Newman Mining was established, the first thing is to open an office, a total of two, a field office temporarily located in the old Fleming Ranch, originally Helguru strongly requested to be placed in Newman Village, but there is really no suitable place there, the construction on the indigenous reserve must go through a cumbersome approval process, can not temporarily occupy the church shared by God and children, Zhang Heng really wants to do this, then wait for the roll cover to roll back to Xiangjiang.

The other office is permanently located in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which is the most important office in the first phase of mining in Western Australia, because the laws and regulations of the Australian and local governments regarding the mining industry are numbing to the head.

In order to legally own the mining area with an initial estimate of more than 50 square kilometers, Newman Mining needs to apply for a series of mining rights certificates:

1. Census permit (PL), which is a necessary document for the preliminary ground survey, involves all surface elements such as landforms, rivers and mountains, land and houses.

Last time in Newman Village, Pang Dingyuan led his subordinates to do preliminary surface exploration, which was actually a serious violation of the law, whether it was a mineral policeman

Security officials can arrest and deport such illegals, but Helguru and the villagers have not reported it.

2. Exploration license (EL), get the survey permit, complete the preliminary survey and submit the census report, and the relevant departments have no doubt about the meaning, then you can apply for an exploration license, so that you can carry out mineral exploration in the geological sense in a serious way.

3. Mining license or mining lease (ML), the exploration results are reported to the relevant departments, and after a period of review, if everything goes well, you can get the mining license, which means that the ore can be mined.

Of these three coherent documents, the first document is relatively easy to obtain, and Rio Tinto has already taken it in the Newman Iron Ore area

After going to this permit, the census has also been preliminarily completed.

They got stuck in the second step, and the exploration license never came down.

This is because before applying for this document, a series of approvals and permits must be obtained: land access permits, environmental protection permits, confirmation of indigenous peoples' rights, wildlife protection permits, natural water access and sewage disposal permits, explosives permits, and several smaller permits, including those for religious institutions.

Depending on the scope of the mine and the projects involved, the entities responsible for approving and issuing these permits vary.

In the case of Aboriginal Rights Acknowledgement, 90 per cent of all Aboriginal people in the target mining area must first be signed and agreed to the exploration and the additional compensation scheme of the exploration company, which can be flown to the capital Canberra for approval by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.

Not to mention the time-consuming process in the capital, they will send people to the local area to confirm it again and again, and they will go back and forth, and they will investigate and visit in the middle, and it is very efficient to be approved in two months, which is still under the premise that the indigenous peoples are all settled and no one jumps out on the spot to object.

Rio Tinto failed in this process, and it was not at all right for the indigenous people of Newman and the other six other protected areas around it, and the former Hamsley iron ore mine was lucky enough to be located in an uninhabited wasteland.

And the most important land access permits, the mining area involves a lot of landowners, private individuals, indigenous peoples, and the federal government, so they have to get permission from all parties separately.

There are also two permits for environmental protection and animal and plant protection, which not only need to be applied for in Western Australia, but also have to go to Canberra to find various departments to apply, and it is not as simple as submitting an application report.

Mining companies need to establish a team of government-approved experts, conduct long-term inspections and produce detailed reports, and then write a reasonable and feasible protection plan, and have a special department to operate the matter for a long time, as long as the mine is open, this department must always exist, and must also be subject to temporary unannounced inspections by government departments at any time, and once problems are found, work will be stopped immediately and rectified.

According to Poirot, in 70 years, miners killed several kangaroos for barbecue, which was exposed by animal protection groups, and Rio Tinto had to stop work for four months, and finally publicly paid a fine of 2 million Australian dollars, and donated another 3 million Australian dollars to animal protection organizations, not to mention private bribery costs and legal fees.

Mining is so cumbersome, and building railways and ports is not a simple matter, and the permits and approvals required can fill a room of hundreds of square meters.

In short, in such a representative country like the United Kingdom, mining and infrastructure construction is a laborious thing that may not necessarily succeed.

