The food prepared by Daniel was put on the table, and Zhang Nan was already hungry, gobbling up chopsticks and atlases in one hand on the table. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan sat opposite, and the two of them were also studying the map, but Zhang Nan had a map of Australia in his hand, and Guan Xingquan had a map of Zimbabwe in his hand.

"As soon as the first mine in Canada is won, we will immediately send people to the Merlin region of Australia's Northern Territory, where there is also a large diamond mine that can probably do about half the economic benefit of the Argyle mine. ”

Zhang Nan said as he ate, pointing to a point marked on the map.

There is now "no diamond mine at all" in the Meilin area, and Zhang Nan knows that the output of that mine is only one-twentieth of that of the Arcai, but the diamonds produced are large and the proportion of gem-quality is very high, reaching 65%, which is incomparable to the Argyle mine.

The investment in small mines is small, the daily production cost is also low, and half of the benefits are still conservatively estimated.

Jenny on the side heard it and added: "That should be precise, I remember that Australia's land ownership and mineral development rights are also separated, and the policy is similar to that of Canada."

However, Australians are stingy, and the restrictions on land area for mineral exploration and mining rights are relatively strict, as if the maximum approval is 250 hectares, and the mining life is also 20 years. ”

Zhang Nan pouted, "20 years plus three to four years of exploration rights, I can poke a kimberlite rock into a fine egg!"

Nicole was doing some calculations with a fork in one hand and a pencil and sticky notes in the other, and said, "Alan, you said that the mine at 110 degrees west longitude accounts for at least three percent of the world's production, the Australian Merlin side can account for half of the Argyle mine, and the other four points in Canada add up to twice the appearance of the first mine."

If you eat them all, you'll overtake Australia as the world's largest diamond supplier. ”

Now Australia has become the world's largest supplier of gem-quality diamonds by relying on an Argyle mine, and according to the most conservative estimates, Zhang Nan alone can be "rich and rival the country"!

"It's hard to say that Botswana's diamond production is soaring and could take Australia's lead, but that's the traditional sphere of influence of Delbys, and we can't afford to get involved. ”

This is Jenny, who is working on a map of Africa.

Since the discovery of diamond mines in Botswana in the 60s, Deer Bis has invested heavily in it in the past 20 years, and has a very good relationship with the local government, even if he knows that the annual output of rough diamonds in Botswana will be worth nearly 10 billion US dollars in 20 years, Zhang Nan can't help it.

Going to Botswana to grab a job in Delbys?

Unless you go out to prevent the mercenaries from turning that country upside down, and by the way, you can fight the Black Africa War for 300 rounds with the armed forces hired by the giant Delbes, and you can't do it at all, and your current energy is still not comparable to that giant of Delbys.

"Botswana doesn't have to think about it, think about Zimbabwe. Speaking of this, Zhang Nan couldn't help but scold: "Damn, I hate dealing with Africa!"

Yes, Xiang Zhangsheng said about Zimbabwe "at the beginning", and he is familiar with it, because he has been working for two or three years. Zhang Nan has seen the photos of those mining areas, and on the map of Zimbabwe today, Zhang Nan has drawn the shape of the mining area with a pencil, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Today, Zimbabwe's diamond production is so small that it will take more than a decade for the huge diamond mines to be discovered, bringing in at least $4 billion a year in rough diamonds.

In addition, the labor cost there is so low that it can be compared with India, and there will be at least more than 3 billion net profits every year.

In the mining of mines abroad, in addition to the executives and the necessary technicians, the workers generally have to be recruited locally, and this is a question of employment: no country will allow the workers in the mines on its land to be gringos!

In Canada's mining area, which is still remote, Zhang Nan knows that those workers generally work 12 hours a day, work in shifts, and then take a small plane home to rest for two weeks after every two weeks of work, and so on.

Today, a Canadian or Australian miner's monthly salary is almost the total income of a Chinese worker for 5 to 10 years, which is the ...... of an Indian

I don't know if I don't bother to calculate, anyway, the annual salary given to workers in developed countries will be astronomical!

And in black Africa, even if you don't have a black heart, you don't need to give those local miners so much vacation time. I'm not engaged in charity, I work more and get more, the 8-hour work system is, and the black buddies themselves will not agree to that kind of rest.

Giving one day off a week is considered a conscientious boss!

The profit of 3 billion yuan of rough diamonds, if you count the subsequent income, at least 5 billion to 8 billion US dollars a year - this is not blowing, diamonds are so profitable!

But when he thought of those African governments, Zhang Nan shook his head!

Xiang Weirong laughed after hearing this, and only after laughing did he say: "It's hard to say whether other African countries are good or not, but Zimbabwe will not be particularly troublesome, at least when approving mining rights, it will be compared, because you are a Chinese." ”

Yes, this will be very popular if the Chinese go to Zimbabwe, traditional friendship, and on the day Zimbabwe became independent, Huaxia established diplomatic relations with them.

However, Zhang Nan sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, I'd better be an American in this matter, at least use the background of the American financial consortium to come forward." A multi-billion dollar business a year, Nicole or Thomas can come forward, I'm worried..."

I didn't say it thoroughly, but I can understand it.

Xiang Weirong's words just now also leave room for approval: when approving!

In the face of huge profits that can be higher than the total income of the entire country, it is difficult to say whether the black buddies can still treat you as a brother in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Just a few months before Zhang Nan's rebirth, the Zimbabwean government did a super simple and rude thing, which angered many people around the world!

By 2016, Zimbabwe was already the world's eighth-largest diamond producer, and the vast majority of diamonds were produced in the area where Zhang Nan had fenced it off, attracting investors from many countries to invest in the mining industry in the southern African country.

However, the Zimbabwean government forced the closure of the country's major diamond miners at the beginning of that year, requiring them to merge with the government as the "majority shareholder", with the government holding 50% of the shares and other investors distributing the remaining 50%.

This brutal move has affected foreign investors from South Africa, China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and other foreign investors with a total investment of hundreds of millions of dollars!

Although the Zimbabwean government has given many reasons such as "reducing the illegal diamond trade" and "increasing government revenue", the simplicity and crudence of this measure still raises investors' doubts about the risks of investing in Zimbabwe.

Not to mention those investors in diamond mines: it is a clear robbery! The previous procedures are legal, but people will rob you of the vast majority of your family funds with a word!

The local government then dispatched armed police, and to put it bluntly, sent troops into the mining areas and forcibly disbanded the mine protection teams of enterprises from various countries.

And then... And then nothing more...

Thomas will also be there, he has been listening to it before, and when he hears this, he can't help but say: "Boss, if you really want to mine in black Africa, you must have a strong armed force as a backing, you need a private army!"

"Do you have a good candidate, I will have such a company by next year at the latest, so many mines, even in Canada and Australia, need regular security forces. ”

The defense company is nice to hear, and to put it bluntly, it is not much different from a mercenary. Not only can they serve themselves, but they can also support the war with war, and take on all kinds of security and war business.