critical mining rights, then this area will be taken away by others immediately.No matter what type of high-grade enriched ore, it is of high value, especially the value of high-grade precious metal enriched ore is self-evident. Such a high-grade precious metal enriched ore can directly Create a large mining company with a market value of more than [-] billion US dollars.

As for this kind of high-grade precious metal enriched ore, as long as a mining company gets it, they will not let it go easily if they are killed.

Just like the Panguna copper-gold mine owned by Rio Tinto on Bougainville Island in the east of Papua New Guinea, that mine is the largest copper-gold mine in Papua New Guinea, and its reserves are not even bigger than Grasberg copper-gold mine. How much is mine.

However, at the end of the 80s, an independent coup took place on Bougainville Island where the Panguna Copper-Gold Mine is located, which led to the closure of the Panguna Copper-Gold Mine.But even so, Rio Tinto, which owns an absolute controlling stake in the Panguna copper-gold mine, has never given up on the copper-gold mine.

The copper and gold resources contained in the Panguna copper-gold mine alone are worth more than 600 billion US dollars. As for other associated mines, they are also worth a lot!
Such a cornucopia-like enrichment mine will not let go of Rio Tinto even if it is killed.Rio Tinto is also very clear that once it is a little weaker, whether it is BHP Billiton or Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining, Freeport-McMoran, these mining companies that have been eyeing the Panguna copper and gold mine will definitely bite hard bit down!

Therefore, it is not enough to just confirm his "guess" in general, the most important thing is to win the survey and mining rights in this area.

Guo Dabao said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, since we already know that there is a high-grade precious metal enrichment mine in this area, then the survey and mining rights in this area will definitely not fall into the hands of others Yes. Xiao Jing, you continue to investigate, as long as you think it is suitable, you, Uncle Guo, and I will be responsible for obtaining the survey and mining rights!"

Guo Dabao's words are categorical. Obviously, this proven high-grade precious metal enrichment mine has given him the determination to do nothing.

Yang Jing nodded and said: "I don't plan to go to the mountains for the next few days. The inspections in the past few days have not been very satisfactory, so I don't plan to waste time here anymore. The transfer to the east of Papua New Guinea will begin tomorrow."

Guo Dabao nodded thoughtfully, "Xiao Jing, you mean to go to the islands in the east of Papua New Guinea?"

"En." Yang Jing nodded.

"Well, there are actually many large mines on the islands in the east of Papua New Guinea. Whether it is the Lihir Island Gold Mine or the Panguna Copper-Gold Mine, they are all world-class super-large precious metal mines, which shows that in the east of Papua New Guinea. There are also extremely rich precious metal mines on the island." Guo Dabao smiled and patted Yang Jing on the shoulder, "Go, no matter how you investigate there, Uncle Guo will support you unconditionally here. But one thing to pay attention to is , if you can not go to Bougainville Island, try not to go there, I heard that it is not peaceful recently."

Yang Jing nodded.

To say that the residents on Bougainville Island are also a thorn in the side, in 1988, due to the intensified conflicts between the Papua New Guinea central government, local governments, development companies, and landowners in mining areas, the local people began to sue under the organization of separatists. Various armed forces closed the largest Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea, and declared independence in 1990, and the cloth crisis broke out.

The Bougainville crisis lasted for a total of 12 years. It was not until 2001 in the new century that the Papua New Guinea government and various factions in Bougainville reached an agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Bougainville issue, including Bougainville autonomy, referendums, and weapons disposal. Bougainville has since Start self-government.

You said that you are all self-governing, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?However, the hearts of the people are not enough, Bougainville has just been quiet for 17 years, and recently there are separatists who want to make Bougainville completely independent
Yang Jing had also heard of this kind of situation, so without Guo Dabao's prompting, Yang Jing would not go to that kind of place to investigate by himself.

If you don't go to this kind of wild and chaotic place, try not to go as much as possible.Minerals are precious, and the price of life is even higher!There is no need to put yourself in a dangerous place for billions or tens of billions of dollars in minerals!

(End of this chapter)