Roque cannot determine the reserves of the Rand Gold Mine, but Roque can determine the amount of mining in the Johannesburg Mining Alliance.

Strictly speaking, it is not Roque who can decide, it is Roque and Xiaosi who have teamed up to control the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, so how much gold production is up to Roque and Xiaosi has the final say.

The current Johannesburg Mining Alliance, with a total of 42 nominal members, excludes those who are smaller, have unstable production, and may close at any time, there are a total of 12 large-scale and stable production, and these 12 gold mines are all under the control of Roque and Xiaosi, there are eight under Roque's name, and four under Xiaosi's name.

These 12 gold mines, which account for more than 70 percent of the gold production in the Rand mining area, are likely to be the president of Congress next year, and Vice Chairman Aiden is likely to go to the newly established Ministry of Mineral Resources to serve as Minister of Mineral Resources.

Although Winston is no longer the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he is well aware of the importance of the Rand Gold Mine, and after hearing that the mine may be facing depletion, Winston is eager to know the details of the Rand Gold Mine.

"This is the annual production of the Rand gold mine, the Rand gold mine began in 1887, the production soared, reaching a peak in 1913, when the annual production was 450 tons - after the outbreak of the world war, the gold production of the Rand gold mine deteriorated, last year's production was only 230 tons, the Johannesburg Mining Union had 76 members in 1913, now there are only 42 members left, and the gold mines that can produce stably have been reduced to only 12, the experts of the Christian exploration company, and the University of Nyasaland's Department of Mineralogy estimated the gold reserves at the Rand gold mine, which would last about seven years based on last year's production, and then the mine would be depleted. "Roque's words are not shocking, and it sounds hopeless.

In fact, the Rand gold mine is still quite strong, and the other time and space have not been mined until the 21st century.

Last year, the nominal output of the Rand gold mine was indeed only 230 tons, and only Roque and Xiao Si knew how much the actual output was, and the gold commissioner stationed in Johannesburg in London had no right to enter the big gold mines and verify the actual output of the big gold mines.

Private property is sacrosanct.

Winston didn't speak after reading the production report, and the dead fish's eyes stared at Roque, as if to see the small one under Roque's leather robe.

Report, everyone knows what's going on, needless to say, it's too clear.

Roque is not afraid, and the RAND Bank is also counting on the stable exchange rate of gold in the RAND Gold Mine.

Southern Africa is now arguably the only country in the world that still practices the gold standard, and the United States implements a gold exchange standard, which does not have gold coins in circulation, but allows other governments to exchange dollars for gold to it, which laid the foundation for the United States to later establish an international monetary system centered on the dollar.

There are still gold coins in circulation in southern Africa, and in the RAND Bank, the rand can be exchanged for gold at any time, and there is no limit to the quantity, which requires a huge amount of gold reserves.

During the world wars, the currencies of various countries depreciated sharply, and European countries bought goods from southern Africa and paid for gold.

At present, there are more than 3,500 tons of gold reserves in southern Africa, the largest in the world, and the Rand mine has contributed to this.

Correspondingly, the UK now has less than 300 tonnes of gold reserves left, so London is in dire need of gold from the Rand gold mine.

"Locke, the agreement between the Federal Government of Southern Africa and the British Empire cannot be changed!" Winston could not budge, and without the gold from the Rand gold mines, the bullion standard in London would have had no basis for implementation.

When the federal government of Southern Africa was established, the promise to the British Empire would be conditional on the establishment of the federal government with gold from the Rand gold mines.

In other words, London printed paper into pounds sterling and bought the gold from the Rand gold mines.

Although the pound is pegged to gold, it is printed on paper after all.

Gold is hard to dig out.

Prior to that, this exchange had been going on for almost 20 years.

Otherwise, why do you think Britain launched the Second Boer War, if not because of gold, but for the liberation of the Boers?

Don't be funny.

"I didn't say anything about the change, I just reminded you that the gold in the Rand gold mine is drying up, and the British Empire should find other ways to maintain the international status of the pound, instead of pinning all its hopes on the Rand gold mine." Roque didn't say that he would eat and wipe clean and turn his face and not recognize people now, at least he had a mental preparation.

"What can you do? I'd like to exchange the pound for the rand, will you? Winston also knows that the pound's position is in decline.

"No kidding—" Roque was embarrassed, it wasn't dark yet, don't sleep, wake up.

