"Didn't you? Impossible, right? How else would I know? This is my first time in your house! Jiang Feng smiled evilly.

"Seems to be right, maybe when I said it." Xiao Hui was a little uncertain by Jiang Feng's words.

"Okay, you take me to the mountains to play for a while." Jiang Feng took Xiao Hui's arm and walked towards Crouching Tiger Mountain.

Although the altitude of Wohu Mountain is nearly 1,200 meters, in Xiaojia Village, where the height is generally more than 800 meters, Wohu Mountain is only a mountain that is not too tall, and there are no big woods on this mountain, so it looks a little desolate bare.

It's just that because this mountain is a separate mountain, it is surrounded by the largest dam in Lily Township. Seven of the 15 administrative villages in Baihe Township are located on this dam. And Xiaojia Village is one of these seven villages. However, because the surrounding mountains are too tall, a tunnel more than 3,000 meters long needs to be opened to build a road, and this huge project requires more money than the people of these villages can afford. These seven villages are also the seven villages that have not been opened to traffic in Lily Township.

Fortunately, the district government has allocated special funds last year, and the road tunnel leading to here is about to be opened. Jiang Feng believed that in about half a year, he would be able to drive to Xiao Hui's house.

Standing on this Crouching Tiger Mountain, looking around, the field of vision is very broad, so the TV broadcast tower of Lily Township and the signal broadcast tower of China Mobile and Unicom are all built on this mountain. Of course, the TV broadcast tower and the mobile phone signal broadcast tower cover several villages around Wohu Mountain.

Walk on the hill and look around. Jiang Feng felt that there was a sense of overpower, and he was even more high-spirited.

At this time, a message suddenly came out of the Spirit Rhino Ring.

"Master, there's a big discovery!"

Jiang Feng was stunned by the news from the Spirit Rhino Ring, and then immediately sent a message of inquiry: "What's the matter, Spirit Rhino?" ”

"Master, the mountain. It's Baoshan! "The message from the Spirit Rhino Ring shouted a lot of emotion/color.

"Baoshan? How so? Jiang Feng asked.

"Under this mountain, there are a lot of gold and silver mines!" The information from the Spirit Rhino Ring made Jiang Feng suddenly a little uneasy.

Gold and silver mines? Whether it's gold or silver. Those are all precious metals on this planet, and they are even closely related to a country's economy, defense and other aspects!

"Really?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Master, can my Lingxi tell lies? Not only did I know that there were gold and silver mines under this mountain. It is also known that its main components are as well as its reserves. Lingxi Ring said conclusively.

"Tell me?" Jiang Feng said.

Lingxi Ring paused for a moment, and then a message came: "Master, the gold and silver under this mountain mainly exist in the form of gold-silver telluride minerals, the reserves of gold are about thirty tons, and the reserves of silver ore are as high as four thousand tons!" Of course, this is based on the mining and smelting technology that I can provide, and with the technology that your country has now mastered, it is good to be able to extract ten tons of gold ore and two thousand tons of silver ore. ”

The message given by the Spirit Rhino Ring. made Jiang Feng completely stupid.

This is really a treasure mountain!

Gold is arguably the most precious metal in the world. There is no other metal in the world that has intervened in the economic life of mankind in such a way as gold and has had such a significant impact on human society. Its dazzling luster and unrivalled physical and chemical properties have a magical and eternal charm. Although the social status of gold has gone through vicissitudes in the history of human civilization for thousands of years. The ups and downs of honor and disgrace, ups and downs are uncertain, but they still maintain a sacred aura among many people, and are the wealth that the world pursues.

According to scientists, there are about 60 trillion tons of gold resources in the earth's crust, more than 10,000 tons per capita. But. To date, the world's identified gold resources are only 89,000 tonnes, with a reserve base of 77,000 tonnes and reserves of 48,000 tonnes. As of 2002, only 120,000 tons of gold were mined by human beings, only about 1/600 million of the total reserves, and only 20 grams per capita! …,

The distribution of gold on the earth is very uneven, although there are currently more than 80 countries in the world that produce gold, but the production of gold varies greatly from country to country, and the output is quite uneven, among which the world's top 10 gold producing countries are: South Africa, the United States, Australia, China, Russia, Peru, Canada, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea. Among them, China's gold production has been ranked fourth in the world in recent years. South Africa, Australia and the United States accounted for 13.9%, 10.6% and 10.2% of the world's total gold production, respectively. And China's gold production has also reached 8.6%.

At present, the world mines about 2,600 tons of gold every year, but the current output is the result of thousands of years of continuous exploration and efforts by human beings.

From this, it can be seen that gold mines are rare and precious!

And under the mountain in front of you, there is a gold mine as high as thirty tons buried!

According to the current gold price, each gram is about 100 yuan, and these 30 tons of gold ore are a full 3 billion yuan!

