The Kuliksen Prairie.

At night, the cool breeze brings the breath of savage to the prairie.

The crescent moon is full of stars.

Ye Mu built a bonfire and grilled several large steaks.

The fatty beef is bubbling with golden fat and fragrant. Lying on a lounge chair, flipping the steak in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other, 'Plane Wars'. Next to the barbecue grill, the two dogs looked at the barbecue in a daze, keeping their ......

Suddenly, the satellite phone in the RV rang.

"Hey?" outdoor rugged satellite phone with no caller ID visible.

"Brother, guess who I am?" Listening to Ye Xiao's tone, there should be something to be happy about.

"Pig, you have two holes in your nose......"

"Nasty. I'm going to Xia Mengmeng's troops tomorrow. ”

"Oh, congratulations. Ye Mu scratched his cheek and said.

"What an attitude. ”

"Huh...... Which unit did you go to?"

"Special forces. ”

"There are so many special forces, number. ”

"Confidentiality stipulates that the ransom girl has no comment. That's it, hanging. ”

"Halo ......"

Ye Mu put his phone on the table, looked at the grilled steak, it was almost ready to eat, picked up a steak and threw it to the princess......

"Wang, Wang. The big dog barked dissatisfiedly, as if to say that Ye Mu was biased every time.

"Yes, there will be no shortage of your share. Ye Mu laughed, gave the prince a piece, returned to the car and opened a bottle of 05-year-old Margaux Cabernet Sauvignon, poured a cup and drank it directly.

Eat a lot of meat and drink a lot, regardless of whether he is a violent celestial thing.

The most valuable mine that has been discovered is a coal mine, which is 15 kilometers east of Ellis in central Australia and 3 kilometers away from Ellis Park.

Alice Springs is a tourist city in central Australia, and the Ayers Boulder can be seen at the location of the coal mine, and if you want to mine coal there, even the three giants of the Australian mining industry will have to work hard. With coal reserves of 17 million tonnes, it is the most valuable mine ever discovered. The land is owned by the local government......

Ye Mu was considering the feasibility of developing the Ellis coal mine when the satellite phone rang again.

"Hi, Ye. ”

"Are you?" a man's voice was not heard by Ye Mu for the first time.

"Dude, you're so sad for me. ”

"Lawrence, haha...... What are you looking for me?"

"Centrime Investment Bank will open a branch in Australia, what happened before?" Lawrence officially left Merina Investment Bank in early June to join Centrime as the company's chief executive officer, that is, CEO.

"It's still under consideration. Will you come to Australia?"

"Possibly. It depends on what you mean...... If I need to talk, I'll come in person. ”

"See you at the valley ranch on July 2nd. ”

“OK。 Lawrence laughed: "Australian time should be past 10 p.m., just disturb your rest time, July 2, Brook Ranch." ”

Often days without a single phone, now one is connected to two.

Ye Mu shook his head and looked at the time on his phone, it was almost 11 o'clock, and Xiaobai's guy hadn't come back yet......

Xiaobai went out in the evening, and after calculating the time, the Curricson Prairie should be almost complete...... If there are no major discoveries.

It's been 50 days since it came out, and the rough exploration area should be more than 2.6 million square kilometers. Radioactive prospectors are used to explore first, and only after discoveries are made will they be carefully explored......

After drinking a glass of wine, Ye Mu took out the walkie-talkie made by Xiaobai: "Hey, Xiaobai......"

The intercom wears back the sound of the wind blowing......

The intercom signal of Ye Mu can travel more than 300 kilometers, and Xiaobai can only receive the information to feed back Ye Mu within 150 kilometers.

It received the message, but couldn't pass it on.

"Running so far?" Ye Mu pinched his neck, stretched his waist, and prepared to go back to the car to sleep.

Ye Mu is not worried that Xiaobai will rebel, if he wants to rebel, it will run away a long time ago. As for safety, there is no need to worry unless it is discovered by the military and fighter jets are used, but this probability is very low.

The Courikson Prairie is in the northernmost part of Western Australia, with a small population, and here is the large ranch area, where no town has been found for more than 100,000 square kilometers, almost the same as central Australia.

Before he returned to the car, Xiaobai's excited voice came from the intercom: "Boss, major discovery, major discovery." ”

"How much is it worth?"

"To detect the area, more than 30 billion dollars. It is a super-large polymetallic deposit......"

"Where. Ye Mu was instantly excited, and his heart trembled violently.

The value that Ye Mu said is not equal to the actual value, but only an approximate measure word. Worth 30 billion, if it is replaced by pure iron ore with a grade of 60, the iron ore reserves should exceed 600 million tons.

The actual value of more than 30 billion metal deposits depends on its grade, mining difficulty and so on.

"I sent the exploration data to the tablet and was already on my way back......"

"Okay. Ye Mu hurriedly went back to the bedroom to find the small tablet that Xiaobai had made in Alaska before.

Turn on the screen, showing an acceptance message, Ye Mu clicked it, and in a few seconds, the data acceptance was completed.

First of all, there is a map of the distribution of ore deposits, the ore in the main mining area contains more than 2%~16% zinc, more than 2%~14% lead, 4%~4.8% copper, and silver. The grade of lead-zinc ore is 14.5%, and the amount of lead and zinc metal reached 8.9 million tons. There is also a uranium ore belt, 2.7 km long, with reserves of 17,000 tons......

This is a lead-zinc-silver mine, and the uranium mine is more than ten kilometers away from the lead-zinc-silver mine.

Lead-zinc-silver mine, with ore reserves of 61.38 million tons (main mining area).

5.65 million tons of zinc.

3.25 million tons of lead.

2.7 million tonnes of copper.

In the international market, 60% lead concentrate sells for about $1,500 (selling price, not ex-factory price).

The price of zinc, which has averaged since last year, is around $2,800 per tonne.

Copper price, around 7,000 US dollars / ton.

That's how the polymetallic mine is worth more than $30 billion. In fact, taxes, mining costs, construction costs, and various costs are all about the profits you get......

To make money, in addition to the mine itself, there is a large piece of fat in the futures market.

It is an open-pit mine and is inexpensive to mine.

The next step is to determine who owns the land.

The land of the Kuliksen savannah has an owner......

Early the next morning, Ye Mu drove an RV to the mining area.

The mine is underneath several raised hills, digging into a thin layer of soil, underneath which is galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and so on.

Thin land, visible loess, sparse vegetation. In the distance, Ye Mu saw the shepherd......

Tens of thousands of sheep were driven to graze along the way.

"Hey, Chinese?" a man on horseback came over.

Ye Mu showed a fake friendly smile: "The scenery here is really good. ”

The man got off his horse: "You booked a homestay online?"

"No, I'm traveling by car, and I'm doing an investment investigation by the way...... How far is it from the sea?"

"About 6 miles. ”

"Thanks, this large area is all pasture?" Ye Mu asked.

"Of course. ”

"Is there a seaside ranch?"

The man laughed, "The smallest ranch here is also 100 square miles, and of course there is a seaside ranch. ”

This is a large ranch concentration area, and some ranches even have only a few small cabins. There will be slightly better houses in large grazing areas, some for rent, which can be booked online. Ye Mu didn't make a reservation, but he knew that there was a homestay, so he asked about the price......

This ranch is 6,300 square kilometers and partially extends to the coast. There are no beaches on the coast, only falling cliffs and large rocks.

The Granville Ranch was not just visited by Ye Mu, but by several families, and the hospitable rancher threw a bonfire party that evening......

After living here for two days, Ye Mu learned that this was the family ranch. It stands to reason that such a large ranch, no matter how the family says it, is also a super-rich family, but this is not the case. Their wealth exists only in theory, and they owe a lot of money to the bank......

Ye Mu hadn't thought about getting the ranch in his hands now, and he was afraid that his impatient appearance would make people suspicious.

Just as he was about to leave, the Granville family took the initiative to ask about the project of Ye Mu's investigation.

"I run my own ranch, Brook Ranch...... The transaction completed in November last year, 42,700 square kilometers ......"

The news of Ye Mu's acquisition of the valley ranch has been boiling for a while, and he can be regarded as an open and honest confession of his identity. Then he used the expansion of the scale of operation and the construction of tourist ranches, saying that he was preparing to acquire a few more large ranches......

Then the elder Granwell said he was going to sell the ranch, but there was an unacceptable figure, $550 million.

In this way, Ye Mu stayed for two more days and carefully investigated. Started haggling with old Granville, but didn't show much interest, and ended up with a price of $270 million. This was about the market price that Granville Ranch should have, and Ye Mu happily agreed to the deal.