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This, is this a super silver-gold mine? The scene in front of him almost made Yang Jing's mouth growl involuntarily. Fortunately, he reacted quickly in the end and did not show this pig brother who had discovered a huge wealth.

Although the value of silver is far less than that of gold, it is also an out-and-out precious metal. The value of one gram is more than three yuan. According to this price calculation, one ton of silver is more than three million national currency, which is more than half a million US dollars.

Although the thickness of the ore body in front of me is unknown, such a large area and such a rich precious light are enough to prove that this ore body definitely contains extremely rich silver.

The most important thing is that there is obvious gold mixed in that layer of silver-white light, which further proves that there is a lot of gold in this ore body.

It is difficult for pure silver to be ore-formed alone, because silver is a copper-type ion, which is close to sulfur and has strong polarization ability. In nature, it often exists in the form of natural silver, sulfide, sulfur salt, etc., because of its large ionic radius, it can form selenide and telluride with huge anions Se and Te. But it usually prefers to hide in galena, or as mechanical mixing, or as isomorphic latent crystal. Secondly, it occurs in natural gold, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and other minerals. Therefore, silver can often be recovered during the mining and smelting of lead-zinc mines, copper mines, and gold mines.

Therefore, most of the silver mines found in the world are associated mines. For example, silver-gold mines, such as copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum mines. Of course, more silver is incidentally smelted in galena.

The association of silver and gold is a very common phenomenon in nature. The huge ore body in front of me is obviously a silver-gold associated mine. Of course, there must be other mineral resources in it, but it should not be as rich as silver and gold. Only silvery white and gold can be seen in the precious light emitted by the ore body.

In fact, there are not many silver reserves in nature, not much more than gold. The reserves of gold on the earth are actually very rich, but most of the gold is hidden deep in the earth's core, so the gold contained in the earth's crust is so little.

Likewise, silver is more or less the case. The amount of silver that can be mined in the world is not much, only about 500,000 tons left. Therefore, although the price of silver is very low now, as more and more silver is mined, the amount of silver that can be mined on the earth becomes less and less, and the price of this metal will skyrocket sooner or later.

Even now, the price of silver is quite expensive, more than half a million dollars per ton, but how much is the price of copper? $6,000 a ton.

Therefore, as long as the silver ore grade of this ore body is high enough, it is absolutely profitable to mine this ore body.

Although it is impossible to know the thickness of the ore body and the grade of the ore, Yang Jing believes that the ore body discovered by chance is definitely of value for large-scale mining.

Unexpectedly, if you climb a mountain casually, you will find a silver and gold mine with great value!

This is really unintentional! If I had known that there was such a huge silver-gold ore body hidden under this piece of sea water, I wouldn't have had to fly around in a helicopter two days ago.

Looking at the huge glowing ore body below, Yang Jing felt helpless. But if you think about it carefully, you will be relieved. Whether it is New Britain, New Ireland, or the St. George Strait between the two, it is one of the most geologically active areas in the world. Next to the volcano where I am standing now, there is an active volcano that has just erupted for less than thirty years.

It is well known that large-scale high-grade ore veins can only be formed by violent geological movements. Just like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the third pole of the world, contains a shocking amount of mineral resources!

The seabed near Japan also contains extremely rich mineral resources. The Rocky Mountains of North America, the Andes Mountains of South America, and Central America, which are also located in the volcanic and seismic belt around the Pacific Ocean, all have extremely rich mineral resources.

The mineral resources contained in the earth's crust are far inferior to those in the mantle, so only areas with intense geological activities can transport the mineral resources in the mantle to the earth's crust through intense geological activities, and finally form a world-class super veins.

The huge ore body that is suspected to be a silver-gold mine in front of you is obviously formed in this way. Just look at the forests of volcanoes around here. God knows how many mineral resources these volcanoes have brought to this area in tens of millions of years. Woolen cloth.

But in any case, the huge silver-gold ore body in front of us is definitely the product of the joint action of these volcanoes, the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate.

What are you thinking about? Are you missing my sister-in-law? Yang Jing was taken aback by the sudden words, and when he turned his head, it was Guo Xiaoxiang.

Yang Jing opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw Captain Howard beside him, he immediately stopped thinking.

Mr. Fortress, the real boss of William Howard, is a well-known Australian mining tycoon. If the news of a huge silver-gold ore body here falls into this guy's ears, it will not be until tomorrow. If it is the mining right, it will be taken by the mining tycoon.

