The competition in the mining industry is quite fierce. It is not enough to discover an area that may contain high-value minerals. You must also be able to obtain the surveying and mining rights for this area. Only then can you put the results in your own pocket.
If you don’t have the ability to obtain the surveying rights and the most critical mining rights, then this area will be immediately taken away by others. No matter what type of high-grade enriched ore, it is very valuable, especially high-grade precious metal enriched ore, whose value is self-evident. Such a high-grade precious metal enriched ore can directly create a large mining company with a market value of over 10 billion US dollars.
As for this kind of high-grade precious metal-enriched mine, once a mining company gets it, they will never let it go easily.
Just like the Panguna copper-gold mine owned by Rio Tinto on Bougainville Island in eastern Papua New Guinea, that mine is the largest copper-gold mine in Papua New Guinea, and its reserves are not much less than those of the Grasberg copper-gold mine.
However, due to the independence coup on Bougainville Island where the Panguna copper-gold mine is located in the late 1980s, the Panguna copper-gold mine has been closed. Even so, Rio Tinto, which has an absolute controlling stake in the Panguna copper-gold mine, has never given up on the mine.
The copper and gold resources contained in the Panguna Copper and Gold Mine alone are worth more than 60 billion US dollars. As for other associated minerals, they are also valuable!
Rio Tinto would never let go of such a cornucopia of rich mines. Rio Tinto is also very clear that if it is a little weak, then BHP Billiton, Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining, Freeport-McMoRan, these mining companies that have been eyeing the Panguna copper-gold mine will definitely bite hard!
Therefore, it is not enough to just roughly confirm one's "guess" now. The most important thing is to obtain the surveying and mining rights of 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-rich mine in this area, the surveying and mining rights of this area will definitely not fall into the hands of others. Jing, you continue to investigate. As long as you think it is a suitable place, your uncle Guo will be responsible for obtaining the surveying and mining rights!"
Guo Dabao's words were very decisive, and it was obvious that this proven high-grade precious metal-enriched mine had made him determined to go all out.
Yang Jing nodded and said, "I don't plan to investigate the mountainous area again in the next few days. The investigations in the past few days have not been satisfactory, so I don't plan to waste time here anymore. I plan to move to the eastern part of Papua New Guinea starting tomorrow."
Guo Dabao nodded thoughtfully, "Jing, do you mean to go to the islands in eastern Papua New Guinea to take a look?"
"Yeah." Yang Jing nodded.
"That's good. In fact, there are many large mines on the islands in the east of Papua New Guinea. Both the Lihir Island gold mine and the Panguna copper-gold mine are world-class super-large precious metal mines. This shows that the islands in the east of Papua New Guinea are also rich in precious metal mines." Guo Dabao smiled and patted Yang Jing on the shoulder. "Go ahead. No matter how you investigate there, Uncle Guo will support you unconditionally. But one thing you should pay attention to is that if you can avoid going to Bougainville Island, try not to go there. I heard that there is a little unrest there recently."
Yang Jing nodded.
The residents of Bougainville Island are also a thorn in the side. In 1988, due to the intensified conflicts between the central government, local government, development companies and mining landowners of Papua New Guinea, local people began to resort to force under the organization of separatists, closed the largest Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea, and declared independence in 1990, and the Bougainville crisis broke out.
The Bougainville crisis lasted for a full twelve 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 solution to the Bougainville issue, including Bougainville's autonomy, a referendum, and weapons disposal. Bougainville has since begun to be autonomous.
You have self-government, what else are you not satisfied with? But people are greedy. Bougainville has just been peaceful for 17 years, and recently there are separatists who want to make Bougainville completely independent.
Yang Jing had heard of this kind of situation before, so without Guo Dabao's reminder, Yang Jing would not be stupid enough to go to such a place to investigate.
It is best not to go to such a chaotic place. Minerals are valuable, but life is more valuable! There is no need to put yourself in a dangerous place for billions or tens of billions of dollars of minerals!
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