Moreover, Jiang Feng is well aware that in the next few years, the price of gold will experience a skyrocket. Ten years later, it will reach nearly 400 yuan a gram, which means that the value of this gold mine may be as high as 12 billion yuan!

Not only that, but there are also up to 4,000 tons of silver under this mountain, which is even more remarkable.

The unit price of silver is indeed much lower than that of gold, only about three yuan per gram. However, the silver buried under this mountain is as high as four thousand tons! Its current value has exceeded 5 billion yuan!

According to the latest statistics released by various institutions, the global production of mineral silver in 2003 did not change much compared with 2002. In addition to recycling, silver is mainly associated with lead, zinc and copper as a by-product, which is difficult to count, and the statistics of different institutions are different.

According to the analysis of the World Metals Statistics of the United States Geological Survey Bureau, even if the global mineral silver production increased in 2003, it did not increase much relative to the demand.

Data from the Commodity Research Unit (CRU) and Goldfields Mining Company (GFMS) estimate that global silver supply in 2003 was lower than in 2002, with a slight shortfall throughout the year. One of the reasons for this is that there is a possibility of a slight decline in mineral silver. On the other hand, according to the information released by some foreign institutions, the silver sell-off of governments may decrease. CRU believes that global silver recycling in 2003 has shown a downward trend, approximately 50 tonnes less than in 2002. Total global silver supply in 2003 is estimated to be 725 tonnes less than in 2002.

In addition, the supply of silver in the world is currently decreasing, and investment in the silver industry is at an all-time low. This can be seen in the case of inventories, among other things, with total world silver inventories falling by 74% since 1990, and now silver inventories are already at record lows. Although the overall consumption of silver is still low, it has generally increased over the past 10 years.

Overall, total global silver production is likely to increase at some point in the future, but only when some major new mines are fully operational or new silver mines come online.

As the global production of mineral silver will not increase for the time being, and the demand for silver in various industries in the world is still growing steadily, this provides fundamental support for the continued optimism of the silver market in the future.

As the economy develops, the demand for silver manufacturing will slowly increase, and the amount of silver used in electricians, electronics, soldering alloys and solders, jewelry and silver products, silver coins and medals will increase. Manufacturing demand for silver is estimated at 25,925 tonnes in 2003, up 2.2% year-on-year, and this momentum will continue in 2004.

These messages indicate that the price of silver will rise sharply in the next year or two.

And according to Jiang Feng's memory, in fact, this is also the case. In ten years' time, the price of silver will soar almost tenfold!

Not only that, but the Lingxi Ring also said that the gold and silver mines under this mountain mainly exist in the form of gold-silver telluride minerals, that is, in addition to gold and silver, there are also very rare tellurium ores. …,

Although tellurium ore is not a precious metal, it is also very widely used, and 80% of its consumption is used in the metallurgical industry.

A small amount of tellurium is added to steel and copper alloys, which can improve their cutting performance and increase hardness; In white cast iron, tellurium is used as a carbide stabilizer to make the surface strong and wear-resistant; Lead containing a small amount of tellurium, which can improve the corrosion resistance, wear resistance and strength of the material, and is used as a sheath for submarine cables; The addition of tellurium to lead can increase the hardness of lead, which is used to make battery plates and print lead letters. Tellurium can be used as an additive in petroleum cracking catalysts and as a catalyst for the production of ethylene glycol. Tellurium oxide is used as a colorant for glass. High-purity tellurium can be used as an alloy component of thermoelectric materials. Bismuth telluride is a good refrigeration material. Tellurium and some tellurides are semiconductor materials. Ultrapure tellurium single crystal is a new type of infrared material.

Tellurite is mainly used to add to steel to increase ductility, brighteners in electroplating baths, catalysts for petroleum cracking, glass coloring materials, and to add to lead to increase its strength and corrosion resistance. Tellurium and its compounds are in turn semiconductor materials.

In addition, in timed explosives, tellurium is also a fuse for delayed explosion. As a raw material for the manufacture of fungicides, tellurium can also extract iodine isotopes in medical treatment to cure thyroid diseases.

Jiangfeng's Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group, which will be engaged in military products in the future, will consume a lot of tellurium. The output of tellurium in China is not much, mainly from the anode mud of electrolytic copper and the smoke and dust of zinc smelting. However, there is a new method of refining tellurium in the Lingxi Ring, which can directly extract highly pure tellurium from gold-silver telluride minerals.

Jiang Feng knew that he had once again ushered in an opportunity, the opportunity to establish a metal smelting enterprise.

Originally, Jiang Feng had long wanted to set up such a company, because the three countries controlled by Lingxi 4 in Africa were all countries with a large amount of gold, silver, copper and iron deposits. Moreover, those mineral deposits have basically not been discovered yet. It was precisely because of the memories of his previous life that Jiang Feng allowed Lingxi No. 1 to occupy these places in advance. And the purpose is, of course, those precious mineral deposits.

Now, this opportunity to set up a mining company has finally arrived! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )