Mixed in Australia to be a local tyrant

Chapter 221 Opal Lode
After the bidding ended, Tang Ming and Cornelia did not stop here, but drove to the mining company.

Now the mining company has expanded to 50 to [-] people. These people are all recruited by Stilwell from the mining company he used to work in. Basically, the entire company is his staff, but Tang Ming is not worried about anything.

First of all, he believed in Stilwell's professional ethics. Secondly, the company's financial situation was in his hands, and he was not afraid of Stilwell's tricks. Finally, the company belonged to him. He owned [-]% of the shares and could fire him at any time. Stilwell, kick him out of the company.

As soon as Tang Ming met Stilwell, he told Tang Ming the good news. The prospecting rights around the alpine pastures had been applied for for five years, covering an area of ​​25 square kilometers including the alpine pastures and the Un'Goro Mountains. , such a large area is equivalent to [-] acres, and the prospecting rights of some pastures around the alpine pastures have also been applied for. Of course, the application belongs to the applicant. Tang Ming will only prospect for mines in his own pastures and will not go to other people's pastures. Go prospecting, otherwise it will be bad if there is a dispute.

After applying for the prospecting right, the matter of Opal was basically settled. He no longer concealed the discovery of Opal in the ranch, and told Stilwell about it.

After hearing this, Stilwell was so surprised that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear. He had long guessed that there must be some minerals found in the ranch, but he did not expect that it would be Opal, which is much more valuable than ordinary minerals. At the same time, he was also very excited. If an opal vein can really be found, the value of the mining company will double and increase, so he immediately said: "Boss, I will contact the exploration company now to explore the place where opal is found."

"Yes." Tang Ming nodded, and said, "But there is one thing I want to tell you, even if I find opal veins, I may not necessarily mine them. You must be prepared."

Hearing what Tang Ming said, Stilwell was a little disappointed, but when he thought of the value of the ranch, he understood that the mining industry is an industry that pollutes the environment very seriously. If mining is carried out in the ranch, it may cause destruction to the ranch environment However, no matter how large the reserves of opal are, there will be a day when they will be exhausted. If the environment of the ranch is not destroyed, the best beef and mutton will always be produced. From this point of view, individuals can distinguish between serious and serious.

However, as long as an opal vein can be found, even if it is not mined, it is of great benefit to the mining company.

Tang Ming stayed here for a while, and then left with Cornelia. They returned to the villa on the Gold Coast, and drove the helicopter back to the ranch.

I met Mike getting out of the car at the entrance of the villa. He had just returned from the court. Tang Ming asked, "How's it going?"

Mike smiled and said, "Boss, there's no problem. White's family can't hold on anymore. I don't know if there is money to hire a lawyer next time."

The White family's case against Ranch for intentionally hurting White has been held twice. Today is the third time. Mike appeared in court on behalf of Ranch. Tang Ming hired seven or eight lawyers, so they fought three times. There was no suspense at all. The White family lost completely. Thoroughly.

Tang Ming smiled and said nothing. If he could still lose the case in this situation, then the lawyer would be in vain.

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The people from the exploration company quickly drove into the ranch and began to drill holes by the lake to detect the geological conditions.

Standing in the villa, Tang Ming listened to the rumbling explosions not far away, and decided in his heart that even if he found a super vein, he would never mine it.

After several days of exploration, the original ore of opal was finally found less than ten meters below the soil layer by the lake. Tang Ming was very happy when he got the news. No one thinks they have a lot of money, and Tang Ming is no exception.

Moreover, he does not need modern technology to mine opal. He can find some animals to mine, such as pangolins. As a hole-digging expert in the animal kingdom, there is no problem in mining opals. However, there are no pangolins in Australia, just as he plans to return to China soon. One trip, find a few pangolins in China and bring them back.

After more than ten days of surveying and surveying the area around the lake, Tang Ming asked them to stop and sent the survey company's people away.

Stilwell came to Tang Ming with a report on the reserves of the ore vein, and said to Tang Ming: "Boss, judging from the current exploration situation, the reserves of this ore vein are astonishing, and the amount detected so far has exceeded one year." 70.00 million carats, of which 70.00% can reach the gem level, which can be called opal. Among the 5.00%, black opal accounts for 20.00%, fire opal accounts for 30%, and the rest is white opal. The value of the vein is estimated to be between A$[-] billion and A$[-] billion."

Opal is similar to domestic jade and jadeite. The price of each opal is different. It needs to be judged according to the type, quality, background color, color change, size, weight, etc. of the gemstone. Maybe an opal the size of a fingernail It can be worth tens of thousands of Australian dollars, but a fist-sized opal is only worth a few hundred Australian dollars. Generally speaking, black opals are the most expensive and white opals are the cheapest.

For example, among the few opals that Tang Ming found at the bottom of the lake some time ago, one of them was a black opal, which was very beautiful and could be worth [-] to [-] Australian dollars after cutting.

"Between one billion Australian dollars and three billion Australian dollars." Hearing this figure, Tang Ming repeated it in disbelief.

Stilwell nodded, and said: "Yes, this is still the mineral vein reserves that have been explored. If the reserves that have not been explored are included, the value will be even more astonishing. Of course, this is only a preliminary estimate, and the exact figure will not be known until mining , but the error will not be too large.”

Although Tang Ming knew that the opal veins were very valuable, he didn't expect it to be worth so much money. The money was picked up for nothing. If the former rancher got the news, he didn't know if he would vomit blood with anger.

If it weren't for the fact that the ranch was so important, he would have the urge to mine now.

However, Tang Ming quickly restrained his impulse, and said to Stilwell: "Let's stop this matter, I decided not to mine this vein."

"Yes, boss." Although he was prepared in his heart, Stilwell was still a little disappointed when he heard Tang Ming's words at this time, but he quickly adjusted his mood and asked, "Boss, what should the mining company do now?" what to do?"

Tang Ming smiled and said, "You are the director of the mining company, and I will hand over the mining company to you. You are in charge of everything."

Stilwell was very excited, knowing that Tang Ming would no longer meddle in the affairs of the mining company, and it would be his turn to make decisions on the mining company in the future, so he said loudly, "Okay, boss, I know what to do."

(End of this chapter)