In a broad sense, the Mutong iron ore mining area refers to the iron ore mining area on both sides of the Boba border, which is about 300 kilometers long and about 270 kilometers wide, with a total area of 830,000 square kilometers, of which the area in Bolivia is more than 220,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than one-fifth of the entire Bolivian land area.

The real Mutong iron ore mine actually covers an area of just over 300 square kilometers. This is a length of 20 kilometers, the width of 15 kilometers of outcropping area, the mine by hematite and marble ore two kinds of layered layers, is the world's highest grade, the largest reserves of monomeric iron ore, only in the 300 square kilometers of outcropping area, the grade of more than 60 iron ore reserves as high as 39.7 billion tons.

The Mutong Iron Ore Mine is also associated with abundant manganese ore, which is estimated to be more than 10 million tons of manganese ore and extends to the northwest near the Colorado Iron Mine, forming a manganese ore belt.

In addition to the Mutong Iron Ore Mine, there are other large iron ore outcropping areas, and in this 220,000 square kilometers of mining area in Bolivia, there are more than 57 billion tons of high-grade iron ore!

Of course, there are also iron and manganese ores in this mining area that are not owned by the Bolivian government, and the mining rights are owned by private companies. For example, 60 kilometers west of the Mutong Iron Mine, there is another outcropping mining area, which is the Hematite Iron Mine.

Hematite iron ore is located in the subtropical primeval jungle about 5 kilometers south of the Boba International Highway line, the outcropping mining area covers an area of about 50 square kilometers, the altitude is 140 meters, the grade on the exploration point is more than 50%, according to the survey, the ore reserves are about 500 million tons. Unlike the Moutong Iron Mine, which is owned by the Moutong Iron and Steel Company, which is under the jurisdiction of the Bolivian government. The hematite ore mine is privately owned, and the owner is working with a Canadian exploration company to prepare for a detailed survey of the tenements. However, the mine's owners offered to sell the rights for $80 million or develop them with investors.

Along with the Hematite Iron Ore Mine, there is also the 8.5 square kilometre Sonsas manganese mine.

But in general, in this huge iron ore area, the real boss is still EMS companies. This is Bolivia's Mutong Iron Ore Company, a state-owned company that owns half of most of the iron ore mines, including Mutong Iron Mine.

Therefore, if it wants to develop the Mutong iron ore mine, this state-owned company cannot get around the hurdle.

In fact, the mining situation in Bolivia is similar to that of China, and the state must still occupy the dominant side of those strategically important mineral deposits. However, even if EMS owns half of the mine, it would be a great deal to actually take the other half of the ownership and develop it.

Because even half of the ownership contains more than 25 billion tons of high-grade iron ore reserves. and the Pilbara iron ore mine in Western Australia, Australia. This area covers an area of 80,000 square kilometers and is the third largest iron ore in the world, and the reserves of rich iron ore with a grade of 55-66 are only 25 billion tons. More than 70% of the iron ore imported by China in the past ten years is produced from this region.

If the Mutong iron ore mine project can be successfully established, then even if Huaxia only owns 30% of the shares, the effect will far exceed that of the Pilbara iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Tang Feng investigated the subtropical rainforest in southeast Bolivia for more than ten days, and finally got out of the rainforest with the two bodyguards, hyenas and bears, and as for Chris, the three of them returned to Santa Cruz early on the second day of the expedition because they couldn't stand the climate of the rainforest.

I can't help it. The second generation with fine meat and tender skin can't stand such conditions. On the contrary, it was Tang Feng, who had been trained in the explorer company a few years ago. Although this kind of climate is unacceptable to ordinary people, it is trivial for Tang Feng.

After returning to Santa Cruz, the old house has also made a preliminary investment budget. The railway, which runs from the Mutong mine through Santa Cruz and then south to Yacueva, is about the same as previously estimated, with a total length of 722 kilometres. It will require an investment of about 2.5 billion US dollars, and the average cost per kilometer of railway can be controlled within 22 million yuan.

Of course, this is only a general investment budget, and the specific details need to be carefully calculated. However, this number is almost the upper limit of the required funds, so whether it is domestic or the three major families. You can negotiate according to this investment ceiling.

In fact, the cooperation between the three major families and the domestic state-owned company has basically been implemented, and now it is only a few rounds of formal negotiations before signing the agreement. Because of the most important and core equity distribution and investment issues, the two sides have reached a consensus under the mediation of Tang Feng, the intermediary.

Huaxia is now going to enter the South American market and needs iron ore from the Mutong mining area, and the three major families want to rely on this matter to successfully cooperate with Huaxia, so they are naturally in a passive position in terms of mentality. However, Huaxia is not a lion's mouth, but very much hopes that this cooperation can continue for a long time. It is precisely because both parties are in such a state of mind that this cooperation is basically a sure thing.

Now, after the three families have acquired the 50% of the rights to the Mutong iron ore mine held by India's JSPL company, the two sides have entered into formal negotiations.

For this kind of negotiation, Tang Feng has always had no intention of participating. Because even if the two sides have already reached a consensus on the core issues of such negotiations involving billions of dollars of investment and even a country's national strategic reserves, if it takes less than a month or two months, the agreement will not be signed in the end.

Tang Feng didn't want to waste time on this kind of thing, and it was only right to have this time to investigate where to move the super copper mine at the bottom of the Esgundida copper mine.

You know, once this super copper mine can be put into mining, then its value is not even below the Mutong iron mine, 48 million tons of copper reserves is not a joke, it is definitely the world's largest copper mine, placed in any country, can be regarded as a strategically important mine.

Just like the super precious metal composite mine placed on Gravina Island, the placement site of this super copper mine must also be safety first, otherwise, if you survey it out in front, the country where the copper mine is located may directly take your super copper mine into state ownership on the grounds of national strategic reserves!

Therefore, in order to develop this copper mine, it is necessary to find a country with suitable conditions. (To be continued......)