As he sipped his wine, Blatche asked Li Du what he wanted to do in Lightning Ridge. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He said, "Bob told me, you're fishing for black gold abalone on Gold Island, and this is the real gold industry, and you're fishing for gold in the water, and it's enviable." ”

Li Du smiled: "It may be worthy of the envy of others, but it is not worth mentioning here, what you are looking for is more valuable than gold." ”

Brache took a sip of his beer and sighed, "Yes, but only if you can find the gem." ”

"I'm confident in that, that's what I'm here for, and I believe that if we look carefully, we will always find something. Li Du said a scene.

Blatche smiled bitterly, "I hope so, but don't get your hopes up, or you'll be disappointed." By the way, man, you're not here to be a miner, are you? You're rich, come and buy a gem mine?"

Li Du said: "Yes, this is my plan. ”

Blatche immediately asked, "Do you have a spot for the picture?" If so, let me know and I'll get in touch with you to see if you can buy it." ”

Li Du shook his head and said: "I took a walk around the town today, and I don't know much about the local situation, so I plan to buy a random piece of mining area and use it to practice my hands." ”

Hearing this, Blatche muttered, "Is that what you intended?"

He thought about it for a while and said, "If you don't have a particularly promising mining area, I can introduce you to a piece, but I can't guarantee its harvest, I can only say that the mining area is very good, and many people are coveting it." ”

Li Du became interested and asked, "Then I have to thank you, what is the situation in this mining area?"

Blatche introduced him to the mining area around Lightning Ridge, which was a very complex topic.

Black opals have been on the luxury scene for a few years now, and they have been excavated by Maori and Aboriginal tribesmen of Australia for thousands of years.

Now it is said internationally that black opals are only produced in Lightning Ridge, but this is not the case, but Lightning Ridge has the largest mineral vein in the world, and it is still produced today.

Originally, there were areas in Australia and New Zealand that produced black opals, but many of the mines were destroyed as people overexploited them.

There used to be some good mining areas along the coast of Australia, but at that time, the mining technology was not good, and people would just dig indiscriminately in the ground.

This led to a series of problems, such as underground cavities.

Groundwater is abundant in coastal areas, and underground cavities eventually become underground water holes due to serious water seepage, and for safety reasons, the government prohibits further mining, and no one dares to mine them again.

After all, money is precious, and life is even more valuable!

The Lightning Ridge mine was relatively late, not discovered until the 20th century, but this is the largest black opal mine ever discovered.

By the twentieth century, the technology of ore mining had been perfected, and people knew how to hire engineers to plan and use more advanced machines.

In addition, Lightning Ridge is located in the central and western regions of Australia, which is relatively arid and the groundwater has not flooded, so this mining area is relatively well protected and can still be mined.

Brache told Leedu that Lightning Ridge currently contracts 80 percent of the world's black opals.

Li Du exclaimed: "This output is really amazing. ”

Blatche shook his head and said, "No, production is already decreasing, in fact, more than ten years ago, 95% of the world's black opals were produced here. ”

The reason for the reduction in production is that almost the entire mining area has been excavated, he said: "The area around Lightning Ridge is 60 kilometers and almost all of the ground has been mined, so it is not so easy to think of anything. ”

Li Du felt that what he said was a bit too alarmist, yesterday he released small flying insects to search underground, admittedly, he did not find the black opal deposits, but found that many places have not been mined.

Blatche continued: "I'll introduce you to this place, it's an area that hasn't been mined much, and after it was bought by a guy before, that guy had other businesses and didn't care about development. ”

He took a sip of his beer and added: "Now his business seems to be in trouble, and he wants to sell the mine because he has a problem with the capital chain." If you're looking to buy a piece of land, then I bet it's the best option. ”

Li Du asked, "What is this guy doing? What is the size of the mining area, and what is the approximate price?"

Blatche leaned closer to Li Du and said in a low voice: "Be quiet, Li, the information about the sale of this mining area has not yet been transmitted, don't let others know, otherwise the price will be raised." ”

Li Du wondered, is it useful to be quiet? If the other party wants to sell the mining area, he will definitely release information to invite bids.

However, he was unfamiliar with the place, so he nodded and listened to Brache.

"His name is Chris Bontra, and he works in Sydney on urban greening, and the mining area is about 20 acres, and I think 500,000 can take it," Blatche said. ”

This price is considered low, and Bob's notebook records the price of the mining area, which generally costs 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per mu.

If a certain mining area has produced a large number of gemstones, the price is not easy to say, and it is possible to sell for hundreds of thousands per mu.

After Blatche continued to introduce the mine, explaining the location and the mining situation, he asked: "Are you interested in buying it? If you are interested, make a decision early, and if the news is released late, you will get 800,000 or even 1 million." ”

Li Du thought about it and decided to go and see the mine, and he was very interested in the information that Brache had introduced.

This is the main takeaway tonight, and when Li Du was about to leave, he ran into Obradovich and others who had clashed with him in the parking lot.

Li Du smiled: "What's the matter, do you want to continue fighting?"

Obradovich snorted, and he said, "For the sake of inviting us to drink tonight, I'll tell you the news, Blatche is a cunning bastard, don't get too close to him!"

Leaving this sentence, they got in the car and left.

Li Du didn't care, he returned to the hotel to rest, and the next day, according to the agreement, went to a breakfast restaurant in the town to find Brache.

Today, Blatche is expected to go to the mine, changed into a coarse denim jacket, and after the two sides met, he said: "Don't have breakfast yet, hurry up and go to Chris, I heard from his son that he wants to release the news of the sale of the mine today." ”

The two sides drove straight out of town, and about ten kilometers away from the center of the town, Blatche's pickup truck pulled into a small road and into a fenced mine.

Inside the mine there was a wooden hut with a white beard talking on the phone.

Blatche frowned and said, "Damn, he's putting out the news, we have to do it quickly." ”

After saying that, he went up and hugged the shoulders of the mustache and said, "Hey, Chris, I brought you a friend, come and have a look." ”