"This, is this a super silver and gold mine?" The scene in front of him almost made Yang Jing grow up involuntarily. Fortunately, he reacted quickly in the end and did not reveal the appearance of Brother Zhu who had discovered huge wealth.

Although the value of silver is far less valuable than gold, it also belongs to the category of precious metals, and the value of one gram is more than three yuan of national currency. According to this price, a ton of silver is more than three million national currency and more than five hundred thousand US dollars.

Although I don’t know how thick the ore body is, such a large area and such rich treasure light are enough to prove that this ore body is definitely rich in silver.

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

It is difficult to mineralize alone because silver-type copper ions have strong sulfur-philicity and polarization. In nature, it often exists in the form of natural silver, sulfides, sulfur salts, etc., because of its large ion radius and can form selenide and telluride with huge anions Se and Te. However, it usually likes to hide in galena, or mix mechanically, or use as a latent crystal of the same-like substance. The second is to be deposited in natural gold, tan copper ore, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and other minerals. Therefore, silver can often be recovered during lead-zinc ore, copper ore, gold ore mining and smelting.

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

The combination of silver and gold is a very common phenomenon in nature. The huge ore body in front of us is obviously a combination of silver and gold. Of course, it must contain other mineral resources, but it should not be as rich as silver and gold. Therefore, only silver-white and gold can be seen in the treasure light emitted by this ore body.

In fact, there are not many silver reserves in nature, and they are less than 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 core of the earth, so there is so little gold contained in the earth's crust.

Similarly, this is the case with silver. The amount of silver that can be mined in the world is not much, with only more than 500,000 tons left. So, although the price of silver is very low now, as more and more silver is mined, the amount of silver on the earth can be exploited is getting smaller and smaller, and the price of this metal will sooner or later rise.

Even now, the price of silver is quite expensive. One ton is more than 500,000 US dollars, but how much is the price of copper? Six thousand US dollars per ton...

Therefore, as long as the silver ore of this ore body has a high enough grade, it will definitely make a lot of profit to mine this ore body.

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

I never thought that if you climb a mountain, you will find a silver and gold mine with great value!

This is really a shameless way to plant willows and willows! If I had known that such a huge silver ore body was hidden under this sea water, I wouldn't have to fly all over the sky in a helicopter two days ago.

Looking at the huge glowing ore body below, Yang Jing felt helpless. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved. Whether it is New Britain, New Ireland, or the St. George's Strait between them, they are one of the most intense geological activities in the world. Not to mention anything else, next to the volcano where he is standing, there is an active volcano that has just erupted for less than 30 years.

Only by vigorous geological movements can large-scale and high-grade ore veins be formed, which is well known. Just like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the third pole in the world, contains many mineral resources that are shockingly rich!

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

The mineral resources contained in the Earth's crust are far from the mantle, so only areas with intense geological activities can transport the mineral resources in the mantle into the crust through violent geological activities, and eventually form world-class super veins.

This huge ore body, which is suspected to be a silver or gold mine in front of you, is obviously formed in this way. Just look at the surrounding volcanoes. Who knows how many mineral resources these volcanoes have brought to this area within tens of millions of years?

But no matter what, the huge silver ore body in front of us is definitely the product of these volcanoes, the Indian-Australia plate and the Pacific plate.

"What do you think about it? Do you miss your sister-in-law?" Yang Jing was startled and turned around and saw that it was Guo Xiaoxiang.

Yang Jing opened his mouth and wanted to say it, but when he saw Captain Howard beside him, he immediately stopped this thought.

Mr. Fordris, the real boss of William Howard, is a famous Australian mining tycoon. If news of a huge silver ore body falls into this guy's ears, it will probably not be tomorrow, and the survey rights and even mining rights of this area will be taken over by the mining tycoon.

Although that mining tycoon is good, when facing billions or even tens of billions of dollars in mineral resources, everything will become virtual in the blink of an eye, and only the most practical interests are the most real.

So Yang Jing shook his head straightforwardly and said, "Let's go, it's getting dark, we have to ride back to the city." As he said that, Yang Jing blinked at Guo Xiaoxiang.

The two of them lived together for two years. In the blink of an eye, Guo Xiaoxiang naturally understood what it meant, so he nodded in cooperation and said, "Yes, the sea breeze is quite strong today, and the scalp is a little tight. Captain, why don't we go back? I'm hungry."

Captain Howard nodded with a smile, "Okay, it's still late now, and it's time for us to go back."

Guo Xiaoxiang posed in a pose and said to Yang Jing, "Old Yang, leave me a picture before leaving."

Yang Jing smiled and took out his cell phone, waved his hand to Guo Xiaoxiang and said, "Stand here a little, the scenery here is better, and you can just take all the Duke of York Islands behind you."

Guo Xiaoxiang obediently moved a few steps to the side. With the sound of "eggplant", Yang Jing shone in Guo Xiaoxiang and the sea area.

Halfway through the way, Guo Dabao called and asked them to come back quickly. The dishes were almost served.

When we returned to the city, we found the restaurant that Guo Dabao and the others booked. The group had a lively meal. However, Yang Jing didn't eat much and didn't drink. He just refused to let it go and wanted to rest early.

Although that's the case, after eating, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang sneaked into Guo Dabao's room. After a while, Liu Zhaoming also quietly walked into Guo Dabao's room.

"Sea mining? What is the depth?" Liu Zhaoming asked with a frown after hearing 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 guess the depth of the sea water there should not exceed fifty meters."

Yang Jing was talking, when Guo Xiaoxiang took out a stack of information from his father's suite. He spread the information on the table, pulled it a few times, then picked out a map and spread it on the table.

"This is the geological data near the St. George Strait. Well, at the end of Rabaul, the sea depth of the St. George 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 are talking about is a small raised ridge."

Hearing this, Liu Zhaoming's frown stretched out, "Well, the water depth is less than fifty meters, and there is no technical problem for large-scale mining."

"At present, the world has a very mature set of technologies for mineral development in shallow water areas. Not to mention, our domestic Sanshan Island gold mine is mined in seawater. Although our Rongbao Mining has not had experience in undersea mining before, there are many people with experience and technology in this area in China. Therefore, there are no technical obstacles in shallow water mineral mining. Of course, the early survey cost far exceeds the survey cost of land ore veins. If we want to survey this sea area, the funds invested in advance are still quite large."

"...just..." Liu Zhaoming hesitated for a moment, "Mr. Yang, can you be sure there is a precious metal ore body that is sufficient for large-scale mining?"

Yang Jing nodded and said seriously: "Yes, that sea area gives me a very strong feeling, even stronger than the feeling when I discovered the mineral veins in the nameless mountain that day. Teacher Liu, I believe in my intuition."

After a pause, Yang Jing glanced at the three people around him and continued to say firmly: "And if I guess it's good, this ore body hidden below sea level should be a silver and gold mine of high value, and perhaps there are precious metals such as platinum and rhodium. Of course, this is just my intuition, but I believe that this ore body has absolute value for development. So Uncle Guo, it is absolutely necessary to obtain the survey and mining rights of this area."

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