At that time, Roosevelt wanted to carry out a New Deal and use large-scale infrastructure to stimulate the economy, and I don't know how many relevant parties made compromises and exchanges.

Not to mention that during the whole process, Rio Tinto, which is not far from the next door, will definitely find a way to cause some minor trouble, after all, they are the first to come and have been in business for seven or eight years.

A five-storey office building near Perth Harbour.

Zhang Heng and Poirot, accompanied by several entourages, stepped out of the elevator and strode through the hall full of employees into their offices.

As soon as they were closed, Zhang Heng took off his suit, ripped off the tie around his neck, and muttered: "It's not winter, how do I feel about the same as early summer." ”

"It's 50 degrees Fahrenheit at the coldest here, and it's been warming up a bit in the past two days. Poirot explained with a smile, made him a cup of coffee and handed it over, "My esteemed boss, take a break, it's been a hard day." ”

"Thank you. Zhang Heng drank his coffee and waved his hand, "I'm not hard, your father and Helguru are hard, I hope they don't have a big problem." ”

"Small problems are inevitable, but big problems should not be avoided. Poirot said confidently, "My old man and the ranchers will have no problem if they can deal with the local white people, Helguru and the church, and a few indigenous chiefs." ”

"I hope the church can play a role, if it weren't for Catherine's face, I wouldn't want to give them hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I'm not religious. Zhang Heng shook his head, "By the way, are there any important people who haven't been visited?"

It has been almost half a month since he arrived in Perth, and he and Poirot have visited all kinds of people in Western Australia, including the heads of various departments of the local government, members of parliament, newspaper and television owners, local celebrities, important members of the church, school principals, hospital directors, and even the only local football team.

Along the way, I spilled countless amounts of money in various names: political donations, advertising fees, sponsorship fees, naming fees, donations, etc.

But for the time being, there is no so-called commercial bribery, and he doesn't know if anyone will take the initiative to propose it after he is familiar with it.

Not counting the money for renting an office building, the above expenses alone cost nearly two million US dollars, which made Zhang Heng have to sigh, saying that there are mining cattle at home, and he doesn't know the suffering behind the mine owner.

But it's not without gains, at least people are willing to take the money publicly, and they also openly welcome Newman Mining's investment in Western Australia, largely because the Fleming family still has a small influence in the local area.

Poirot said, "There shouldn't be any, maybe you can go and visit the group of ladies on the hiking mountain." ”

Thinking of the group of ascetic nuns who lived in isolation and dedicated themselves to God, Zhang Heng shuddered, and suddenly the appearance of Catherine wearing this kind of costume suddenly jumped in his mind, his heart was a little itchy, and he squinted and drank coffee.

When the phone rang, he motioned for Poirot to answer, and when he hung up, Poirot told him the good news: "Helguru told us that his team has taken care of all the permits related to the indigenous people of the mining area, and now they are back at my house waiting for the progress of the old man." ”

"Great!" Zhang Heng slapped the table, "Call Tang Quan and Pang Dingyuan again and ask about the latest progress of their team." ”

Tang Quan led a team in Canberra to visit professors of zoology and geology at various universities to prepare a professional team for Newman Mining, while Pang Dingyuan's team went to Melbourne to continue the investigation after inspecting local suppliers in Western Australia, and they were responsible for finding suitable partners for Newman Mining's infrastructure, including equipment and construction.

Poirot made a good phone call, and the news from the two teams was neither good nor bad.

"It's good that we're finally making progress. Zhang Heng took the cup and walked to the window to look at the busy port.

"Big brother!" Tang Jihua, who was sweating profusely, suddenly rushed in directly, "Mr. Zou couldn't get through to your phone just now, and the front desk asked me to answer, something happened to Xiangjiang." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Heng felt inexplicably tightened, and he seemed to have forgotten something.

"Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee has passed away!" Tang Jihua stammered.

"Poof. The cup in his hand fell on the carpet, and Zhang Heng was stunned.

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