In fact, if it were possible, Tang Feng really wanted to move the Mutong iron mine to Brazil or Argentina to develop, but that was obviously unrealistic. But we can't control the Mutong iron mine, and the copper mine and beryl mine can be controlled!

The reason why Tang Feng has this idea is that Bolivia's rotten transportation to home is only one aspect, and the most important thing is the investment environment in Bolivia. Of course, this reason was said to Tang Feng in person after the leader came.

The survey work on Gravina Island had ended, and they originally wanted to return to China to rest for a while before flying to Africa for another survey work, but they heard the news that Tang Feng had fallen into the underground river, so they rushed over from the United States overnight. As a result, Tang Feng didn't come out of Chile more than 500 kilometers away, so much so that the leader and they had a false alarm.

But since they came, don't go back for the time being, the three families learned that the explorer company had come to Bolivia, and immediately entrusted them to carry out a preliminary survey operation in the Mutong mining area to prepare for future development, and for the sake of Tang Feng's face, the three families gave a lot of survey funds.

In fact, this kind of exploration activity is the lightest work, because the Mutong iron ore itself has been almost surveyed, whether it is the scope of the mining area, buried depth, reserves, ore grade, have already had results, and even what is the iron ore grade in which area, there is detailed information.

But after all, it was all surveyed by others, and since the three families were ready to join Huaxia to develop the Mutong mining area, they could not miss their own survey team. As it stands, is there a private survey firm in the world that is more famous than Explorer?

So, since you're here, let's stay and do some surveying.

Although Tang Feng has been doing field trips for the past ten days, most of them are just watching the flowers. The real survey data and results have to be done by the leaders and their professionals.

Unconsciously, the best data analyst in the explorer company has become a "non-professional", which also makes Tang Feng feel a little emotional.

It's not that Tang Feng's professional knowledge is lagging behind, but because a wealthy man like Tang Feng is no longer suitable for this extremely difficult geological and mineral resource exploration. This is helplessness

"Don. In fact, Bolivia is extremely rich in mineral resources, especially the Precambrian region in eastern Bolivia, which accounts for 30% of the country's land area, and the volcanic stratigraphic belt in the western highland mountains, which are considered to be one of the richest mineral regions in the world. In the presidential suite at the Holiday Inn Santa Cruz, the head man talks to Tang Feng with a steaming cup of coffee.

It has been raining continuously outside for the past two days, and the rainy days are not suitable for field operations, so the head suspended the survey work and returned to Santa Cruz City to do a report. After all, it is about the understanding of global geological resources and the investment environment of various countries. The leader still has to far surpass Tang Feng.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "Boss, in fact, I know what you said, I just want to know what the investment environment of this country is like now?" In addition to the Mutong Iron Mine, I also plan to select a target area in several nearby countries in the near future to explore for copper mines, which is one of the most famous copper producing areas in the world. ”

The leader smiled and nodded Tang Feng and said, "I thought you kid was only interested in those precious metals, so you are also interested in base metals now?" But that's right, after all, base metals still occupy the vast majority of the world's share. In fact, if the base metal mine is well developed, the income is not much less than that of those precious metal mines. Of course. It depends on how you develop! ”

The leader took a sip of coffee, licked his lips and continued, "Don." If you want to continue to develop base metal mines, I would not recommend that you continue to look in Bolivia. This is not my intention to discredit the country's investment climate, I am just stating a fact. ”

Tang Feng asked puzzledly, "Boss?" Why can't you invest in Bolivia? The mineral exploration environment here is very good! ”

The leader nodded and said: "What you said is true, due to technical and economic reasons in Bolivia, the geological exploration work in Bolivia started late, and it was not until 2000 that the British and American countries assisted the Bolivian Oil and Gas Company to complete the geological survey of 1/1 million of the country; The scope of the 1/200,000 geological survey accounts for only 10%. The scope of the geological survey of 1/50,000 is less than 3%. The geological survey of each deposit has been carried out sporadically since the early part of the last century, and was initially carried out by prospectors from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Spain and other countries, and then some mining companies in some countries have also carried out some geological exploration work for the mines they have developed. On the whole, the degree of geological exploration work in Bolia is extremely low, and there are a large number of blank areas for geological exploration in China. There is great prospecting potential for mining development in Bolia. ”

However, it is absolutely not enough to look at the problem only from the good side. As I said earlier, Bolivia's domestic mineral resource exploration potential is enormous, but again, there are huge risks hidden behind this opportunity. If you are going to invest in minerals in Bolivia, you have to face not only the risks of infrastructure and natural conditions, but also risks that come mainly from the Bolivian government and the private sector. ”

"Bolivian government and the private sector?" Tang Feng was a little puzzled.

"That's right. Don, you've been in Bolivia for a while, so how do you feel about the natural conditions and infrastructure? ”

Tang Feng shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "The natural conditions are naturally needless to say, I think the natural conditions here are slightly worse than here except for the Amazon jungle and the Sahara Desert, and the other places belong to heaven compared to here!" As for the infrastructure hehe"

The leader also said with a smile: "I won't say much about the natural conditions, either subtropical rainforests, or high-altitude mountains, this is something that cannot be changed." However, the basic conditions are so poor, which is also a big challenge for investors. ”

Tang Feng is convinced of this statement, Bolivia is a landlocked country, and since there is no access to the sea, goods are exported only through the ports of neighboring countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Domestic goods mainly rely on land transportation, and their cost is relatively high. The total length of highways in the country is 64,279 kilometers, of which only 5.6% are asphalt roads, 30.2% are gravel roads, and 64.2% are dirt roads. As for the railway, if the existing railway in Bolivia can be used, the three major families and Huaxia are not ready to invest 2.5 billion US dollars to jointly renovate the eastern railway network, the most important thing is that Tang Feng has personally experienced the power of the railway here, absolutely unique in the world (to be continued......