Back in Mount Hagen, after Guo Dabao heard the specific news of the investigation, his fat face blossomed, and a big table was set up in the evening to treat Yang Jing and his party.Yang Jing was also very happy, he didn't expect to find a world-class large-scale 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 worse than that of the Porgela gold mine, and even the average grade is higher than that of the Porgela gold mine, otherwise the natural treasure emitted by this ore body would not be so much richer than the natural treasure emitted by the Porgela gold mine.Unbeknownst to others, Yang Jin was almost certain that there was a world-class mega gold mine here.The first day made Yang Jing full of confidence, so in the next few days, Yang Jing and his party took the rented helicopter and almost all the areas within a radius of hundreds of kilometers around Mount Hagen, but unfortunately, except for the gold mine that was discovered by chance on the first day, the remaining days were not fruitful.This is not to say that there are no gold deposits near Mount Hagen, but rather that there should be no high-grade enrichment like the one discovered on day one.In fact, there are still a lot of small and even micro gold mines in the mountains near Mount Hagen, which can be known from the private gold diggers who can often be seen these days, which also shows that in the mountains near Mount Hagen, and even in the entire Mahler Mountains, gold resources are still very rich.Heavy elemental metals such as gold, platinum, silver, and copper are elements that cannot be formed on Earth itself, and this has been confirmed by scientists.It is well known that even the sun, after the end of nuclear fusion in its interior, cannot produce heavy elements with molecular weights greater than iron.The final product of nuclear fusion is iron, which has been confirmed by scientists.As for how did heavy elemental metals such as gold come from?
Now there is a theory that has gradually become the mainstream, that is, these heavy element metals on the earth are actually 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, an iron ball is formed inside, but because 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 that the product of the eventual collapse can form a neutron star, then the neutron star will contain a heavy element metal with a greater molecular weight than iron.Once two neutron stars collide and explode with each other, the heavy element metals that were originally bound by the huge gravitational pull of the neutron stars will be thrown into space.When the Earth is formed, gravity will capture these heavy element metals that are thrown into the universe and slowly deposit them on the Earth, eventually forming ore bodies of heavy element metals.Like gold, gold is found in very low levels in the earth's crust, but much more in the earth's core than in the earth's crust.Similarly, even in the earth's crust, there are very few places where high-grade enriched ores can form, which is why there are so few high-grade enriched gold deposits on Earth.Irian Island is rich in gold in the Mahler Mountains due to orogeny, which has lifted gold from deep within the earth to the surface, but the chances of forming high-grade enrichment minerals are extremely low.There are currently two world-class mega-gold deposits found in the central mountain system of Irian Island, one is the Glasberg copper-gold mine to the west, and the other is the Porguela gold mine.The ore body discovered by Yang Jing a few days ago is the third super-large gold mine discovered on this island so far.At the same time, given the topography of Irian Island, it is not only this kind of gold ore with reserves of more than a few hundred tons or even thousands of tons that has the value of industrial-scale mining.Those small mines with reserves of less than 10 tons may be able to be mined on a small scale if they are in the plains, but in the mountains, then forget it.The initial investment in mining in mountainous areas is quite high, so gold mines with small reserves have no value for large-scale mining at all.That's why so many private gold miners mine the island in PNG and even west in Indonesia.This kind of small and micro gold ore itself is not a large reserve, and it is not a rich mine, the grade of gold ore is very low, even if Yang Jing increases the energy injection to the end, he can't see any natural treasures coming out.After four or five days of investigation, the results had no effect at all, which somewhat made Yang Jing a little discouraged.But as soon as Yang Jing came back that 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 can already be confirmed that there is a high-grade precious metal ore body there.And through the investigation of the PNG mining department, we have confirmed that the area is not within the scope of Rio Tinto's exploration and mining.Rio Tinto's exploration and mining area is a bit more north. ”When Guo Dabao said these words, a fat face became a big sunflower happily, and it could be seen that Guo Dabao was very happy to get such a result.At the same time, Yang Jing also understood that Guo Dabao's relationship with the upper echelons was far deeper than it seemed on the surface.You must know that it is a resource satellite that is hundreds of kilometers away, and it can produce results in just a few days, which can only say that the relationship between Uncle Guo, who is smiling like Maitreya Buddha, is not ordinary."
Uncle Guo, can we successfully obtain the exploration and mining rights of this area?"
It's not enough to know the results, it's essential to be able to smoothly obtain the exploration and mining rights of this area.The competition in the mining sector is quite fierce, and if you find an area that may contain high-value minerals, you have to be able to win the exploration and mining rights of the area, so that you can put the results in your pocket.And if you don't have the ability to take the right to survey and the most important right to mine, then the area will be immediately snatched away.No matter what type of high-grade enriched ore is, it is very valuable, especially high-grade precious metal enrichment ore, its value is self-evident, a high-grade precious metal enrichment ore can directly create a large mining company with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars.And for this kind of high-grade precious metal enrichment ore, as long as a mining company gets its hands on it, then they will not let it go easily.Like the Panguna copper-gold mine owned by Rio Tinto on Bougainville Island in eastern PNG, it is the largest copper-gold mine in PNG, with reserves not far worse than those of Glasberg.However, in the late 80s of the last century, an independent coup d'état occurred on Bougainville Island, where the Panguna copper and gold mine is located, which led to the closure of the Panguna copper and gold mine.But even so, Rio Tinto, which has an absolute controlling stake in the Panguna copper-gold mine, has not given up on the copper-gold mine.The Panguna copper-gold mine alone is worth more than $60 billion in copper-gold resources, and other associated mines are also worth a lot of money!
Such a cornucopia-like enrichment mine, Rio Tinto will not let go.Rio Tinto also knows very well that once it is a little weaker, then whether it is BHP Billiton or Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining, Freeport McMerlen, these mining companies that have been eyeing the Panguna copper and gold mine will definitely bite hard!
Therefore, it is not enough to roughly confirm their "guesses" now, and the most important thing is to win the survey and mining rights of this area.Guo Dabao said with a smile: "You can rest assured about this, since we already know that there is a high-grade precious metal rich ore in this area, then the exploration and mining rights in this area will definitely not fall into the hands of others."
Xiao Jing, you continue to investigate, as long as you think it is appropriate, you Uncle Guo and I will be responsible for the exploration rights and mining rights!
”Guo Dabao's words are categorical, and it is obvious that this proven high-grade precious metal rich mine has given him the determination to break the kettle.Yang Jing nodded and said: "I don't plan to investigate from the mountains in the next few days, the investigation has not been very satisfactory in the past few days, so I don't plan to waste time here, I plan to transfer to the east of PNG from tomorrow." ”Guo Dabao nodded thoughtfully, "Xiaojing, do you mean that you are going to go to the islands in the east of PNG to have a look?"
”"Hmm."
Yang Jing nodded."
Well, there are a lot of big mines on the islands east of PNG.Both the Lihir Island Gold Mine and the Panguna Copper and Gold Mine are world-class super-large precious metal mines, which shows that the islands in the east of PNG are also extremely rich in precious metal mines. ”Guo Dabao smiled and patted Yang Jing's shoulder, "Go ahead, no matter how you investigate over there, Uncle Guo will support you unconditionally here."
However, one thing to note is that if you can, try not to go to Bougainville, and I heard that it has been a bit rough lately. ”Yang Jing nodded.In 1988, due to the intensification of contradictions between the central government, local governments, development companies, and mining landowners in PNG, the local people, under the organization of separatists, began to resort to force, closed the largest Panguna copper mine in PNG, and declared independence in 1990, and the Burdonville crisis broke out.The crisis lasted for 12 years, and it was not until 2001, in the new century, that the PNG government and the Bougainville factions reached an agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Bougainville issue, including Bougainville's autonomy, a referendum, and weapons disposal.You say you're all self-governing, what's not to be satisfied with?
However, the people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, Bougainville has just been calm for 17 years, and Yang Jing has also heard of the situation that some separatists want to completely separate Bougainville, so without Guo Dabao's prompt, Yang Jing will not be so brain-dead as to go to that kind of place to investigate.In this kind of chaotic place, you can not go to it as much as possible.Minerals are precious, and life is even more valuable!
There is no need to put yourself in a dangerous place for the sake of billions or tens of billions of dollars in minerals!