Winston was indeed anxious about the British Empire, and could not find a definite answer from Roque, so Winston went to Johannesburg that evening to find Albert Archibald, the British government's gold commissioner in Johannesburg.

As the name suggests, the Gold Commissioner is only responsible for matters related to gold, and has no jurisdiction over other matters.

In Winston's memory, Albert Archibald was a young and capable young man, but he didn't expect that the years were like knives, and he urged people to grow old, and when he met Albert Archibald, Albert Archibald had become a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean rosacea and a big belly.

Alas, the proportion of British men who are middle-aged, bald and fat is indeed a bit high.

As for rosacea, this has almost become a representative image of the British.

"In the past two years, the situation in the Rand mining area has really not been good, a large number of gold mines have closed, miners' salaries are getting higher and higher, Johannesburg's environmental requirements are getting higher and higher, gold mining is a highly polluting industry, the cost of mining is getting higher and higher, and the decline in production is inevitable." Albert Archibald has obvious bags under his eyes, his belly is surprisingly large, and the buttons of his shirt are about to burst at any moment, and his belt must be particularly lengthened, and the general length should not be enough.

"Is the Rand Gold Mine depleting?" Winston doesn't care about the minutiae, the Gold Commissioner is a fat man, no matter who is the Gold Commissioner, without strong self-control, it won't be like this in a few years.

It can be seen that Albert Archibald is indeed pampered, his office is in the bustling area of Johannesburg city center, a three-storey white marble office building, the first and second floors are office, and the third floor is inhabited by Albert Archibald and his family.

Although Winston did not go up to the third floor, it was worth a lot of money from the decoration of the first and second floors.

In Winston's eyes, the level of decoration at Buckingham Palace is just like that.

Oh, and there are also three Lord cars parked outside the office building, one of which is dedicated to Albert Archibald and his family.

"It's not like it's depleting, it's been decreasing, you know, the gold mines that are producing steadily, the average grade of ore is more than 20 grams per tonne, and if the grade is less than five grams, usually in the Rand mine, it is considered to have no mining value." Albert Archibald was also speechless, five grams per ton, put in other areas of the proper bonanza, in the land mining area actually has no mining value.

Winston's expression was gloomy, he had just made up for his knowledge of gold mines before coming to Johannesburg, and Albert Archibald's words had obviously refreshed Winston's understanding of the Rand gold mines.

"Why is there no mining value?" Winston found it difficult to accept that in his view, the mine owners in Johannesburg were spoiled by God.

"The cost, mainly the cost, in Johannesburg, the original tax level of the gold mine is relatively high, in recent years, the federal government and the Transvaal government, as well as the Johannesburg city government began to increase the environmental pollution control fee, the gold mine is indeed very profitable, but the cost is higher, many mine owners can not afford it, can only transfer the gold mine at a low price." Albert Archibald's eyes dodged, and Winston suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The position of gold commissioner has been dealing with the gold miners of Johannesburg for many years, so it is difficult to say Albert Archibald's position.

"In other words, it is not the depletion of gold mine production, but the fact that the mine owners have voluntarily closed the mine and stopped production." Winston felt like he had gotten to the heart of the matter.

"The same can't be said of Christian Exploration and the University of Nyasaland—" Albert Archibald also wanted to correct.

"Use your brains, Mr. Archibald, think about who Christian is from Locke, and who founded the University of Nyasaland, so the conclusions given by these two companies are not credible - even if the reserves are determined, they should be hosted by the Royal Exploration Society, and must not be local exploration institutions in southern Africa." Winston squirted Albert Archibald on the bloody head—

Hey, this description is not appropriate, it should be said that it is a split head and a face-

It doesn't seem to be a good fit, so forget it, so be it.

Albert Archibald's face was pale, and the gold commissioner was also an official, and although Winston was a former prime minister, he had now stepped down and actually had no jurisdiction over Albert Archibald.

"What is the largest gold mine in Johannesburg right now?" Winston doesn't go into the tiger's den.

"Rock Gold Mine—" Albert Archibald was still well aware of the current state of the Rand Gold Mine.

The Rock Gold Mine is Roque's first gold mine and has been steadily mined for 18 years now, with consistent production.

Winston was silent when he heard the name, Roque's industry is all over southern Africa, almost all walks of life are involved, and they are all in the best position in the industry, the same is true of the Rand mine, Winston wants to investigate the specific situation of the Rand mine, and there is no way to get around Roque.