Although that mining tycoon is a nice person, when faced with billions or even tens of billions of dollars in mineral resources, everything will become imaginary in a blink of an eye, and only the most practical benefits are the most real.

So Yang Jing simply shook his head and said, Let's go, it's getting dark, we have to ride back to the city. Then, Yang Jing winked at Guo Xiaoxiang.

The two have lived together for two years, Yang Jing blinked, and Guo Xiaoxiang naturally understood what it meant, so he nodded cooperatively and said: Yes, the sea breeze is quite strong today, and it makes my scalp a little tingly. Urgent. Mr. Captain, why don't we go back? I'm hungry.

Captain Howard smiled and nodded, Well, it's getting late now, and we should go back.

Guo Xiaoxiang made a pose and said to Yang Jing, Old Yang, take a picture of me before you leave.

Yang Jing took out his mobile phone with a smile, waved his hand to Guo Xiaoxiang and said, Stand over here, the scenery here is better, and you can take in all the Duke of York Islands behind you.

Guo Xiaoxiang obediently moved a few steps to the side, and with the sound of eggplant, Yang Jing took pictures of Guo Xiaoxiang and the sea area.

Halfway on the way, Guo Dabao called and told them to come back quickly, the dishes were almost ready to be served.

Back in the city, they found the restaurant that Guo Dabao and the others had reserved, and the group had a lively meal. But Yang Jing didn't eat much, and didn't drink too much, he just said that he was tired and wanted to rest early.

Even though that was the case, when they were full, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang sneaked into Guo Dabao's room, and after a while, Liu Zhaoming also quietly walked into Guo Dabao's room.

Undersea mining? How deep is it? Liu Zhaoming asked with a frown after listening to Yang Jing's words.

I don't know how deep it is, but I don't think it's very deep. After all, it's a strait, and the color of the sea water is not as deep as that of the deep sea area. I estimate that the depth of the sea water there should not exceed 50 meters. .”

While Yang Jing was talking here, Guo Xiaoxiang took out a stack of documents from his father's apartment. He spread the documents on the table, and after a few pushes, he picked out a map and put it in the Spread out on the table.

This is the geological data near St. George's Strait. Well, at the end of Rabaul, the sea depth of St. George's Strait is not very large. The deepest point here is only 66 meters, and the average sea depth is 31 meters. To be precise, the sea area you mentioned, Brother Yang, is a small raised sea ridge.

Hearing this, Liu Zhaoming's frowning brows relaxed, Well, the water depth is less than 50 meters, so there is no technical problem for large-scale mining.

Currently, the world already has a set of mature technology for mining in shallow water areas. Among other things, our domestic Sanshandao gold mine is mined in seawater. Although Rongbao Mining has never done it before experience in seabed mining, but there are many people with experience and technology in this field in China. Therefore, there are no technical obstacles to shallow water mining. Of course, the initial survey costs far exceed the survey costs of land veins. If we To conduct surveys in this sea area, the initial investment is still quite a lot.”

.Just... Liu Zhaoming hesitated, Mr. Yang, can you confirm that there is a precious metal ore body that is sufficient for large-scale mining?

Yang Jing nodded, and said seriously: That's right, that sea area gave me a very strong feeling, even stronger than the feeling I had when I discovered the mineral veins in that unnamed mountain that day. Teacher Liu, I believe I intuition.

After a pause, Yang Jing glanced at the three people around him, and continued to say firmly: And if my estimation is correct, this ore body hidden under the sea level should be a very valuable silver-gold mine. There may be precious metals such as platinum and rhodium in it. Of course, this is just my intuition, but I believe that this ore body is definitely worth developing. Therefore, Uncle Guo, take the survey and mining rights of this area It is absolutely necessary.

Guo Dabao looked at Yang Jing, then at his son and Liu Zhaoming next to him, gritted his teeth and said, Okay, since you are so sure, Xiao Jing, then I will trust you unconditionally! The right to survey this sea area and mining rights, I will immediately arrange for someone to handle it!

Yang Jing said with a faint smile: Uncle Guo, don't worry, these two ore bodies will never let you down. And I dare say that our Papua New Guinea survey or inspection trip can end today. Because just these two ore bodies are enough for Rongbao Mining to eat a lot of fat.”